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The little bug with a big appetite turning organic waste into sustainable fertiliser

5 mn readThese tiny soldiers can eat four times their own weight in organic waste – and turn it into sustainable fertiliser. With a unique ability to consume nearly any form of organic matter it comes across, one small but mighty insect is becoming a tool to address the growing problem of organic waste and soil degradation. […]

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State of emergency declared for Santorini after quakes

3 mn readA state of emergency has been declared on the Greek island of Santorini after days of consecutive earthquakes. It comes after amagnitude 5.2 tremor was recorded at 21:09 local time (19:09 GMT) on Wednesday between the Greek islands of Amorgos and Santorini,making it the strongest in recent days. It is estimated to have occurred at […]

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Investigations don’t undo air crashes but they prevent tragic repeats

3 mn readIt’s the story you never want to have to cover as an aviation reporter. Last week, we saw the first fatal crash of a U.S. airliner in almost 16 years when an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jet over the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport.  Nearly 70 people died […]

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Postal Service suspends incoming packages from China, Hong Kong

< 1 mn readThe U.S. Postal Service will temporarily suspend accepting inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong Posts until further notice, the USPS website showed. The change, effective from Feb. 4, will not impact the flow of letters and flats from China and Hong Kong, according to the website. USPS did not immediately comment on whether this […]

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How Russia launched a giant space mirror in 1993

6 mn readVladimir Syromiatnikov’s bold attempts to light up Siberia with a space mirror captured global attention. The BBC’s Tomorrow’s World reported on an ambitious experiment that was launched on 4 February 1993. It sounds like a scheme a James Bond villain might hatch: launching a giant mirror into orbit to harness the Sun’s rays, then redirecting […]

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Capital One accused of ‘cheating millions of customers’

2 mn readCapital One is being sued by the US government’s consumer watchdog agency for “cheating millions of consumers” and not paying more than $2 billion in interest to holders of its high-interest savings accounts. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) accuses Capital One of freezing the interest rates of its flagship “360 Savings” accounts at low […]

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