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Amazon deforestation in Brazil remains near its highest level in 15 years

Amazon deforestation in Brazil remains near its highest level in 15 years

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon slowed slightly last year, a year after a 15-year high, according to closely watched figures released Wednesday. The data was released by the National Institute for Space Research. The agency’s Prodes monitoring system shows the rainforest lost an area roughly the size of Qatar, some …

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Super-distant black hole eats half a sun a year and blasts its remains back to Earth

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Astronomers have made the most distant sighting of a black hole tearing apart a star and feasting on it, thanks to a jet of stellar “remnants” hurled directly at Earth. Because the jet is aimed directly at Earth, the violent destruction of the star by this black hole, which astronomers call a tidal disturbance event …

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Column: China seizes American beans while its pig herd remains under surveillance

Column: China seizes American beans while its pig herd remains under surveillance

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NAPERVILLE, Illinois, Nov 17 (Reuters) – China has been sporadic in the U.S. soybean market lately, although its buying last week was surprisingly large and likely much needed as supplies of beans from the main importer have become scarce . However, China’s pork industry, the world’s largest, could be on tough ground, as evidenced by …

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Early cardiac amyloidosis remains bad news without treatment

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For asymptomatic patients diagnosed with amyloid transthyretin cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) at an early stage, it may take a few years to progress to clinical heart failure or other cardiovascular complications, according to a longitudinal cohort study that also found that early treatment was associated with greater survival. The retrospective study followed the natural history and prognosis …

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