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July 18, 2013

How rice twice became a crop and twice became a weed - and what it means for the future
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jul 19, 2013
The evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould once asked whether the living world would be different "if the tape were played twice." If there were a duplicate Earth evolving quietly beside ours, would we observe the emergence of creatures like ourselves and of plants and animals familiar to us, or would the cast of characters be entirely different? It's an intriguing question. So far replicate Earths are in short supply, but cases of parallel evolution (the same trait evolving independently ... read more

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				European fish stocks poised for recovery The results of a major international effort to assess the status of dozens of European fish stocks find that many of those stocks in the northeast Atlantic are being fished sustainably today and tha ... more		Avocado farmers face unique foe in fungal-farming beetle Beetles with unusual "green thumbs" for growing fungi are threatening avocado crops and could transform into a more destructive pest, according to an international team of researchers. Ambrosi ... more

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				India pays a high economic price for pollution: study The annual cost of environmental degradation in India is about $80 billion, or 5.7 percent of the country's gross domestic product, says a new report by the World Bank. ... more		Rain no dampener for New Zealand cardboard cathedral Sections of an innovative New Zealand cathedral being made from cardboard have gone soggy in the rain, but the project will still be completed next month, the Anglican Church said Friday. ... more

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