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Uh-oh. Uhohuhohuhoh…
From 538 Significant Digits: 60 percent of wild coffee species Global warming — and its droughts and flourishing fungal pathogens — has put 60 percent of the world’s wild coffee species at “high risk of extinction,” according to a study … Continue reading
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Tagged 538 Significant Digits, arabica, coffee beans, coffee species, global warning, robusta, Science Advances
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Mysteries of Life: I’ll be sticking with peppers
From 538 Significant Digits: 11 million years ago It was, if you can believe it, only 11 million years ago that tomatoes split away from peppers, evolutionarily speaking. But now, thanks to gene editing technology, scientists may be able to … Continue reading
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Mysteries of Life: (1) risky venture and (2) The Little House That Disappeared
From 538 Significant Digits: 921 miles Two men, Colin O’Brady of the U.S. and Louis Rudd of Britain, are simultaneously attempting to become the first person to cross the continent of Antarctica “alone, unsupported and without harnessing the wind.” As … Continue reading
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