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EU to ban pesticides in bee scareThe European Commission will restrict the use of pesticides linked to bee deaths by researchers, despite a split among EU states on the issue. |
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‘Most Earth-like’ planets discoveredThe search for a far-off twin of Earth has turned up two of the most intriguing candidates yet. |
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New Zealand legalises same-sex marriageNew Zealand's parliament has legalised same-sex marriage, the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to do so. |
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New law to protect Puerto Rico leatherback turtlesPuerto Rico has introduced a new law protecting a swathe of the island's coast that has become a major nesting site for the world's largest turtle, the leatherback. |
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U.N. overwhelmingly approves global arms trade treatyThe 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the first treaty on the global arms trade, which seeks to regulate the $70 billion business in conventional arms and keep weapons out of the hands of human rights abusers. |
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Safer vaccine created without virusBritish scientists have developed a “holy grail” vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease that is safer and more resilient than current vaccines, according to an article published in the journal PLOS Pathogens on Wednesday. |
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China, world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, will tax carbonChina’s Ministry of Finance has announced that the country will levy a tax on carbon emissions, reports Xinhua. |
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New wind power cheaper than coal or gas in AustraliaElectricity supplied from a new wind farm is cheaper than that from a new gas or coal-fired power plant in Australia, reports a new analysis published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. |
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Lenses found to ‘cure colour-blindness’Scientists say they have invented spectacle lenses that cure red-green colour blindness, which affects some women and one in every 10 men. |
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Gorillas to Be Protected with New Congo National ParkThe Republic of Congo has declared a new national park that conservationists hope with protect a core population of western lowland gorillas, a critically endangered species, as well as other threatened species, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced. |
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From the brink of extinction: elephant seals stage remarkable comebackIn the 19th century the Northern Pacific Elephant was thought to be extinct until a small population was discovered on an island of Baja California in 1892. Since then, the species has staged a remarkable comeback which was greatly accelerated by protective measures adopted by the U.S. and Mexican governments. |
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Nations agree on legally binding mercury rulesMore than 140 countries have agreed on a set of legally binding measures to curb mercury pollution, at UN talks. |
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Six million turn out for global garbage clean-upMore than six million volunteers from 96 countries collected an unprecedented 100,000 tonnes of garbage last year as part of a global, web-driven clean-up campaign, cyber-environmentalists said Friday. |
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Totally blind mice get sight backTotally blind mice have had their sight restored by injections of light-sensing cells into the eye, UK researchers report. |
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Obama triples area of protected California coastlineOn Friday President Obama announced the government would add almost 3,000 square miles of California coastline to the National Marine Sanctuary system, reports the Sierra Club. |
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Asahi’s auto glass blocks UV, filters out IR raysAs prolonged exposure to sunlight increasingly becomes a health hazard, causing skin problems and even cancer, automakers have started to incorporate glass that blocks harmful ultraviolet light. |
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Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag BanSwitzerland’s Parliament has approved a motion banning single-use plastic shopping bags. Both houses of the Swiss Parliament Thursday voted to forbid the distribution of the plastic bags. The next step is for the government to implement the ban. |
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