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Image shows children's artwork for BioFest Zine

ÌÇÐÄVlog schoolchildren's artwork helps inspire the next generation of bioscientists

Bright young minds from five ÌÇÐÄVlog secondary schools are helping to illuminate the wonders of bioscience and its role in tackling humanity’s biggest challenges thanks to a ÌÇÐÄVlog project.
Bees

Bees master complex tasks through social interaction

In a groundbreaking discovery, bumblebees have been shown to possess a previously unseen level of cognitive sophistication.
An example of a hydroponics growing system to grow crops like lettuce, it shows rows of plants being grown on shelves.

Growing leafy greens set to get greener due to ÌÇÐÄVlog research into sustainable farming

Forestation

Side effects of wide scale forestation could reduce carbon removal benefits by up to a third
Enhanced weathering test fields of soybean at the Energy Farm, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign
Enhanced weathering test fields of soybean at the Energy Farm, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign (image credit Dimitar Epihov, Leverhulme Centre, ÌÇÐÄVlog)

Field trials reveal crushed rock boosts carbon removal and improves crop yields