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Sanitary Fundamentals Of Pesticide Application & Its Classification

The contamination of the environment by pesticides cannot be prevented by purification facilities and trapping devices. Enormous areas of agricultural lands and hundreds of thousands of tonnes of products are treated with pesticides; consequently, they continuously circulate in the habitat of humans.

WASP-94A b: The Exoplanet with Cloudy Mornings

Scientists have found more than 6,000 exoplanets to date, including WASP-94Ab. The exoplanet orbits the star WASP-94A and is just a bit bigger than Jupiter (1.58 times Jupiter’s radius). It completes a full rotation around the star in just 4 Earth days.

Smartphones must not diminish potential

Children are widely regarded as the architects of our future. Yet, as a teacher of science and mathematics, I am increasingly concerned that a silent crisis is unfolding among the very generation expected to lead tomorrow’s world.

A grandma’s tale of sustainability

Long before sustainability acquired glossy reports, ambitious targets and impressive acronyms, grandmothers had already solved half the problems.

Resilience

The emphasis of modern environmental policy has been on prevention. Governments, international institutions and activists have rightly focused on reducing emissions, protecting ecosystems and slowing the pace of climate change.

Uneasy Allies

Wars often reveal the strength of alliances. Their endings reveal something more important: who ultimately gets to define the peace.