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The greenhouse effect

ear can be a great motivator. When the mighty emperor Roman Tiberius demanded his favourite vegetable (a cucumber-like gourd) be grown all year, his gardeners were no doubt spurred on by more than a love of horticulture to find a solution. Their endeavours resulted in the world’s earliest greenhouse, designed to keep their leader in

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