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Octopus leaps out of water to catch crab - Video 2/3/2015
Octopus leaps out of water to catch crab - Video Octopuses are not well-known for their ability to jump out of the water to catch their prey. But this video shot by Porsche Indrisie in Yallingup, Western Australia seems to put pay to that. ...more
Shale gas project encounters determined foes deep in Algerian Sahara 27/2/2015
Shale gas project encounters determined foes deep in Algerian Sahara Deep in the Algerian Sahara, daily protests against a pilot hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, project are now well into their second month. ...more
Google invests $300 million in U.S. residential solar projects 27/2/2015
Google invests $300 million in U.S. residential solar projects SolarCity Corp on Thursday said it created a $750 million fund to finance about 25,000 residential solar projects, with Google Inc investing nearly half the funding. ...more
Britain to invest $67 million in low-emission vehicles 27/2/2015
Britain to invest $67 million in low-emission vehicles Britain said it would invest 43 million pounds ($67 million) to support ultra-low-emission vehicles (ULEV), providing more car charge-points in its towns and cities and helping fund research into electric buses. ...more
28 cleanest cities in the world 27/2/2015
28 cleanest cities in the world From Stockholm to Sydney to Singapore, these 28 cities work hard to keep things clean and green. ...more
Wasting food could cost world $600bn a year by 2030 27/2/2015
Wasting food could cost world $600bn a year by 2030 Governments must tackle the growing problem of food waste or risk losing $600bn a year, an industry report has found. ...more
Palestinians cultivate the West Bank’s first organic mushrooms! 26/2/2015
Palestinians cultivate the West Bank’s first organic mushrooms! It’s been weeks since a Palestinian vegetable vendor from the West Bank town of Jericho last imported mushrooms, selling instead homegrown organic ‘shrooms’ grown for the first time in the West Bank. ...more
Toyota unveils fuel-cell car assembly line 26/2/2015
Toyota unveils fuel-cell car assembly line Toyota President Akio Toyoda on Tuesday unveiled the assembly line that is making the first mass market fuel-cell car. ...more
Bomb-sniffing elephants trained in South Africa 26/2/2015
Bomb-sniffing elephants trained in South Africa In the South African bush, elephants are being trained in the art of "bio-detection" to see if they can use their exceptional sense of smell to sniff out explosives, landmines and poachers. ...more
Risk of death from smoking higher than thought 26/2/2015
Risk of death from smoking higher than thought A large Australian study of more than 200,000 people has provided independent confirmation that up to two in every three smokers will die from their habit if they continue to smoke. ...more
 
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