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Apr 21, 2025 · Pollinators enhance reproduction in 90 percent of the planet’s flowering plant species, including 75 percent of our major food crops. The many different organisms that serve as …

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Apr 21, 2025 · Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Scientists have long believed the Little Dal reefs were built entirely by microbes—mats of cyanobacteria that grew upward …

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Jun 17, 2025 · The 60-year-old man lying on the street, as far as anyone knew, was just a janitor hit by a drunk driver. There was no mention of it on the local news, no obituary in the morning paper. His …

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