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With 700+ coronavirus cases in US and 7 in Mexico, Trump rebuked for again touting border wall as solution Mexico Border Wall

With 700+ coronavirus cases in US and 7 in Mexico, Trump rebuked for again touting border wall as solution

“Perhaps the wall is to protect Mexico?” President Donald Trump was condemned Tuesday for suggesting that a wall along the southern U.S. border would in any way protect Americans from the coronavirus outbreak which has spread to more than 100 countries, infecting more than 750 people in the United States so…
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March 10, 2020
Turkey used a new weapon in Syria that was so effective it looks like Russia won’t dare confront Turkey directly Putin

Turkey used a new weapon in Syria that was so effective it looks like Russia won’t dare confront Turkey directly

Analysis bannerBusiness InsiderVladimir Putin: Not always willing to risk everything.Pool/Getty ImagesTurkey and Russia have avoided all-out war, despite Turkey's full-scale offensive against the Moscow-backed Syrian regime.Why did Russia think twice about escalating the Syrian conflict into a direct confrontation with Turkey?It turns out that Turkey has a cheap and effective…
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March 10, 2020
Feasibility of assessing vegetative and generative endpoints of crop-target terrestrial plant (NTTP) regulatory testing under greenhouse conditions Bees

Feasibility of assessing vegetative and generative endpoints of crop-target terrestrial plant (NTTP) regulatory testing under greenhouse conditions

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Andreas Duffner,  Thomas Moser,  Marco P. Candolfi x Published: March 10, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230155 AbstractAgriculture is the dominating land-use in the EU member states covering nearly half of the surface area. Using herbicides to reduce weed competition in agricultural areas can adversely affect Non-Target…
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March 10, 2020
Citizen science improves our understanding of the impact of soil management on wild pollinator abundance in agroecosystems Bees

Citizen science improves our understanding of the impact of soil management on wild pollinator abundance in agroecosystems

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Logan R. Appenfeller,  Sarah Lloyd,  Zsofia Szendrei x Published: March 10, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230007 AbstractNative bees provide essential pollination services in both natural and managed ecosystems. However, declines in native bee species highlight the need for increased understanding of land management methods that can…
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March 10, 2020
Agriculture, cameras, tire changes and drive-throughs: Here are our robotics pitch-off winners Self-driving Vehicles

Agriculture, cameras, tire changes and drive-throughs: Here are our robotics pitch-off winners

We tried something new at last week’s TC Sessions: Robotics + AI. For the first time ever, we incorporated a pitch-off into the event. With a site as embedded in the startup world, it made sense to find a way to give some stage time to some early-stage startups. On…
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March 10, 2020