Quick menu When we think about games that take us to distant alien planets, there is usually hostility or combat involved. Lightyear Frontier shakes up that preconception, however, by taking us to a distant planet with some unusual wildlife that you never once have to fight. The character’s mech suit won’t be farming for kills […]
Read MoreThat is certainly the case in Yemen, on the south flank of the Arabian Peninsula, where the desert sands have a new look these days. Satellite images show around 100,000 solar panels glinting in the sun, surrounded by green fields. Hooked to water pumps, the panels provide free energy for farmers to pump out ancient […]
Read MoreIn late February, farmers from across the US will gather in Houston, Texas, to witness the crowning of their champions: the winners of the National Corn Yield Contest. Every year, thousands of participants brush up on the contest’s 17-page rule book and then attempt to plough, plant, and fertilize their way into the record books. […]
Read MoreFarming Simulator 22 – Prise en charge du FSR 3.0 Le populaire Farming Simulator 22 a été la cible d’une mise jour apportant pas mal de nouveautés dont le support du FSR 3.0 et du Frame Generation. La mise à jour à question permet au titre d’évoluer en version 1.13.1.1. C’est une avancée car cette […]
Read MoreHave you ever daydreamed about being whisked away to a wholesome little village where you could work away your days growing crops with a helping hand from an adorable little dinosaur pal? If I didn’t before, I certainly do now after learning about Paleo Pines, the cozy farming simulator and town revitalization game developed by […]
Read MoreAn interesting report from Wired recently detailed the latest community Microsoft seems to have upset, and it’s somewhat unexpected. The report opens with a recount of a confrontation between a Dutch councilor and a Microsoft sub-contracted security guard. Local councilor Lars Ruiter appeared on site at a half-completed Microsoft data center being built in the […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know A new infographic from Bandai Namco includes some interesting stats about player actions in Elden Ring since its launch. Hilariously, the game’s community has collectively slain 12.8 billion Albinauric mobs since Elden Ring’s February 2022 release. These mobs are very rare, so it’s obvious that all of these kills came […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Paleo Pines is a farming simulator and dino sanctuary management hybrid developed by Italic Pig and published by Modus Games. Paleo Pines will be released to Xbox consoles and PC via Steam on September 26, 2023. A free demo is currently available on Steam as part of Steam Next Fest. […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Sacred and Ancestral items are some of the most valuable pieces of gear in Diablo 4’s endgame, as they have much higher stats and Item Power values compared to regular drops. Blizzard has revealed that Nightmare Dungeons have a higher chance to drop Sacred or Ancestral items than other activities […]
Read More“If there are welfare concerns, you’ve got to intervene at the planning stages, when those facilities are being designed and constructed,” says Bob Fischer, a professor at Texas State University who works on insect welfare. There are many factors that farm designers need to take into account, including temperature, moisture levels, lighting, how crowded the […]
Read MoreIn June, a vast new vertical farm opened on the outskirts of the English town Bedford. At a swanky opening event, members of the UK Parliament heard that the gleaming facility would one day produce 20 million plants annually. It was the latest opening for Infarm, a European vertical farming company that had raised over $600 […]
Read MoreAs a nerdy, nature-loving kid growing up in France, Barbara Belvisi daydreamed about life on other planets: giant domes filled with lush plants and exotic flowers like the ones she’d painted on her bedroom walls. But adult life beckoned: She studied finance and business and built a career investing in “deep tech”—VC speak for companies […]
Read MoreIf you’ve watched The Martian you know how difficult it is to grow food on Mars. Almost nothing about the Red Planet makes it a hospitable place for agriculture. Even if you could coax a plant to emerge out of the nutrient-bereft soil, it’s just a matter of time before the sproutlings succumb to either […]
Read MoreThe race to remove CO2 from our atmosphere is on. In an effort to draw down carbon at a meaningful scale, people are looking to the ground. The top meter of the world’s soil holds over three times the amount of carbon currently in our atmosphere—and if we treat our land better, it could suck […]
Read MoreThis story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Across Midwestern farms, if Girish Chowdhary has his way, farmers will someday release beagle-sized robots into their fields like a pack of hounds flushing pheasant. The robots, he says, will scurry in the cool shade beneath a wide diversity of plants, […]
Read MoreSource: Windows Central Diablo 2: Resurrected’s first ladder season kicks off April 28, 2022, and with it comes a bunch of new level 85 areas where you can farm for the best gear in the game. These new areas were actually introduced with Patch 2.4, released two weeks prior to the ladder start, but they’re […]
Read MoreIt’ll also require more meatier and faster-growing bugs. One of the major components of chicken feed is soy, which is extremely cheap and widely used across the world. If insect farmers want to start replacing cheap commodity crops like soy, then they’ll need to find a way to bring down costs. That’s where insect geneticists […]
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