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NASA completes critical test of James Webb Space Telescope

NASA officials on Wednesday (November 2) announced the successful completion of critical performance tests of the new James Webb Space Telescope. Officials unveiled the mirror in the next-generation space telescope at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. NASA administrator Charles Bolden said the instrument represents a great achievement for the agency. “This is technology that did not exist when this telescope was conceived,” he told reporters at a briefing. “And when it was […]

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Panda wrestles with zoo intruder in China

NANCHANG CITY, JIANGXI PROVINCE, China (CCTV) — A sleeping giant panda wrestled a man who entered his enclosure on Thursday (October 27) in southern China’s Jiangxi province, state media reported. State broadcaster CCTV showed surveillance video of a man sneaking into the enclosure and touching the head of the panda named Meiling in provincial capital, Nanchang. Meiling is a 12-year-old male panda of over 120 kilograms, it added. According to the footage, Meiling got up […]

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Peru releases 17,000 at-risk turtles into Amazon wild

LORETO, Peru (Reuters) — Thousands of endangered Taricaya turtles have been released in Peru’s Amazon region as part of efforts to conserve the majestic species on the verge of extinction. On Sunday (October 30), staff from Peru’s National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (SERNANP) released some 17,000 baby turtles as part of an ongoing program. The Taricaya were once in abundance along the Amazon but due to development and logging in the […]

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Elephant poaching costs Africa tourism $25mn: study

PARIS, France (AFP) — Stopping the killing of elephants for their tusks could add some $25 million (23 million euros) to Africa’s annual tourism income, more than offsetting the anti-poaching spend, a study said Tuesday. While the figure pales in comparison to the estimated value of the black market ivory trade in China, it represents about a fifth of tourist income for game parks in 14 countries, where half of Africa’s elephants are located, the […]

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17,000 river turtles released in Peru national reserve

PACAYA SAMIRIA NATIONAL RESERVE, Peru (AFP) — Peru frees 17,000 yellow-spotted river turtles in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. Each year, for a month, the Peruvian wild-life authorities free 500,000 of these turtles in the Loreto region north of Peru in order to maintain the level of this species. https://youtu.be/dGdTbxlDHng

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300 million children breathe heavily toxic air: UNICEF

by Jean-Louis SANTINI WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Some 300 million children live with outdoor air so polluted it can cause serious physical damage, including harming their developing brains, the United Nations said in a study released Monday. Nearly one child in seven around the globe breathes outdoor air that is at least six times dirtier than international guidelines, according to the study by the UN Children’s Fund, which called air pollution a leading factor […]

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Tesla expands its portfolio to produce solar roof tiles

Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Electric carmaker Tesla has diversified into the alternative energy business, on Friday unveiling solar roofs for environmentally friendly homes. “Global warming is a serious crisis and we need to do something about that,” company founder Elon Musk said during a news conference at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. Musk noted that electric cars in the past “didn’t look good… They were like a golf cart,” but Tesla automobiles […]

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Whaling: The hunters and the hunted

Portorož, Slovenia | AFP | by Mariëtte Le Roux — Thirty years into a moratorium on commercial whaling, hundreds of the marine mammals, some endangered, are killed every year — some in open defiance of the ban, others in the name of scientific research. The moratorium, monitored by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) which closed its 66th meeting in Slovenia on Friday is credited with having saved tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of whales. It has […]

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WATCH: New video of “the world’s saddest polar bear” released in Beijing

GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) — A new video of a polar bear that has been kept captive in a Chinese shopping mall was released on Tuesday (October 25) at a news conference held by animal rights groups, in order to urge the closure of the aquarium and raise awareness for animal protection. The aquarium, located in Grandview Shopping Mall in southern city of Guangzhou, has been making headlines since it opened in January, after Chinese netizens posted […]

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The most expensive food in the world

QUEZON City, Philippines (October 28) – How much do you spend for a single meal? Is it worth a thousand, a hundred or the cheapest available? How about the measure of servings, quality or simply its presentation? Do you consider those? I know that each one of us has our own standard on buying food. Most of the Filipinos would prefer more of where they can get more savings, but for those who spend much just for […]

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