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Despite culls, import bans, swine fever to hit pork market for years
Millions of pigs have been culled as African Swine Fever cuts through China and beyond, devastating…
Renault to decide on merger talks with Fiat Chrysler
The board of French car giant Renault is expected to decide Tuesday to begin merger talks…
Young Americans' lawsuit on climate change faces big hurdle
A lawsuit by a group of young people who say U.S. energy policies are causing climate…
Jamaica: a scientist in search of lost ganja
A supreme ganja, smoked by Rastas and even Bob Marley himself in the 1970s? This pipe…
Planets Directly Seen Growing Around Young Star PDS 70
Astronomers have directly imaged two exoplanets that are gravitationally carving out a wide gap within a…
'Pumping heart patch' ready for human use
It is packed with millions of living cells to mend damage after a heart attack, say…
For many, friends and family, not doctors, serve as a gateway to opioid misuse
In a common narrative of the path to opioid misuse, people become addicted to painkillers after…
How to make biodegradable 'plastic' from cactus juice
This Mexican researcher hopes her invention can help replace single-use plastics. Click here for…
Inside Britain’s top secret research laboratory
The BBC was given access inside Porton Down, where some of the world’s deadliest viruses are…