August 24, 2007Past attempts at a high-tech quill have ended up as expensive paperweights, but a new crop of start-ups has higher hopes.Photos: Pens get smarterTAGS:pen, crop, paper, Logitech, note, tablet, PC, Microsoft Corp.
April 3, 2007Author of upcoming report on global warming, Stanford scientist Terry Root pulls no punches about what she says is happening before our eyes.TAGS:Terry Root, species, global warming, crop, conference
June 5, 2006You may not eat figs on a daily basis today, but 11,000 years ago it was the hot new food--and may have been a first step toward modern agriculture.TAGS:human, crop, Middle East, food, professor
November 14, 2006Start-up is genetically engineering microbes that can break down waste products to create ethanol through fermentation.TAGS:crop, engineering