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2014年10月22日 · You start by planting as much corn as you can. You wait 8 to 12 weeks for it to grow, and then you take pollen from some of the plants that aren’t infested and use it to pollinate others. If the offspring of those plants is pest-resistant, you’re in luck—your plant won the genetic lottery. If not, you have to start over.
A masterpiece from one of my favorite authors. I am a firm believer that the world can solve its toughest problems—as long as we all have a firm grasp on the problems we’re trying to solve. How the World Really Works, by Vaclav Smil, is an amazing overview of the deep knowledge gained from writing more than 50 books on energy, food ...
2013年7月9日 · I’ll be reading it over the next week and will post my review the week of July 15. In the meantime, you can post your comments below. I’ll respond to a few of them in my review. It should be fun. I’m looking forward to hearing what people have to say. Bill Gates invites you to read The World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond along with him.
2024年4月16日 · If you grew up in West Africa, you might have eaten an ancient grain called fonio. Fonio has been feeding families in West Africa for more than 5,000 years, longer than any other cultivated grain on the continent. That makes it older than toilets, the wheel, and even writing.
2017年3月7日 · When Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2013, he was a 36-year-old on the verge of making big contributions to the world with his mind and hands. He was a gifted doctor—a chief resident in neurosurgery at Stanford just months away from completing the most grueling training of any clinical field. He was also a brilliant ...
2016年5月17日 · About 70,000 years ago, underwent a “cognitive revolution,” Harari writes, which gave them the edge over their rivals to spread from East Africa across the planet. Other species had big brains too, but what made Homo sapiens so successful is that we are the only animals who are capable of large-scale cooperation.
2013年11月1日 · So today we’re launching a new version of Big History: one that’s open and free for everyone. Like the school course, this version covers the history of the universe and how everything ties together—the basic approach that makes Big History my favorite course of all time. But in this version, there are no writing assignments or lesson plans.
