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  2. Tardigrades in space - Wikipedia

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    The tardigrade Milnesium tardigradum demonstrated its ability to survive the vacuum and ultraviolet radiation of space in the TARDIS experiment on the 2007 FOTON-M3 mission. The use of tardigrades in space , first proposed in 1964 because of their extreme tolerance to radiation, began in 2007 with the FOTON-M3 mission in low Earth orbit , where ...

  3. TARDIS - Wikipedia

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    The TARDIS (/ ˈ t ɑːr d ɪ s /; acronym for "Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space") is a fictional hybrid of a time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs.

  4. The Tenth Planet - Wikipedia

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    Ben frees the Doctor and Polly from the Cybermen's spaceship. The Doctor, seemingly ill, says “it’s far from being all over” and abruptly leaves for the TARDIS. Ben and Polly find the TARDIS and urge to be let in; though weak, the Doctor gathers enough energy to let Polly and Ben in. The Doctor falls unconscious and transforms into a ...

  5. Biodiversity loss - Wikipedia

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    The report also said, "Many of the drivers that have negative impacts on BFA (biodiversity for food and agriculture), including overexploitation, overharvesting, pollution, overuse of external inputs, and changes in land and water management, are at least partially caused by inappropriate agricultural practices" [187]: 6 and "transition to ...

  6. Food loss and waste - Wikipedia

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    Food recovered by food waste critic Robin Greenfield in Madison, Wisconsin, from two days of recovery from dumpsters [1]. Food loss and waste is food that is not eaten. The causes of food waste or loss are numerous and occur throughout the food system, during production, processing, distribution, retail and food service sales, and consumption.

  7. Divisions on curbing plastic waste persist as UN treaty talks ...

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    BUSAN/BAKU (Reuters) -As delegates from 175 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea on Monday for the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution ...

  8. US appeals court won't revisit Ghislaine Maxwell's sex ... - AOL

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    A U.S. appeals court has rejected British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's request to revisit its decision upholding her conviction for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse ...

  9. Cascade effect (ecology) - Wikipedia

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    An ecological cascade effect is a series of secondary extinctions that are triggered by the primary extinction of a key species in an ecosystem.Secondary extinctions are likely to occur when the threatened species are: dependent on a few specific food sources, mutualistic (dependent on the key species in some way), or forced to coexist with an invasive species that is introduced to the ecosystem.