Thorium can be used as a nuclear fuel through breeding to fissile uranium-233.

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According to researchers, while many modern pets may look like those depicted in ancient Egyptian tombs or Roman mosaics, extensive cross-breeding through thousands of years has meant that no modern dog breeds can be truly classified as "ancient".

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The society has joined forces with the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) to allow people to record sightings and breeding sites through its website.

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The male owl at Top Hill Low Nature Reserve was the only one of six breeding birds to survive through the winter.

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Australian scientists are attempted to use genetic modification to develop a strain resistant to Race 4, while those in Honduras are working on breeding a better banana through more conventional means, by cross-pollination.

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The BBKA warned the worst may be yet to come, as a lack of food for bees and wet conditions mean breeding queens have been unable to produce a large enough brood to see colonies through the winter.

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Some marine ecosystems, such as mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass meadows, beyond having high biodiversity values and providing breeding grounds and nurseries for fisheries, can also play a key role in mitigating global climate change through their ability to store carbon.

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Some of these ecosystems, such as mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass meadows, beyond having high biodiversity values and providing breeding grounds and nurseries for fisheries, can also play a key role in mitigating global climate change through their ability to store carbon.

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