Why hasn’t the US eradicated the plague?

Why hasn’t the US eradicated the plague?
By Vanessa BarfordBBC News, Washington DC

15 October 2015

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Caffeinated plants give bees a buzz

Caffeinated plants give bees a buzz
By Victoria GillScience reporter, BBC News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34532636

A morning caffeine dose is something that so many of us find irresistible, and according to research, foraging bees seek a similar buzz.
Many plants produce caffeine in their nectar, primarily as a naturally bitter deterrent against plant-devouring insects, like caterpillars.
An experiment with artificial nectar has …

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Pluto in a higher definition..

New Horizons: Tension mounts over Pluto signal – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33531751

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Pentaquarks…

Large Hadron Collider discovers new pentaquark particle – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33517492

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Harnessing the sun with the blackest paint in the world

Harnessing the sun with the blackest paint in the world –
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32931928Image captionBack to black: This might just look like black paint – but it’s probably the blackest black paint in the world
 

In a cramped laboratory on the campus of the University of California San Diego (UCSD), graduate student Lizzie Caldwell is hard at work, painting tiny …

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Food Chain on Great Barrier Reef

Killer starfish threaten Great Barrier Reef – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26183209

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Roar of the rutting stag: why men have deep voices

Roar of the rutting stag: why men have deep voices
https://www.gu.com/p/3j7ev

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Memory Alloys

Memory alloy bounces back into shape 10 million times – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-32886000

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