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Quartz· 4 days agoThe lifting of a ban on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) by Kenya’s new government barely a month after president William Ruto was sworn in is causing jitters, with politicians, and pressure ...
'The heart of Austin beats here': Juneteenth, visit city's only intact slave quarters
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFor starters, however, you can't go wrong with the afternoon-long celebration of Juneteenth on June...
Study Challenges Popular Idea That Easter Islanders Committed ‘Ecocide’
Columbia University News· 2 days agoThere, they erected hundreds of “moai,” or gigantic stone statues that now famously stand as emblems...
Museums preserve clues that can help scientists predict and analyze future pandemics
San Francisco Chronicle· 4 days agoNearly all emerging infectious diseases in humans originate from microorganisms that are harbored by wildlife and subsequently “jump,” either directly or indirectly – for example, through mosquitoes ...
World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in South Africa – and they’ve been storing precious carbon...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThis highlights the disproportionate contribution termite mounds make to carbon stocks in these...
World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in South Africa – and they’ve been storing precious carbon...
The Conversation· 7 days agoThe landscape along the Buffels River in South Africa’s Namaqualand region is dotted with thousands of sandy mounds that occupy about 20% of the surface area. The groundwater salinity seemed ...
Humidity will make Connecticut's heat wave unbearable. Here's how the heat index calculates that.
Stamford Advocate· 5 days agoThe phrase “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity” will hit home this week. Sure, temperatures will soar in Connecticut, but what will make this week’s heat wave so uncomfortable will be the ...