WorldPingAI optimists will be encouraged by a recent report on the state of the world's plants and fungi by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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WorldPingEvery time a cell divides, it must accurately copy its entire genetic instruction manual. Before this process can begin, cells load their DNA-copying motor—a complex of six subunits known as the MCM2-7 helicase—onto DNA.
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WorldPingUnderstanding "who eats whom" is the key to keeping our oceans alive—and our dinner plates full. However, this invisible network that makes up the food chain can unravel with the pull of just one thread. Overfish one species, and its predators starve.
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WorldPingScientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography in Marseille, France, have discovered something surprising in the Mediterranean Sea: giant chains of phytoplankton.
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WorldPingThe rate of global warming, rather than the extra heat itself, could determine whether a system of ocean currents known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation will cross a tipping point, new research suggests.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Live Science
WorldPingA charity says the nature reserve will be a "very special thing" for the town once complete.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by BBC Science
WorldPingFormer world snooker champion Graeme Dott has gone on trial accused of historical child sex abuse.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Sky Sports Football
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