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South Carolina permanently protected more than 62,000 acres of working forest in its largest conservation easement; the $70 million effort includes a $50 million federal grant and blocks future fragmentation

Image Credits: Mac Stone taken via South Carolina Forestry Commission In fantastic news for climate activists, South Carolina has permanently protected more than 62,000 acres of forestland in one of the state’s biggest conservation efforts. The project, which spans three river basins, is a major win for wildlife, local communities and the environment. More importantly,…

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CM on ethanol row: Evidence at blending units also collected | Bengaluru News

BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar Sunday asserted that investigations into excessive ethanol blend — more than 30% against the prescribed 20% — in fuel stations in the state were comprehensive and covered processing units where the fuel and the chemical are blended.Stating that the Centre cannot shirk its responsibility as public safety is paramount,…

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Reds gone, but ‘dimagi Naxals’ still instigating people: PM Modi | India News

RAIPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday warned that the end of armed Maoist insurgency did not mean the threat had disappeared, alleging that what he called ‘Dimagi Naxals’ had infiltrated political parties and organisations and were inciting people against the Constitution and democracyContinuing his long-standing tradition of celebrating Diwali with security forces, this time…

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Baby pufferfish inherit a nearly non-toxic chemical from their mothers; researchers exposed the larvae to predatory fish, which took them into their mouths before immediately spitting them back out

Pufferfish have an interesting way of showing motherly love. Anyone remotely familiar with poisonous foods would know about fugu. It is a Japanese delicacy so dangerous that chefs need special training and a licence to prepare it. One wrong cut could leave traces of tetrodotoxin, a potent neurotoxin.Pufferfish are notorious for carrying this deadly chemical…

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Meet Jacob, the 14-year-old from England who started selling tomato plants from a small cart and now grows 7,000 plants, with customers ordering from overseas | World News

Meet Jacob, Founder of The Tomato Cart. Image Credit: The Shropshire Seaweed Jacob Mann, 14, from Norwich, England, has turned his love of gardening into a growing business selling tomato plants, growing kits and tomato merchandise. It all started from humble beginnings with a few seedlings and a home-made bicycle trailer, and has grown into…

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Stanford scientists have built a fingernail-sized chip that takes jumbled light from multiple sources and separates it into clean beams; the device could one day improve microscopes, telescopes and cameras

Image Courtesy: Institute of Science and Technology of Austria Light is something we rarely think twice about. It enters our homes through windows, illuminates the streets at night and helps us capture everything from a beautiful sunset to the tiniest details under a microscope. But what if the light reaching our eyes isn’t as simple…

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Built in 1864 as a Manhattan fire station, this 7,281-square-foot property became a five-level townhouse with its own underground jazz club; it has now sold for $19 million in New York

A former Manhattan fire station that has found a second life as a luxury townhouse, complete with an underground jazz club, has sold for $19 million. Located at 78 Morton Street in New York’s West Village, the historic property dates back to 1864 and once served as a base for a volunteer firefighting company. The…

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