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Number of berries per day that a new raspberry-picking robot will be able to pick. The U.K.-developed robot, guided by sensors and 3D cameras, uses artificial intelligence to determine fruit ripeness. The need for Robocrops (robots who pick crops) in the U.K. has emerged following Brexit-related shortages of seasonal workers.

If a wine smells like rotten onions, it could be a sign that what wine flaw is present?

A. Brettanomyces

B. Oxidation

C. Trichloroanisole (or TCA)

D. Mercaptan Compounds

Ok, unless you’re a winemaker, this might have been a tough one. Rotten onion aromas are a sign of mercaptan compounds. These horrible-smelling compounds can be created after fermentation when hydrogen sulfide and other basic sulfur compounds create compounds that smell like rotting onions or spoiled garlic. Brettanomyces usually smells of manure, like a barnyard. Oxidation has a scent reminiscent of rancid nuts. And TCA can be detected by its distinctive odor of a dirty wet dog sitting on wet cardboard in a damp cellar.

Calling Rambo

You can use nets. You can use cannons. You can walk around a vineyard randomly firing a shotgun in the air. But a better solution? Rambo—or one of his feathered friends. In some places like… Continue reading

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