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Growing Fruit and Veg in Urban Farms Isn't the Green Choice We Imagine
Urban agriculture is expected to be an important feature of 21st century sustainability and can have...
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Fossils Are Neither Plant nor Animal, but a 'Weird Fusion' of Life
If you ever find yourself playing a game of twenty questions, there's a little-known life form...
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Experts Confirm: Icelandic Faultline Has Awakened After 800 Years
A volcanic eruption that has engulfed homes in an Icelandic fishing port confirms that a long-dormant...
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US Cities Could Verge on Becoming Ghost Towns by 2100, Study Finds
In 2100, our world will likely look drastically different to what it does today, either reshaped...
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Even Climate Scientists Weren't Ready for 2023, and That's a Worry
What we don't know can still hurt us very much indeed. 2023's climate is a testament...
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NASA's plan to "swarm" Proxima Centauri with tiny probes
Humans have dreamed about traveling to other star systems and setting foot on alien worlds for...
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Golden Orb Found at Bottom of the Ocean Mystifies Scientists
At around 3,300 meters (2 miles) below the surface off the coast of Alaska, where the...
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The Brain Circuit Behind Male Libido Has Been Identified in Mice
The sex drives of male mice seem to arise from a single, newly identified brain circuit,...
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Decades Ago a Noise Roared in the Ocean. For Years It Was a Mystery
In 1997, a deep belch echoed through the belly of Earth's oceans. The super low-frequency sound...
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Lagrange Points Could Become Battlegrounds in a New Space Race
A new 'space race' is heating up between the US and China in space exploration, and...