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      <news:title><![CDATA[The thousands of tons of banana pseudostems left rotting after each harvest are now being transformed into tissue paper and packaging materials, while a simple process using sodium hydroxide at 230°F is achieving pulp yields of up to 44 percent in April 2026 trials]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[The 5,200 holes dug into a mountain in Peru are no longer a mystery, and the explanation changes what we knew about their ancient economy]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Birdwatching for years not only changes what you see, but it could also be reshaping your brain in ways that surprise neuroscientists]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Astronauts photograph from the ISS a red electrical phenomenon exploding above storms at altitudes of up to 89 kilometers (about 55 miles)—a phenomenon that for decades seemed nothing more than a pilot’s legend]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[A 551-million-year-old site is forcing us to rewrite our understanding of an early mass extinction, and the loss of life may have been much greater than previously thought]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[The “pink fairy” has reappeared in a reserve in Mendoza, and its return confirms that an ecosystem that seemed silent still held an extraordinary surprise]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Psychology asserts that children of the 1960s and 1970s did not become emotionally strong thanks to better parenting, but because they grew up with enough daily neglect to learn to self-regulate, solve problems on their own, and develop a resilience that modern comforts make difficult to build]]></news:title>
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