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• Blue tooth reveals unknown female artist from medieval times

  09-01-2019 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Rare paint particles found in the teeth of a medieval nun indicate that she was an unknown illustrator of sacred texts.
  
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• Mysterious radio signals from deep space detected

  09-01-2019 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  A telescope picks up bursts of radio waves from a distant galaxy, shedding light on an astrophysical puzzle.
  
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• One week left to register for edie's single-use plastics business transformation webinar

  09-01-2019 19:04
  Sustainability professionals seeking insight on reducing and eliminating single-use plastics are invited to register for a free webinar taking place next week, featuring expert speakers from A Plastic Planet, Sky and Cranswick.
  
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• Closing on FRIDAY: edie readers urged to take annual survey on sustainability leadership

  09-01-2019 13:44
  CSR, resource and energy professionals are invited to take a new annual survey developed by edie, which will help inform a major new report investigating the state of business leadership in 2019.
  
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• Mars upscales trials of innovative device which 'rebuilds' coral reefs

  09-01-2019 12:43
  Mars has unveiled plans to scale up trials of an innovative technology which 'rebuilds' coral reefs, after partnering with Australia's James Cook University to launch a string of tropical habitat restoration programmes.
  
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• Longleat koala Wilpena put down after kidney disease

  09-01-2019 12:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Wilpena was one of five koalas to arrive from Australia as part of a conservation programme.
  
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• Not all environmentalists eat tofu: the hunters fighting climate change

  09-01-2019 12:00
  Progressives should think twice about who their allies are. Conservatives, especially those who hunt, can be alarmed about climate change too I first read about Bald Knob, Arkansas, in 2010, after thousands of poisoned blackbirds dropped dead from the sky in nearby Beebe. On first look, Bald Knob has an unsettling aesthetic: a sparsely populated town, a bygone agricultural zone with toppled silos, old trailers, taxidermy businesses, boarded-up shops and a Waffle House. It’s a narrative cli
  
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• ‘It’s tough sleeping at night’: ranchers seek to protect herds as wolves move in

  09-01-2019 12:00
  As wolves arrive in California for the first time since the 1920s, ranchers try non-lethal methods to deter animals once seen as livestock-killing verminBreanna Owens had no idea where to turn for help when the wolves arrived. The northern California-based rancher used to take her cattle to graze each summer in Oregon, but in 2014, OR-7, a solitary wolf dubbed Journey, found a mate and produced a litter of pups in the vicinity of Owens’ herd. The Rogue pack was the first in the area in gen
  
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• Battersea Power Station to come back online as a low-carbon energy hub

  09-01-2019 11:33
  London's iconic Battersea Power Station is set to start producing energy again in 2020 - 38 years after the last coal-fired power generation facilities at the site were decommissioned.
  
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• VW enters energy supply market with new charging and renewable energy firm

  09-01-2019 11:32
  German car manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) has announced the creation of a new company within the group that will focus on charging solutions and renewable energy offerings.
  
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• Why Unilever's employees are key for a new era of sustainability leadership

  09-01-2019 10:52
  EXCLUSIVE: With environmental goals approaching a 2020 deadline and chief executive and the embodiment of sustainability leadership Paul Polman announcing his departure, Unilever's decision to ask its 172,000 staff what sustainable business meant to them may well keep the firm in the vanguard of corporate responsibility.
  
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• Why Unilever asked all staff what the future holds for sustainable business

  09-01-2019 10:52
  EXCLUSIVE: With environmental goals approaching a 2020 deadline and chief executive and the embodiment of sustainability leadership Paul Polman announcing his departure, Unilever's decision to ask its 172,000 staff what sustainable business meant to them may well keep the firm in the vanguard of corporate responsibility.
  
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• 'Bloody disgrace': '100-year-old' fish die in Darling River – video

  09-01-2019 07:45
  Menindee resident Dick Arnold and grazier Rob McBride show their dismay at the hundreds of thousands of native fish that have been killed along a stretch of the Lower Darling River in New South Wales in a second major incident. 'This is nothing to do with drought, this is a manmade disaster' Continue reading...
  
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• 'New' apple and pear varieties found in Wales

  09-01-2019 02:05 via bbc.co.uk
  About 200 trees were DNA-tested to find and preserve unrecorded varieties unique to Wales.
  
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• Climate change: 'Right to repair' gathers force

  09-01-2019 01:34 via bbc.co.uk
  EU and US states are to introduce laws helping people to mend appliances that break down.
  
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• Climate change: Which vegan milk is best?

  09-01-2019 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  With sales of vegan foods on the rise, check the environmental impact of plant-based milks.
  
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• Climate change: Which are the best vegan milks?

  09-01-2019 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  With sales of vegan foods on the rise, check the environmental impact of plant-based milks.
  
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