Not all that long ago, canaries were regularly carried down into coal mines to serve as indicators of hazardous gases, like the colorless and odorless carbon monoxide. If the bird died, it was a sign ...
and the effects of rising temperatures. Water will be more abundant, and the area will be less vulnerable to drought. The ...
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Tom Karwin, On Gardening: Biodiversity in the garden

Biodiversity is a very large subject that is well worth everyone’s time and attention. Today’s column provides a brief ...
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Sewing change, one bag at a time

Despite the ban on polythene bags, they are still being produced, sold, and used across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), laments Seema Babar, a social worker, who makes cloth bags and distributes them free ...
The protein is called CIRBP, and it plays a key role in repairing double-strand breaks in DNA, a type of genetic damage that can cause disease and shorten lifespan in a variety of species, including ...