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Profits Blooms When Flowers Are Planted on Indian Farms
After planting flowers alongside moringa trees in orchards in southern India, researchers increased the abundance and diversity of flower-visiting insects, ultimately improving pollination and boosting crop yield.

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Researchers Dispute Findings of Study on the Appeal of Ultra-Processed Foods
The surprising findings have been called into question by certain food and nutrition researchers. Their main critique: the study’s participants judged pictures of food, not actual food.

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Used Coffee Harbors New Compounds for Treating Brain Diseases
The authors of the study say that caffeic-acid based carbon quantum dots – which can be derived from spent coffee grounds – have the potential to protect brain cells from damage.

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Europe’s Caviar Has a Poaching Problem
Within the European Union, caviar, the famously fancy delicacy, can only legally be sourced from farmed sturgeon. Yet, according to a new study, it seems much of the caviar sold in Eastern Europe is sourced from wild fish, illegally.

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“Naked Clams” Could Be the Eco-Friendly Seafood of the Future
These saltwater clams are the eco-friendly, sustainable grub of the future, according to a new study published in Sustainable Agriculture.

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Bumblebees Can’t Taste Pesticides in Their Nectar
In a behavioral experiment, bees consumed the same amount of food, regardless of whether the solution contained pesticides or not, even when the pesticides were at concentrations high enough to “make the bees very ill.”

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Researchers Turn the Dregs of Wine Into Jelly Sweets
Researchers in Turkey have demonstrated how a waste product of wineries can be reused as an ingredient in gelatine-based sweets.

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Lightning Is the Leading Cause of Fires in Boreal Forests
Researchers have documented that lightning – not human activity – is the dominant cause of wildfires in boreal forests.

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New Device Can "Smell" Sea Sponges
With the help of a new device, the In Situ Marine moleculE Logger, or I-SMEL, researchers at Station Marine d’Endoume, Marseille, have been able to collect sea sponge compounds with newfound ease.

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Synthetic Fats Could Reduce Palm Oil Reliance
Researchers posit that swapping out palm oil for synthetic fats could save the world millions of tons of carbon emissions per year.
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