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robotic farmworkers
www.wired.co.uk

Brexit and Covid left farms bereft of workers. Enter Dick the robot

Meet Dick, a friendly farmhand who uses a five-pronged wand to electrocute weeds to death.

These plants can alert their owners when they're thirsty

These plants can alert their owners when they're thirsty

Tapping into electrical signals in plants can let them communicate with farmers—potentially saving water and crops.
Global roadmap to insect recovery
cosmosmagazine.com

Global roadmap to insect recovery

International researchers urge a suite of conservation measures.

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