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Illustration of people collecting rice.

Climate Change

After 9,000 years of cultivation, rice has reached its thermal limit

April 14, 2026

Rice has historically been a heat-loving plant. In fact, the wild ancestor of cultivated rice once grew primarily on the…
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Mosaic of butterfly photographs.

Awards & Honors

Moritz Lürig receives funding to create a digital atlas of butterflies and moths

September 4, 2025

Leaf-shaped wings in the delicate yellow-green of the brimstone butterfly; brown wings with spots that resemble eyes and scare off…
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