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Climate change challenges national security
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Climate change challenges national security

The National Intelligence Council (NIC) has just completed a new assessment of how climate change could threaten US security over the next 20 years when it causes a lot…

December 16, 2018
New evidence for the theory of meteorite exploding
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New evidence for the theory of meteorite exploding

Geological evidence discovered in Ohio and Indiana over the past few weeks has been reinforcing the hypothesis of what caused the event 12,900 years ago in North America…

December 16, 2018
Add evidence to the new hypothesis about water
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Add evidence to the new hypothesis about water

According to new experimental evidence due to the collaboration among researchers at Stanford Linear Acceleration Center of the California Department of Energy, RIKEN Sp…

December 16, 2018
Pilot hospital wastewater treatment with reeds
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Pilot hospital wastewater treatment with reeds

Based on the characteristics of water absorption and disinfection of reed roots, Nhan Ai Hospital, Binh Phuoc province, will be the first hospital in the South to apply…

December 16, 2018
The price of deforestation
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The price of deforestation

Human impact on the living environment not only reduces the number of individuals in the population, but also causes individuals of some species to shrink their bodies.

December 16, 2018
When lilac flowers bloom
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When lilac flowers bloom

Some species of exotic plants can grow better in their new homeland than where they originated. This may be due to genetic modification or by herbivores like insects tha…

December 16, 2018
Eating insects to protect the environment
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Eating insects to protect the environment

Eating insects such as wasps and grasshoppers is not only beneficial for health but also helps to remove harmful organisms from the environment.

December 16, 2018
The danger is called a kangaroo
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The danger is called a kangaroo

Australia's defense ministry is working to remove hundreds of kangaroos on the outskirts of Canberra, causing heated debates and big headlines internationally.

December 16, 2018
Clean energy is not necessarily clean
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Clean energy is not necessarily clean

Wind turbines or solar collectors do not emit CO2 when turning sunlight or wind into electricity. But the production of these devices consumes a lot of materials and emi…

December 16, 2018