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Planting 1bn hectares of forest could help save the Earth

Recent study says planting billions of trees is best, cheapest way to…

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Lack of crop diversity, dependence on pollinators could threaten food security

Researchers used annual data from FAO from 1961 to 2016

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Researchers reveal secrets of sex change in fish

Sex change involves complete genetic rewiring of gonad

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Engineering new bacteria for cancer immunotherapy

New bacteria able to grow, multiply in necrotic core of tumours

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Novel global system to detect, halt spread of emerging crop diseases

System would prioritise six major food crops: maize, potato, cassava, rice, beans,…

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11th WCSJ2019 kicks off in Lausanne addressing state of science journalism

The conference is held every 2 years in a different country in each…

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SpaceX launches reusable Falcon Heavy rocket deploying 24 satellites

SpaceX achieved a great success by launching SPT2— the recycled rocket— into…

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Egypt’s Eastern Desert holds significant amounts of groundwater: study

Researchers use chlorine isotopes to determine age, origin of groundwater

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Scientists determine age, origin of groundwater from Egypt’s Eastern Desert

Deep Nubian aquifer water discharged into overlying alluvial deposits

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Africa’s elephant poaching rates decline

Despite decline, scientists warn that elephants are still under threat

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