Tag: Agriculture

3 Virtual Reality Technologies To Compete With Oculus Rift

By now you've probably heard the news that Facebook bought virtual reality headset Oculus Rift for a cool $2 billion. It came as quite a surprise to most people since the VR headset is used by a relatively small audience of gamers. What exactly Facebook is going to do with the purchase we'll have to wait in see, but Zuckerberg and his team no...

12 Life Lessons From Facebook Fails

There are a lot of dumb people in the world. Like, a LOT. Many of them happen to be on Facebook regularly posting dumb things that want to make you bang your head against the wall. The internet is littered with Facebook fails, but rather than just cast the musings of these idiots aside, why not learn from them? Here are 12 life lessons...
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This Pesticide is Likely Causing Cancer, and the EPA Thinks it’s Fine?

A herbicide and the active ingredient in most weed-killers (including Monsanto's Roundup), glyphosate is used in vast quantities on both a commercial and domestic...

We’re Fighting Zika, but Killing Millions of Bees at the Same Time

Earlier this month, an elderly man in Salt Lake City died after contracting the Zika virus, making it the first Zika-caused death in the United...

The Future of Agriculture: Vertical Farming Uses 95% Less Water, and No Pesticides

Often known for its turnpike and gangsters, New Jersey is reclaiming its crown as the Garden State. Newark-based company AeroFarms has recently turned its...