What seemed a like a crazy idea turned out to be just that: a 1980s experiment that saw 25,000 car tires dumped into the crystal-clear waters of the Mediterranean to create a sanctuary for sealife off the French coast is being cleaned up after it was found to be polluting.
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Queenslanders overwhelmingly want the state government to cancel the Adani mining company’s 60-year unlimited water extraction licence amid growing concern about the severity of the drought. As of last week, 58% of Queensland was drought declared..
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Slave labor found at Starbucks-certified Brazil coffee plantation.
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Nike has donated three times as much money to Republicans as Democrats this year.
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Senate Democrats Investigate a New Allegation of Sexual Misconduct, from Brett Kavanaugh’s College Years.
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A Grassroots Call to Ban Gerrymandering.
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For the first time scientists have been able to grow human esophageal tissue entirely from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs), which can form any tissue type in the body. The same team have already used PSCs to bioengineer human intestine, stomach, colon and liver..
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Women are more likely to volunteer for non-promotable tasks, or tasks "that benefit the organization but likely don’t contribute to someone’s performance evaluation and career advancement".
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Police departments that collect more in fees and fines are less effective at solving crimes..
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