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Precision farming data offers archaeologists new insights

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New study supports earlier findings that omega-6 fatty acids alleviate inflammation

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Dipstick technology extracts DNA and RNA in 30 seconds, without a lab

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Amazonian natural psychedelic improves a sense of wellbeing

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To know when a plant is thirsty, print a sensor right on the leaf

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Iridium kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue

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Common to humans, plants and animals, TOR protein is a cell growth regulator

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Corals like the taste of plastic

In North Carolina, a Duke University study of plastic ingestion by corals suggests they are not mistaking it for prey like other marine animals...

Dramatic insect population declines in German nature reserves

In The Netherlands, the total biomass of flying insects has decreased by more than 75 percent in 63 nature reserves since 1989. In recent...

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