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In arid regions, farmers face the challenge of producing food while working with limited freshwater supplies. In Saudi Arabia, where agriculture relies heavily on irrigation, reducing water loss from cultivated soil is an important challenge.

Anthropic says Claude can now do more than chat and code; it can design protein binders and analyse chemistry lab data. The company says the AI completed tasks that can take scientists hours or even weeks, hinting at a much bigger role for AI in research.

For those who don't know, CERN is Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire (European Council for Nuclear Research). It is the world's largest particle physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland (near Franco-Swiss border).

Scientists have demonstrated direct brain-to-brain communication using a system that transmitted information between people without speech, typing or physical gestures. The research led to 'BrainNet,' a system that connected three people and allowed them to collaborate on a task using brain signals.

In the early twentieth century, coyotes were widely viewed as a threat to valuable wildlife in Yellowstone National Park. Many believed that controlling their numbers was necessary to protect antelope, bighorn sheep, mule deer and other hoofed animals.

In 1937, Australian scientists took an unusual step in the fight against one of the country's most destructive pests known as 'rabbits.' They released rabbits carrying 'myxoma virus' on Wardang Island, off South Australia, to see whether the disease could spread naturally. The experiment was part of a much longer effort to find a biological way of controlling Australia's enormous European rabbit population.

At first glance, the fire salamander appears much as it always has: black skin broken by irregular yellow markings, a pattern long associated with the species' chemical defences. But under ultraviolet light, that familiar appearance changes.

In temperate forests, spring timing can determine whether newly hatched caterpillars find a feast or almost nothing to eat. Many herbivorous insects emerge around the time trees produce their first young leaves, when the foliage is soft and especially nutritious.