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Europe's achievements in space combine excellent science with responsible management. New measures to increase cost-effectiveness can only be welcome, while the United States can recover its shaky reputation by taking the lead in small missions.
The idea that higher biological diversity begets more robust and more productive ecosystems is an old one. Only now are convincing experimental tests of the principle emerging.
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