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Four takeaways from Trump’s explosive interview

President Trump, in a wide-ranging and sometimes testy interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker that aired Sunday, touched on a variety of topics as the 18-month mark of his second term approaches. On “Meet the Press,” the president discussed ongoing negotiations with the Iranian

How gene swapping helped build the planet's decomposers

Decomposers are crucial for keeping Earth habitable, breaking down dead biomass and returning key nutrients, such as carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, to the ecosystem. Most decomposers, including fungi, survive through osmotrophy—a means of feeding by absorbing dissolved