PC: Il Palagio Official website Above the Tuscan town of Figline Valdarno, among the hills of the Chianti Colli Fiorentini, Il Palagio occupies a large stretch of farmland with a history reaching back centuries. The estate became part of Sting and Trudie Styler’s life in 1997, when the couple bought the historic property and began…
Maritza Sanchez Photo credit: https://www.broweryouthawards.org/winner/maritza-sanchez/ Growing up in Cuautlancingo, a town in Mexico’s Puebla state, Maritza Sanchez saw pollution close to home. Now 21, she is developing microbial fuel cells that use materials recovered from local waste to generate electricity and help improve polluted water. Her project, Aquayac Energy, is focused on the Atoyac River,…
PC: Mining Remediation Authority A long-derelict brownfield site in the heart of Chester is being prepared for a new residential development after mine water treatment by-product was reused to stabilise contaminated soil.The 5,200 square metre site was historically occupied by lead works and later used as a car park. It remained undeveloped because of legacy…
People fill up gas containers at a gas station ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Isaias, in Navarre, Florida, US. (Reuters Photo) Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, on Friday as a Category 2 storm, bringing heavy rain, damaging winds and flooding to parts of the Florida Panhandle and Alabama. More than 664,000 customers…
The French-inspired mansion in California’s Silicon Valley that NFL Hall of Famer Jerry Rice built for himself is back on the market, asking $35 million. The 49ers legend built the estate at 267 Atherton Ave. in the early 2000s, and it sits on 1.24 acres, according to a report by SFGATE. Built for the NFL…
In the late 1930s, a small group of guanacos, native South American camelids, was shipped from southern Patagonia to Staats Island, a remote, treeless Falklands island. Only fifteen animals founded the entire herd. Roughly twenty-five years later, a cull reduced it from about 300 animals to between 10 and 20. Such a herd would be…
Representative Image of diverse Calosoma beetle species with a focus on their failed introductions to Hawaii (AI Generated Image) For six decades, scientists repeatedly introduced predatory beetles to Hawaii in an effort to control crop-damaging caterpillars, but none of the intentionally released species established a lasting population. A study published in Biological Control titled Calosoma…
Native sedges growing in a wet meadow (Representational photo) Scientists who planted 40,000 native sedge seedling to restore the damaged Tuolumne Meadows in California’s Yosemite National Park, have found early signs of improvement after. The results, however, also show that restoring the meadow’s soil and its ability to store carbon could take several decades. Three…
Kaumera as a bio-based ingredient in a brick made from dredged sediment. Image Credit: Kaumera/Official Website Rotterdam’s waterways require constant dredging to keep the port’s channels and basins navigable, producing millions of cubic metres of sediment each year. Much of this material is currently disposed offshore, but a new research project is exploring a different…
HasanAbi and Asmongold have taken opposing positions on the planned execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, sparking fresh debate across the streaming community. The controversy centres on reports that US President Donald Trump approved Hasan’s execution by firing squad, with officials reportedly planning to broadcast the event live. HasanAbi condemned the idea, questioning the morality of…
