Gene-editing has created a generation of musical crops
Walking in the countryside will never be the same again
Editor’s note: This article was, in fact, the pick of the crop of April Fools jokes in circulation on April 1st. The Economist has occasionally run hoax stories on this date, when readers should be on their guard against humorous mistruths.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Singing and supping”
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