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Cocoa pods

Our lust for tastier chocolate has transformed the cocoa tree

27 December 2017

Ever since we domesticated the cocoa tree over 3000 years ago, we have been breeding them to make tastier chocolate – but in the process we have made them vulnerable
Hardy Antarctic tardigrades may be threatened by climate change

Hardy Antarctic tardigrades may be threatened by climate change

20 December 2017

Tardigrades can famously survive almost anything, including being sent into space, but the Antarctic species could face problems as a result of climate change

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