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Researchers warn 'Ebola for plants' hitting Africa's cassava crop

Anewdiseaseinfectingcassava--dubbed"Ebolaforplants"--couldspellaloomingfoodcrisisforAfrica,researchershavewarned,fearfulthattheemergingblightcoulddecimateoneoft

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Citizen scientists find a failed star in the Sun's neighborhood

Citizenscientistsmaynothavethetimeandequipmentoftheirprocounterparts,buttheirdedicationcansometimesleadtodiscoveriesthatwouldotherwisebeimpractical.Caseinpoint:

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70% of coral dead in Okinawa lagoon

About 70 percent of the Sekisei Lagoon coral reef in Okinawa Prefecture, the largest such reef in the nation, has died, according to the Environment Ministry.