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That conference, among other things, turned the Congo over to Belgium’s King Leopold II, who soon killed off half its population to extract its latex rubber, the “black gold” of that day.

The easiest way to kill off the tardigrades, the researchers argue, would be to sterilize the entire planet, adding 5.6 × 1026 J of energy to make the oceans boil off.

A small but growing number of producers in Canada are now selling this maple water in bottles or cartons, after first giving it a filter and pasteurisation to kill off any microbes.

The Trump administration is trying to kill off another independent federal agency in apparent disregard of the law.

It is the second shark fatality in Australia's waters this year, after surfer Lance Appleby was killed off the coast of South Australia on 2 January.