@tonymmorley A new antibiotic discovered by researchers in diseased potatoes may be effective in combatting fungal infections in plants and humans "From a pharmaceutical and agricultural perspective, solanimycin may represent a potentially exciting discovery” — Miguel A. Matilla Before the serendipitous discovery of penicillin in 1928 and subsequent research, development,
@tonymmorley One of the best events of the year unfolded quietly in 17 rice fields in the Philippines this October. "For the first time, farmers in the Philippines have cultivated Golden Rice on a larger scale and harvested almost 70 tonnes" "This autumn will probably go down
Tony Morley for The Up Wing “Whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put
"On what principle is it, that when we see nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us?" —Thomas Babington Macaulay, Review of Southey’s Colloquies on Society, c. 1830 Over the last 200 years, the lives of average people in every country
"Unfortunately, helium is about as non-renewable as a resource comes." The good news is that a new "helium discovery is the supply breakthrough science, medicine, and industry needed" — Tony Morley for Big Think "Without an abundant and relatively inexpensive supply of helium, a number of