-
Zoo staff rescue near-extinct snails from remote rock
Chester Zoo conservationists have successfully reintroduced 300 captive-bred Madeiran land snails to a remote rock on Bugio Island, part of Portugal’s Madeira archipelago, after the species was nearly wiped out in the wild. The rescue matters because just 21 of the tiny snails were originally found clinging to the rock, believed to be the last…
-
EPA: Data center power not subject to acid rain restrictions
The US Environmental Protection Agency has said that certain power generators supplying data centres independently of the electricity grid are not covered by the federal Acid Rain Programme. The clarification could make it easier for data centres to build dedicated on-site or nearby generation, as demand driven by artificial intelligence and cloud computing puts increasing…
-
Fox News Poll: Cool your servers! Voters reject data centers
A new Fox News poll finds American voters oppose the construction of AI-driven data centres in their local areas by a substantial 40-point margin, with 70% against and only 30% in favour. The finding comes as US tech firms push hard to expand data centre infrastructure to maintain an edge in the global AI race,…
-
EPA exempts data center power plants from pollution limits seeking to prevent acid rain
The article’s full text was unavailable, so its specific claims could not be verified. Based on the headline, the Environmental Protection Agency has exempted power plants serving data centres from pollution limits intended to reduce acid rain, a move likely to raise environmental and regulatory concerns. The exemption appears to relate to emissions controls on…
-
Want To Own a Sports League? Ice Cube’s BIG3 Bets That Being Public Can Be a Propellant
Ice Cube’s BIG3 basketball league, the three-on-three competition he co-founded with Jeff Kwatinetz in 2017, is set to go public via a SPAC merger in the coming months, valuing the company at around $290 million. The move marks a significant milestone for a startup sports league that has managed to survive where more than 100…
-
You Might Need A Face Scan To Buy Pokemon Cards Soon, Thanks To Scalpers
GameSpot reports that buying Pokémon cards may soon require a facial scan, apparently as a response to scalpers obtaining limited stock and reselling it at inflated prices. If introduced, the measure would matter because it could make purchases less anonymous and raise privacy concerns for ordinary collectors. The supplied article text contains only a website…
-
Yellowstone tourists get dangerously close to a resting bison in shocking nature video
A video circulating online shows tourists standing dangerously close to a resting bison at Yellowstone National Park, the latest in a series of clips highlighting visitors’ reckless behaviour around the animals. The footage has drawn criticism for demonstrating how little regard some park guests show for basic wildlife safety, with commentators noting that bison are…
-
TV presenter and comedian Bill Oddie dies at 85
TV presenter, comedian and naturalist Bill Oddie has died at the age of 85, his agent David Foster announced. Oddie found fame in the 1970s as part of the anarchic comedy trio The Goodies, before becoming one of the best-known faces of British wildlife broadcasting, notably as an original host of BBC’s Springwatch. Foster described…
-
Bill Oddie, Goodies star and wildlife broadcaster, dies at 85
Bill Oddie, the writer, comedian and conservationist who found fame with comedy group The Goodies before becoming one of Britain’s best-known wildlife broadcasters, has died aged 85. He later presented BBC series including Springwatch and Autumnwatch, using the platform to campaign for conservation and environmental protection, work his agent, David Foster, said would “never be…
-
A Dairy Story review – giving cows and calves a happier life through progressive farming
This review covers A Dairy Story, a Scottish documentary about Rainton Farm in Dumfries and Galloway, where owners David and Wilma Finlay pioneer “cow-and-calf” dairy farming by letting calves stay with their mothers for five to six months rather than separating them shortly after birth. The film argues that this progressive approach, believed to be…