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Predicting Rainfall using the Stars

The farmers in Peru who consult the stars before planting their potatoes

Why farmers in Peru and Bolivia, who consult the stars over future rainfall and when to plant crops, get it right 75% of the time. New insights into the plasmodium parasite of the malaria mosquito. A plant-based cancer drug from Nepal. A new British committee formed to study possibility of an asteroid collision with Earth.

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