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How daredevil drones find nearly extinct plants hidden in cliffs

How daredevil drones find nearly extinct plants hidden in cliffs

Dec 10 (Reuters) – Ben Nyberg stood on a sharp ridge along Hawaii’s Na Pali coast, his eyes scanning the leafy nooks of nearby red rock ridges. It was quiet, save for the faint hum of a drone flying among flocks of curious white-tailed tropicbirds. Nyberg aimed the drone closer to the opposite ridge, scanning …

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How gravity can cause irritable bowel syndrome

How gravity can cause irritable bowel syndrome

A new theory suggests that irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the most common gastrointestinal disorder, could be caused by gravity. Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS, director of health services research at Cedars-Sinai and author of hypothesisexplains that IBS – and many other conditions – could result from the body’s inability to deal with gravity. “As long as …

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Drought-stricken Kenyan pastoralists are saving wildlife - and their livelihoods

Drought-stricken Kenyan pastoralists are saving wildlife – and their livelihoods

Drought drives animals into villages to eat crops, attack livestock Communities and private landowners team up to protect wildlife Agriculture being a threat to biodiversity, reserves are developing OLCHORO VILLAGE OIROWUA, Kenya, August 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Robert Nampaso and more than 30 other Maasai herding families leased part of their land in …

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