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Soap bubbles pollinated a pear orchard without damaging delicate flowers Bees

Soap bubbles pollinated a pear orchard without damaging delicate flowers

IMAGE: This photograph shows a chemically functionalized soap bubble on a campanula flower (Campanula persicifolia). view more  Credit: Eijiro Miyako Soap bubbles facilitated the pollination of a pear orchard by delivering pollen grains to targeted flowers, demonstrating that this whimsical technique can successfully pollinate fruit-bearing plants. The study, from the Japan…
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June 17, 2020
As Netanyahu fights for annexation, settlers with most to gain remain apathetic Hebron

As Netanyahu fights for annexation, settlers with most to gain remain apathetic

MODIIN ILLIT, West Bank — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s July 1 target date to begin annexing large swaths of the West Bank is just around the corner, but residents of Israel’s most populous settlement don’t appear to be particularly preoccupied with the looming momentous occasion. During a visit last week…
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June 17, 2020
Pentagon Comptroller who raised concern over Trump’s freezing of aid to the Ukraine, RESIGNS Volodymyr Zelensky

Pentagon Comptroller who raised concern over Trump’s freezing of aid to the Ukraine, RESIGNS

Pentagon Comptroller who raised concern over Trump freezing aid to the Ukraine RESIGNS months after the president withdrew her nomination for promotion following impeachmentElaine McCusker submitted her resignation as deputy undersecretary of defense (comptroller) effective June 26, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Trump last year nominated McCusker to be promoted to…
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June 17, 2020
Explained: What the clash in Ladakh underlines, and what India must do in face of the Chinese challenge China's Strategy

Explained: What the clash in Ladakh underlines, and what India must do in face of the Chinese challenge

By: Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: June 18, 2020 8:02:12 am Indian army soldiers rest next to artillery guns at a makeshift transit camp before heading to Ladakh, near Baltal, southeast of Srinagar. (Photo: Reuters)The deaths of 20 soldiers in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh, where Indian and…
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June 17, 2020