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To best manage natural systems, modern societies must consider alternative views and interpretations of the natural world.
Implications range from elucidating metabolic pathways that help facilitate greenhouse gas release, to revealing compounds for medicine or pollution remediation.
Image credit: Mak Saito (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA).
Such tests would arm the public with real-time knowledge of infection status and boost reopening plans.
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A large genomic dataset reveals ancient demographic events that accompanied the transition to agriculture and changes in metallurgic practices in France.
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A study finds that imposing a tax on orbiting satellites could increase the value of the satellite industry from $600 billion to $3 trillion by 2040 by decreasing collision risks and space debris.
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More than 500 terrestrial vertebrate species are on the brink of extinction, likely driven by human activities in biodiversity hotspots, a study suggests.
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons/Charles W. Hardin.
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