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Markita Landry is the first to admit that the two applications her research addresses – imaging brain chemistry and delivering genetic material into plants – are rather divergent.

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Scientists have warned that 6.5-foot-long snakes are 'thriving' in the UK - and they love to make their homes in our houses.