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An invasive beetle called the emerald ash borer (
Agrilus planipennis) will kill up to 99 per cent of ash trees on the streets of many US cities by 2060, according to modelling by Emma Hudgins at McGill University in Canada and her colleagues.
Invasive pests and diseases, such as Dutch elm disease, have had a devastating impact on some types of tree in many places around the world. Hudgins has previously found that despite the different nature of these pests, it is relatively simple to model their spread because … Continue reading Subscribe now for unlimited access
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Against abortion
This is a challenge to all God-loving pastors concerning abortion: Preach hellfire and damnation against this murderous killing of our unborn babies.
The Bible and even science prove that life begins at conception.
I know of a hunter who captured a pregnant boar hog but would not kill her because she was pregnant. Is not our human unborn babies more precious than swine?
Emma Hudgins, Wildwood
Trouble in the country
I have known for years that Trump was the most vile, vicious, corrupt president in our history, but now I know where he got his playbook. It came from the Nixon/Agnew team, two criminal cohorts from our past. Recognize the term witch hunt how about obstruction behind the scenes, attacking investigators, attacking the Justice Department itself, and calling the press the enemy of the people ? All tried and true attempts at subverting our democracy by these two.