Fashion and fuel go bananas: breakthrough can turn agricultural waste into textile while leftovers to power half of rural Pakistan
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New method turns banana waste into green textiles, energy
Scientists estimate that the banana agricultural waste in Pakistan could yield 57,488 million cubic meters of syngas.
Scientists from Northumbria University collaborated with academics from the UK and Pakistan to tackle agricultural waste rising from producing bananas and other foods. They developed a new technology to
Mathematicians make breakthrough in distribution of prime numbers 162 years after Riemann hypothesis, 3 centuries after Gauss’s estimate
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Mathematicians Clear Hurdle in Quest to Decode Primes
Paul Nelson has solved the subconvexity problem, bringing mathematicians one step closer to understanding the Riemann hypothesis and the distribution of prime numbers.
It’s been 162 years since Bernhard Riemann posed a seminal question about the distribution of prime numbers. Despite their best
Copenhagen rewards tourists and locals with free food and activities by taking part in eco-friendly tasks like biking, taking public transportation or pick up litter
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Is a free lunch enough incentive to get you to litter-pick on holiday? Copenhagen hopes so
Tourists to the Danish capital will be rewarded with free food and activities – but only if they take part in environmentally friendly tasks.
Copenhagen is well known for embracing sustainability and now the Danish capital is
Edinburgh: first three brothers to row any ocean with Atlantic record set to make history again to cross Pacific non-stop and un-supported in boat they designed themselves to raise money for clean water
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Edinburgh brothers look to make history with Pacific Ocean row
A trio of brothers from Edinburgh are set to take on their biggest challenge yet by attempting to become the first team to row the entire Pacific Ocean non-stop and unsupported.
The MacLean brothers are hoping to raise £1million as well as breaking two world records when they set off early
Need vs. want – “No Buy Challenge” catches on to save planet and wallet. Most people in wealthy countries own 77-155 pieces of clothing and only wear 20% 80% of the time
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A practical guide on how to stop buying clothes.
Six years ago, Lauren Fay decided to stop buying new clothes for a full year. At the time, this seemed like a radical thing to do; but she was an early member of a growing movement devoted to drastically reducing our clothing consumption.
Back then, Fay was partly motivated to save money. She’s
“Walking Tree” named New Zealand Tree of the Year 2024
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Karamea Walking Tree Wins 2024 Tree of the Year New Zealand
The New Zealand Arboricultural Association (NZ Arb) is delighted to announce The Walking Tree as the winner of the 2024 Tree of the Year New Zealand award.
This extraordinary northern rātā (Metrosideros robusta), located near the Karamea Cemetery, captivated the hearts and imaginations of New Zealanders
Texas family turn down millions from developers to turn 1500 acres into public park for all to enjoy
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Developers Offered a Texas Family Millions for Their Land. They Chose to Make It a Park Instead.
Daniel Kozmetsky wades through a sea of lemon-yellow wildflowers growing along a ridge and looks over a wide valley that stretches in front of him, part of the sprawling RGK Ranch his grandparents founded half a century ago. “This is the spot,” he says, sweeping
Northern lights (aurora borealis) seen around the world from largest geomagnetic storm in two decades
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Northern Lights stun UK in spectacular display
The Northern Lights have made a rare appearance across the UK, delighting sky watchers up and down the country. They could be seen after one of the strongest geomagnetic storms for years hit Earth, with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issuing a rare solar storm warning.
The extreme geomagnetic storm that happened on Friday was classed
Birding world all aflutter over accidental rare bird photo: first blue rock thrush sighting in US
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Hobbyist photographer snaps photo of extremely rare bird in 1st U.S. sighting
On a trip to the Oregon coast in late April, amateur photographer Michael Sanchez took his new camera out to Hug Point State Park to snap pictures of waterfalls. Sanchez, a 41-year-old middle-school band director from Vancouver, Wash., recently picked up photography and, by his account, is by no means a bird-watcher.
2 billion birds migrate through Texas each Spring – Lights Out program keep buildings dark at night to keep birds safe from collisions
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Texas is globally important for birds.
Approximately 1 of every 3 birds migrating through the U.S. in spring, and 1 of every 4 birds migrating through the U.S. in the fall, or nearly two billion birds, passes through Texas in one of the planet’s great wildlife spectacles.
Majority of North American birds migrating travel at night! Unfortunately, light emanating from our cities can disorient
Total solar eclipse 2024 across continental North America: 32 million people in the path of totality from Mexico to United States and Canada
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Eclipse across North America: The total solar eclipse that swept across Mexico, the United States and Canada has completed a spectacular journey over continental North America.
An estimated 32 million people were in the path of totality and a total solar eclipse could be visible in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont,
World Nature Photography Awards 2024 winners: gannets fishing in Scotland, magical winter landscape in Iceland, owl-look-alike plant in Thailand
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A dramatic photo of two gannets fighting for a fish in the waters off Scotland’s Shetland Islands has won first prize at the World Nature Photography Awards.
The image by Tracey Lund, from the United Kingdom, was selected from thousands of submissions to receive the $1,000 prize. “Thousands of gannets were in the sky above us and then started to dive into the sea after locally
Oregon Outback now world largest International Dark Sky Sanctuary to protect over 11 million acres of pristine wilderness full of stars from light pollution
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Step into the heart of eastern Oregon, where the night sky unveils a spectacle so mesmerizing that it’s officially been crowned the world’s largest International Dark Sky Sanctuary.
Imagine a canvas stretching over 2.5 million acres in Lake County, twinkling with stars, a wilderness so vast it’s just the beginning of a dream to shield 11.4 million acres from the ever-encroaching glow
Chile: 100+ possibly new deep-sea species found in 1,800-mile-long underwater mountain range
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An international team of scientists may have found more than 100 new species, during a mission to explore seamounts off the coast of Chile. These creatures who look like they come from a sci-fi novel call the 1,800-mile-long Salas y Gómez Ridge home.
Seamounts are large underwater mountains that are often formed by volcanic activity and can be found in every ocean basin on Earth. They are a critical