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Middle Eastern seed bank re-deposits backups into Svalbard's doomsday vault
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St. Martin's PressPower PlayPower Play: How video games can save the world by Asi Burak and Laura Parker.The following is an excerpt from Power...
This tiny camera could give drones predator vision
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Fracking fluid is leaking more often than we thought
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A ten-year-old boy named Jackson Walker had his dream come true thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Jackson, who is battling cystic fibrosis, was granted...
