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England food strategy ducks big questions on health and environment
A major policy paper fails to address big health and environmental issues it was supposed to tackle, such as how…
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Galapagos tortoise thought extinct for 100 years has been found alive
A single female of the Fernandina Island tortoise species that was thought to be extinct for a century has been…
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Stress Management Helped Wolves Become Dogs
The wolf relatives of modern-day dogs began the evolutionary process of becoming humans’ best friends more than 10,000 years ago.…
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins Key Search for Life on Mars
More than 15 months after landing in Jezero Crater on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has finally begun its hunt for ancient…
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Sex Life of One of Earth’s Earliest Animals Exposed
Trilobites are perhaps the most successful group of animals ever to live. Named for their distinctive three-lobed body, these armored,…
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Farmers in England will bury burnt wood in fields to capture CO2
A large trial is underway to see how much CO2 can be removed from the atmosphere by burying a charcoal-like…
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Twitter and the dangers of the US myth of free speech
Silicon Valley media entrepreneurs might talk about free speech, but it is a fallacy that we should be able to…
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Scientists Must Consider the Risk of Racist Misappropriation of Research
No well-intentioned researcher expects that their work will be used to justify violence. But following the racist massacre of 10…
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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launches to ISS despite thruster issue
At the moment, only SpaceX is able to launch astronauts to the International Space Station from US soil, but Boeing…
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Is the world’s oldest tree growing in a ravine in Chile?
ALERCE COSTERO NATIONAL PARK IN CHILE—Some 5400 years ago, about the time humans were inventing writing, an alerce tree (Fitzroya…
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