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Light pollution is set to double between now and 2050

Light pollution is set to double between now and 2050

22 November 2017

The first global “light census” shows that the area affected by artificial lighting is growing by 2.2 per cent every year, posing risks to wildlife and human health
Man working on an Old Amish farm

Amish gene can make them live 10 years longer and avoid diabetes

15 November 2017

A gene variant that arose six generations ago in an Amish group seems to make people carrying the gene live ten years longer, and protect them from diabetes

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