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We should rewild the sky to restore the atmosphere to its former glory

We should rewild the sky to restore the atmosphere to its former glory

19 August 2020

Let's take inspiration from the way we intervene to help degraded ecosystems recover and attempt to restore the atmosphere back to full health, writes Graham Lawton
We now have the technology to develop vaccines that spread themselves

We now have the technology to develop vaccines that spread themselves

19 August 2020

Prevention is better than cure, so we should start using genetic techniques to stop dangerous animal diseases jumping to humans, say Scott Nuismer and James Bull

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