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Bugged: Earth's insect population shrinks 27% in 30 years

KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — The world has lost more than one quarter of its land-dwelling insects in the past 30 years, according to researchers whose big picture study of global bug decline paints a disturbing but more nuanced problem than earlier research.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Science Says: How risky is that virus? Your mind may mislead

NEW YORK (AP) — Anna Alexander, a property manager in Virginia Beach, Virginia, started the day Monday thinking that she might avoid shaking hands because of the coronavirus outbreak. Then somebody stuck out a hand to shake.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Science Says: How risky is that virus? Your mind may mislead

NEW YORK (AP) — Anna Alexander, a property manager in Virginia Beach, Virginia, started the day Monday thinking that she might avoid shaking hands because of the coronavirus outbreak. Then somebody stuck out a hand to shake.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

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