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Water from Salt: The Science, History, and Strategic Importance of Desalination and Why Bombing A Plant Is Dirty Business.
In March 2026, an Iranian drone strike on a Bahrain desalination facility highlights the vulnerability and critical importance of desalination infrastructure in the water-scarce Gulf region amid geopolitical tensions.
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CONVERSATIONS WITH JOANNA MASEL: On the Evolutionary Origins of Amino Acids and Rewriting Life’s Code.
In a new study that rewrites part of life’s earliest evolutionary narrative, researchers have used cutting-edge phylogenetic techniques to infer the sequence in which amino acids were added to the genetic code—tracing all the way back to the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA). By analyzing a vast number of ancient protein sequences, the team identified…
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Conversations with Bertie Gregory: Discovering how amazing penguins don’t read scripts.
Bertie Gregory’s “Secrets of the Penguins” reveals surprising behaviors and emotional depth of penguins through immersive wildlife storytelling.