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Agriculture, Food and Beverage

There could be no more chocolate by 2040

Cacao plants are slated to disappear by as early as 2050 thanks to warmer temperatures and dryer weather conditions.

04 Jan 2018

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Fourth Industrial Revolution

NASA sent one of two twin brothers to space for a year. Here's what happened

NASA is conducting a study to assess how the human body changes as a result of space travel, using Scott Kelly and his twin brother Mark Kelly as subjects.

01 Nov 2017

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United States

Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria, 85% of Puerto Rico remains without power

4 out of 5 Puerto Ricans are still without power — but darkness is far from the island's biggest problem.

20 Oct 2017

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United States

People in San Francisco are wearing face masks because the air quality is so bad

On Thursday morning, the air quality in the Bay Area was worse than in Beijing.

17 Oct 2017

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Environment and Natural Resource Security

Humans have caused surprising changes to the planet that will be visible billions of years from now

Humans have only been on Earth for a minute fraction of the time the planet has existed. Yet everywhere you look, we have left a trace of our presence.

21 Jul 2017

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Behavioural Sciences

25 things you can do to make yourself feel happier

How to feel happier, according to neuroscientists and psychologists.

18 Jul 2017