It highlights the evolution of tools and machines, from manual labor to mechanized processes, illustrating how energy has transformed industries such as lumber and farming.

The study positions smart precision weeding as a cornerstone of future farming systems, capable of addressing global food ...

The industrial revolution was the biggest transformation in economic history. For centuries scholars have sought to understand why this process occurred in Britain around 1750. But without the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the cusp of driving an agricultural revolution, and helping confront the challenge of feeding our growing global population in a sustainable way. But researchers ...

By studying the bones of ancient women in Europe, archaeologists at the University of Cambridge have uncovered a hidden history of women's manual labor, from the early days of farming about 7,500 ...

Prehistoric women’s manual labor exceeded that of athletes through the first 5,500 years of farming in Central Europe. Science Advances . Published online November 29, 2017. doi:10.1126/sciadv ...

Welcome to ground level for artificial intelligence, the arrival of which has been dubbed the fourth industrial revolution with the promise of freeing humans up from repetitive, mind-numbing work.