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Health, science and environment reporter for global news agency Agence France-Presse. Previous AFP postings in Pakistan as a reporter, and Hong Kong as an editor. Between 2008 - 2012 I covered Pakistan for the Christian Science Monitor at the height of the country's Taliban insurgency.

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Messenger RNA: How a long shot idea led to COVID-19 vaccines

Messenger RNA: How a long shot idea led to COVID-19 vaccines

Hungarian-born scientist Katalin Kariko's obsession with researching a substance called mRNA to fight disease…

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Harvard astronomer argues that alien vessel paid us a visit

Harvard astronomer argues that alien vessel paid us a visit

Discovering there's intelligent life beyond our planet could be the most transformative event in human histor…

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Howling into the void? US wolf recovery endangered by Trump

Howling into the void? US wolf recovery endangered by Trump

They thrive at teamwork, fight for their homes, and cherish their families above all else. It is sometimes sa…

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'A long ride': 50 years ago, a dress rehearsal for the Moon landing

'A long ride': 50 years ago, a dress rehearsal for the Moon landing

As Earth grew ever smaller below his spacecraft, Apollo 10 commander Tom Stafford made an unusual request to …

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Giggles and 'joy jumps': rats love games of hide and squeak, scientists find

Giggles and 'joy jumps': rats love games of hide and squeak, scientists find

The next time you see a rat darting for cover, consider this: it might just want to have a playful game of hi…

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Navajo face loss of elders and traditions to COVID-19

Navajo face loss of elders and traditions to COVID-19

Emerson Gorman knows what it's like to face the destruction of his culture: when he was five-years-old he was…

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Collapse of Amazon soy pact to unleash new deforestation: study

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| Japan Today Verified
The collapse of a landmark Amazon soy pact will drive at least 1.4 million hectares (3.5 million acres) of extra deforestation in Brazil over the next decade, releasing carbon emissions equal to Canada's annual output, according to an analysis published last week.
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Metal mining's carbon footprint far larger than thought: study

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| Yahoo Verified
From building wind turbines to reinforcing power grids for rising demand from electric cars, transitioning from fossil fuels to greener economies will require a massive increase in metal extraction. But new research published in Environmental Science and Technology on Wednesday shows the carbon footprint linked to metal mining could be 10 times greater than previously thought, with major implications for the world's climate goals.
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L’empreinte carbone des mines de métaux serait plus importante qu’on ne le pensait

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| Le Devoir Verified
De la construction d’éoliennes au renforcement des réseaux électriques pour répondre à la demande croissante de voitures électriques, la transition vers une économie plus verte demandera d’augmenter l’extraction de métaux. Mais une nouvelle étude publiée mercredi dans Environmental Science and Technology montre que l’empreinte carbone de l’exploitation minière des métaux pourrait être dix fois plus importante qu’on ne le pensait auparavant.
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