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Healthy soil for more nutritious food and healthier planet

Healthy soil for more nutritious food and a healthier planet

Sri Noor Chalidah and Eristyana Sari (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Mon 12 December 2022 2022-12-12 03:04 0 499db3314bec618375f5d217fc1148e3 4 Academia land,agriculture,food,health,fertilizer,methane,greenhouse gas,spatial planning,soil,FAO Free Soil is widely recognized as the foundation of the food system, which produces 95% of our food. In the opening address to the G20 summit last month, President Joko “Jokowi” …

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Snowflake zinc crystals, the strongest material and "hellish planet"

Snowflake zinc crystals, the strongest material and “hellish planet”

It’s starting to feel a lot lighter Australian researchers have grown zinc crystals that look like snowflakes inside liquid gallium metal. But you won’t be hanging them on your Christmas tree anytime soon, instead these complex symmetrical zinc crystals can potentially be used in a range of catalysis applications. Often resembling six-pronged snowflake crystals, the …

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Not on the moon yet: Here's what's on the horizon for Canadian space exploration - Canada News

Not on the moon yet: Here’s what’s on the horizon for Canadian space exploration – Canada News

Photo: The Canadian Press This image released by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 shows the edge of a young star forming region near NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. When Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette was young, she didn’t see many stars in the bright sky of Montreal. But she delves into the colorful otherworldly images …

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'Investment opportunities': Experts say space companies need a boost in Canada

‘Investment opportunities’: Experts say space companies need a boost in Canada

It’s hard to make things work in space, and even harder to make money there. With a long history in the space industry and a handful of healthy companies, Canadians are good at both. But industry executives and experts say the country needs a boost to maintain an edge in a sector poised to soar. …

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Mars Didn't Just Have Oceans, It Had Mega Tsunamis

Mars Didn’t Just Have Oceans, It Had Mega Tsunamis

The sci-fi movie of 2019 The wave (now streaming on Peacock!) follows the incredible exploits of Frank – unnamed – played by Justin Long. He’s not a likable character per se, despite Long’s particular charms, reveling in denying an insurance claim and reaping the financial rewards he will reap. During a night of partying, after …

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China's new space station opens in increasingly competitive era of space activity

China’s new space station opens in increasingly competitive era of space activity

Three taikonauts boarded the Shenzhou 15 mission en route to China’s new Tiangong space station. Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images The International Space Station is no longer the only place humans can live in orbit. On November 29, 2022, the Shenzhou 15 mission launched from the Gobi Desert in China carrying three taikonauts – …

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China's space ambition means a new Cold War won't just be fought on land

China’s space ambition means a new Cold War won’t just be fought on land

The opening line of Star Trek, the classic 1960s American sci-fi drama, was absolutely right. But there was a twist. Readers may recall that Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) of the Starship Enterprise solemnly intoned at the start of each episode: “Space – the final frontier.” But the “final frontier” is now contested from …

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China's space ambition means a new Cold War won't just be fought on land

China’s space ambition means a new Cold War won’t just be fought on land

The opening line of Star Trek, the classic 1960s American sci-fi drama, was absolutely right. But there was a twist. Readers may recall that Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) of the Starship Enterprise solemnly intoned at the start of each episode: “Space – the final frontier.” But the “final frontier” is now contested from …

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Does Consciousness Require a Brain to Explain Why the Laws of Physics Don’t Actually Exist (Planet Earth Report Weekend)

Published on December 10, 2022 in Planet Earth, Science This weekend’s stories include What the World’s Largest Liquid Mirror Telescope Means for Astronomy to How Mass Extinction and Evolution Are Intertwined, and much more. Consciousness may not require a brain–Are plants conscious? asks Annaka Harris, New York Times bestselling author of CONSCIOUS: A Brief Guide …

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