Month: February 2016
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A New Way to Understand the World’s Rarest Minerals
Two geologists have developed a system for classifying some of the most elusive substances on the planet. Read the rest at The Atlantic.
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Mosquitoes, This Time It Is War
The Zika virus, which is spreading like wildfire throughout the Americas and is linked to a head-shrinking birth defect called microcephaly, is just the latest in a long list of mosquito-transmitted diseases that make the insects the world’s deadliest animal. It is time to launch a global initiative to eradicate them. Read the rest at USA…