Africa is prominent as the cradle of humanity, and for its crucial contribution to culture and the scientific knowledge production in the world.

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Mianyang has gained its reputation as a technology center due to its importance as a base for national defense, scientific research and production.

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What is agreed right now is that there's very little scientific information about large-scale production of jatropha oil.

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In the 1940s and 1950s, by extending the trends of population growth and food production, it was scientific fact that the world was on a collision course with massive starvation.

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It enables people to participate in and benefit from the production, sharing and application of scientific knowledge.

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So it looks like firefighters may be the next unlucky professionals replaced by cheap robotic labor, at least if a snakebot built by the Foundation for Industrial and Scientific Research in Norway (SINTEF) ever makes it into mass production.

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Yet many in the biotechnology industry are likely still wondering how to best take full advantage of this singular event, in order to persuade more people (including public officials) that its technology will beneficially transform food production worldwide, as well as ensure a stronger role for objective scientific thought in the ongoing discussion.

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Oil and gas drilling companies had pushed for the change, but there have been differing scientific estimates of the amount of methane that leaks from wells, pipelines and other facilities during production and delivery.

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