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• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Pests and Parasites
  Animals
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Plants
  Organic
   
  

  Biological pest control

  Biological control of pests and diseases is a method of controlling pests and diseases in agriculture that relies on natural predation rather than introduced ... > more
• Air Quality
  Air Pollution
  Pollution
  Environmental Science
  Environmental Issues
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Atmospheric dispersion modeling

  Atmospheric dispersion modeling is the mathematical simulation of how air pollutants disperse in the ambient atmosphere. It is performed with computer programs that solve the mathematical equations ... > more
• Apes
  Rainforests
  Monkeys
  New Species
  Mammals
  Animals
   
  

  Orangutan

  Orangutans (also spelled orang utan, orang-utan, sometimes incorrectly orangutang) are two species of great apes with long arms and reddish, sometimes brown, hair. Orangutans are highly endangered in ... > more
• Agriculture and Food
  Soil Types
  Sustainability
  Food
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
   
  

  Agriculture

  Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and many other desired products by the cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). The practice of ... > more
• Endangered Plants
  Agriculture and Food
  Botany
  Genetics
  Nature
  Life Sciences
   
  

  Plant breeding

  Plant breeding is the purposeful manipulation of plant species in order to create desired genotypes and phenotypes for specific purposes. This manipulation involves either controlled pollination, ... > more
• Fish
  Marine Biology
  New Species
  Geography
  Sea Life
  Ecology Research
   
  

  Krill

  Krill are shrimp-like marine invertebrate animals. These small crustaceans are important organisms of the zooplankton, particularly as food for baleen whales, Mantas, whale sharks, Crabeater seals ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Environmental Science
  Fuel Cells
  Sustainability
  Alternative Fuels
   
  

  Liquid nitrogen economy

  A liquid nitrogen economy is a hypothetical proposal for a future economy in which the primary form of energy storage and transport is liquid nitrogen. It is proposed as an alternative to liquid ... > more
• Earth Science
  Sports Science
  Geology
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Environmental Issues
  Earthquakes
   
  

  Foucault pendulum

  A Foucault pendulum, or Foucault's pendulum, named after the French physicist Leon Foucault, was conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth; its action is a result of the ... > more
• Hazardous Waste
  Environmental Science
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   
  

  Mercury poisoning

  Mercury poisoning, also known as mercuralism, is the phenomenon of toxication by contact with mercury. The main dangers associated with elemental mercury are that at standard conditions for ... > more
• Batteries
  Electricity
  Energy and the Environment
  Energy Technology
  Vehicles
  Sports Science
   
  

  Battery electric vehicle

  A battery electric vehicle (BEV) is an electric vehicle that utilises chemical energy that is stored in rechargeable battery packs. Electric vehicles use electric motors instead of, or in addition ... > more

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