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A proposal to simulate all of Earth’s ecosystems is exposing a rift between small and big ecology.
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Researchers and biotech companies are bringing a universal flu vaccine closer to reality.
Stomachs of flesh-eating flies carry the DNA of animals in remote rainforests.
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