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Plants & Animals Mar 9, 2023

'Noah's Ark for plants' hits major milestone: 40,000 plant species now banked at Kew's Millennium Seed Bank

A world-leading seed conservation program led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is celebrating a major milestone today in its efforts to preserve rare, threatened, and important wild plants. As of March 1, the Millennium ...

Environment Dec 19, 2021

Firm transforms waste as Morocco faces trash 'time bomb'

Recycling in Morocco may be in its infancy, but the North African kingdom is making steady progress, helped by a Swiss firm that specialises in processing organic waste.

Space Exploration Sep 25, 2015

Space experts swoon for 'The Martian' despite inaccuracies

Surviving in space is hard and scientists say "The Martian" shows precisely what challenges astronauts will face on a pioneering mission to Mars, even though it contains some big inaccuracies right from the get-go.

Environment May 11, 2012

Hunting for bomb-eating bugs

University of Arizona researchers are studying the environmental effects of insensitive munitions compounds, or IMCs, which are new, more stable explosives that won't detonate in response to heat or shock.

Mathematics Nov 29, 2010

Soil microbes define dangerous rates of climate change

The rate of global warming could lead to a rapid release of carbon from peatlands that would further accelerate global warming.