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Lance Seefeldt, Zhi-Yong Yang are among a Gates Foundation-funded collaboration publishing new knowledge in PNAS that could simplify genetic transfer of nitrogen fixation to food crops.
Any boomer, gen xer, millennial, gen zer or alpha who’s studied geology has likely gained foundational knowledge from Edwin Dinwiddie McKee’s landmark studies of the Grand Canyon’s sedimentary record — even if they don’t readily recognize McKee’s name.
The United States’ population is aging. The number of Americans 65 and older is expected to climb from 58 million in 2022 to 82 million by 2050, a 47% increase. Even though Utah is considered the youngest state in the country, its population is also aging.