The forthcoming smoking bans in Britain have been criticized by British American Tobacco as it reported a 9% rise in underlying profits. The bans are called by BAT, the world’s second largest tobacco firm after Philip Morris.
The ban will come into…
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It was more than 30 millions years ago; ancient spiders were trapped in amber. Scientists at The University of Manchester and the Manchester Metropolitan University have carried out the first comparative scientific study on it. Fossilized spiders from..
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It is disappointing that deforestation in the Amazon continuing at a rapid pace. But, a recent study provides with some hope. It is that reserves of all types are providing significant Amazon forest protection, but tribal lands may be especially…
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Soft drinks are found to have traces of a carcinogenic chemical. And it is at eight times the level permitted in drinking water, as revealed recently.
Tests have been conducted in Britain and France on 230 drinks on sale. And these have…
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Unlike in the 1970s, the huge number of beluga whales in Cook Inlet no longer delights locals and tourists alike. Last year, the number has dwindled to just 278, as estimated last year. But, what is leading to this disappearance of the whales left the…
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Rainwater in Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD) is higher in mercury contamination than the treated sewage water leaving the district. Like all large Great Lakes wastewater plants, the WLSSD is under federal order to reduce mercury in its…
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The astounding giant has been display at London’s Natural History Museum. It is one of the biggest and most complete giant squids ever found. The animal measures a monstrous 8.62m (28ft). It was caught off the coast of the Falkland Islands by a trawler…
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It was in 1815, the island of Sumbawa in the East Indies blasted witnessing the most violent volcanic eruptions in history. Known as the “year without a summer”, 1816 saw a global cooling caused by sulfurous gases and fiery ashes from Mount Tambora….
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14th Century Black Death plague may have triggered Europe’s “Little Ice Age”. And the Bubonic plague may have wiped out over a third of Europe’s population, a new study suggests. According to BBC, the Great Plague skeletons were discovered from…
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Hazardous materials are used for making cell phones, iPods and other electronic devices. And California, concerned with the effects, would require manufacturers to phase out the use of these under a bill introduced by a state lawmaker.
Assembly Member…
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