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New tool will help gardeners move away from thirsty English classics to drought-resistant plants

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Garden Climate Assessment Tool will allow users to predict a plant’s response to the projected climate in a given location

“In the 20th century, we could pretty much grow the same things with confidence, we could learn from previous generations,” said Prof Sam Brockington, a curator at Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

“But now we’re moving into climate scenarios that we just don’t have the traditions to understand fully.”

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SpaceX Starlink’s Telecom Ground Game Takes Shape

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The boundaries between satellite infrastructure and terrestrial cellular networks are blurring. SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) is currently in advanced negotiations to acquire or deeply integrate with EchoStar's (NASDAQ: ECHO) Boost Mobile division. This maneuver signals a structural piv

The brain’s hidden fear mechanism may explain anxiety and PTSD

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A surprising new discovery suggests that fear may cause the brain to blur the line between danger and safety rather than distinguish them more clearly. By observing brain activity in mice using augmented reality, scientists found that memories of threatening and harmless environments began to overlap, potentially allowing faster responses to danger. This "better safe than sorry" survival mechanism could help explain why people with anxiety or PTSD sometimes experience intense fear in completely safe situations.

Oil to Remain at $100 Per Barrel Through 2027, Oil Analyst Sankey Warns

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Paul Sankey, president at Sankey Research, explains the factors that will keep crude above $100 per barrel for the year ahead and how that could impact diesel prices. Sankey also offers his outlook for European energy supplies, saying, “it’s gonna be an expensive winter for the average European.” He speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” (Source: Bloomberg)

Millions of Americans crippled by medical debt despite relief efforts

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Stopgap measure does not solve fundamental problem that millions can’t afford the healthcare they need, experts say

Some of the millions of Americans who collectively owe billions of dollars for medical expenses have seen their debt forgiven in recent years, and there has been a dramatic uptick in aid this year.

But the relief still only covers a small fraction of the outstanding balance and is just a stopgap measure that does not solve the fundamental problem: people in the US get into serious financial trouble because they can’t afford the healthcare they need, experts say.

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Brazil publishes first global ‘roadmap’ for phasing out fossil fuels

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Cop30 host sets out steps to break link with coal, oil and gas as it aims to move focus from negotiating to implementing

All countries can start to break their dependence on fossil fuels now without needing to wait for new technologies or economic changes, Brazil’s government has said ahead of a global climate summit.

Brazil, the host of last year’s UN climate conference, set out the world’s first global “roadmap” for phasing out fossil fuels on Tuesday, showing that countries could boost their economies and pull people out of poverty while breaking the link with coal, oil and gas.

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