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Humans Why I love the proliferation of green roofs and living walls Green roofs have existed for more than 2000 years, but, along with living walls, they are becoming more popular – and provide major eco-benefits, writes Beronda L. Montgomery Comment
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Health Revealing the hidden impact of whole-genome sequencing for newborns Would you have your baby’s genes sequenced at birth? A groundbreaking trial that used whole-genome sequencing to predict newborns' future health, is starting to reveal the impact it has had on the whole family, seven years down the line Features
Humans Writing Gaia review: The letters of James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis Nearly forty years of letters between the two scientists who co-developed the paradigm-changing Gaia hypothesis make for fascinating, humanising reading Culture
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