Growing under light in an industrial warehouse in chicago. Zero pesticides 98 less water. Who needs Rolling Fields and who needs the sun . You have a lot more red than you do blue. Yes. Why is that. Marita davison is a biologist specialising in ecology and evolution. The wild paradise smacked in the middle of an airport. Thats all honey in here. Yes. Conservationists are turning wasteland green, and using extraordinary measures to keep it that way. Here goes. Im phil torres. Im an entomologist. Thats our team, now lets do some science. Hey, guys, welcome to techknow, im phil torres, joined by marita davison, and crystal dilworth. As you think of a farm in the midwest you think of corn and wheat fields, its not the case these days. As research is scarce, farmers find Innovative Solutions to problems. Farmers are turned on its head, including going away from the field, and taking it indoors. Going indoors, stacking plants and growing problems in the absence of sunlight. It sounds like a
Over several days, we gained extraordinary access to a group of selfproclaimed taliban fighters. And the mortars are landing in the areas where we are. It was an insight, in part at least, into what the war in afghanistan looks like from the other side. The fighter jet is still in the air circling looking for a target. Kabul, Afghanistan Afghan President Hamid karzai is currently refusing to sign a treaty that would leave a small nato force in the country. If nothing changes, all foreign soldiers will leave by the end of this year. In secret, karzai has been negotiating with the taliban, in order to avoid a fullblown civil war. Since 2005, the taliban has clawed back territory. They now dominate large parts of the country. But approximately only one hours drive from here, right over behind the mountain there, is logar. And in logar theres still a war going on. I wanted to see what the war looked like from the other side in the charkh district of Logar Province a region which has seen v