'With every technological advance, there are risks'

'Rice can feed the world — even with fewer farmers'

The "collapse in rice prices — now approaching their lowest in 18 years — is evidence that interventions by governments and modern agricultural methods may save the day," says Javier Blas. The "key is productivity: more food from fewer farmers." Farming has "enjoyed a dramatic and often overlooked productivity revolution: Over the last century, crop yields have exploded." But "opposition to modern farming methods keeps increasing, often accompanied by calls for a return to yesteryear's ways."

'Why does the MAGA elite love conspicuous cosmetic surgery?'

We "haven't evolved from apes that much because a similar phenomenon is at play with the billionaire and MAGA set, who are spending enormous sums of money acquiring identical plastic fac