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Roughly two-thirds of the way through his new book, “Good Soil: the Education of an Accidental Farmhand,” Jeff Chu, then a ...

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Scientists found 22 viruses in total, 20 of which have not been previously recorded. Among them were two henipaviruses ...

Scientists have found 20 new viruses in bats from China’s Yunnan province, including two linked to deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, raising concerns about future disease outbreaks from wildlife to ...

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China Agricultural University (CAU) has introduced China's first undergraduate program focused on companion animals to meet ...