Report urges Kenya to ban plastic bags

Wednesday, March 9, 2005File:Plastic bag stock sized.jpg They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre of environment and economics researchers suggested that Kenya should ban the common plastic bag that one gets at the checkout counter of grocery […]

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India test-fires ‘Astra’ missile

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 India successfully test fired the Astra, meaning “weapon” in Sanskrit, air-to-air missile from a specially-made launcher at about 9:45 am. The launch occured at launch pad number two of the Integrated Test Range complex in Chandipur, 230 kilometres (143 miles) north-east of Bhubaneshwar, Orissa. The single-stage, solid fuel Astra missile, developed […]

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Scientists report correlation between locations of Easter Island statues and water resources

Saturday, January 12, 2019 A United-States-based team of scientists released findings on Thursday about the large statues that dot the island of Rapa Nui, also called Easter Island. The study, published on Thursday in PLOS One, employed quantitative spatial analysis to establish that the platforms, or ahu, built to support the Easter Island statues, or […]

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Click Here For More Specific Information On: Wholesale Medical Supply Store Australia Plastic netting by Teres DifeoPlastic material finds a plethora of uses in industry, retail and domestic applications. Being tough, water and corrosion resistant, plastic is a good packaging material. Being lightweight, it reduces transportation costs considerably and has a good shelf-impact when placed […]

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Tobacco attracts predators with chemicals in response to caterpillars, a study finds

Monday, August 30, 2010 Ian Baldwin, of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, and colleagues have discovered a multi-step protective mechanism of tobacco plants against Manduca sexta caterpillars. In response to a chemical in the caterpillars’ larvae, the plants release an odorous substance into air to attract another species of insects, […]

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