by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Beneath an escalating conflict between herders and farmers in central Nigeria lies a relentless but often under-reported force: history. Events in the 19th century helped shape today's violence between mainly Muslim Fulani cattlemen and largely Chri...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Nearly 70 percent of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, want the United States to take “aggressive” action to combat climate change - but only a third would support an extra tax of $100 a year to help, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll r...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
(Bloomberg) -- Combining two badly performing industries usually doesn’t make them any better. Yet that’s what’s underpinning Europe’s most expensive stock.Spain’s Cellnex Telecom SA has become the highest-valued stock on the regional benchmark by se...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Nearly 70 percent of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, want the United States to take “aggressive” action to combat climate change - but only a third would support an extra tax of $100 a year to help, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll r...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Technology news website The Information reported earlier this month that the iPhone maker was considering acquiring the firm as a move to bring aboard some of its engineering talent to boost Apple's own self-driving efforts. One of hundreds of st...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
France said it will not accept a final G20 communique that does not mention the Paris climate change agreement, as President Emmanuel Macron hardened his position on climate change ahead of the G20 meeting. In preparing a joint communique, Japan, th...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
As the sun sets on the poor Muslim neighbourhood of Jeedimetla in the city of Hyderabad, life begins anew. The faithful wander out to answer the call to prayer and so too do those cursed with Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), a rare genetic condition that...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
49 publications for this week.& The last paper in this week's list features Skeptical Science volunteer and highly cited researcher Stephan Lewandowsky along with Skeptical Science founder John Cook as first and second authors& respectively, working...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
This is a& re-post from Yale Climate Connections The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 19 published its “Affordable Clean Energy” (ACE) rule to replace the Obama EPA’s& Clean Power Plan& (CPP...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
The new climate change agenda released by the groups, including the American Medical Association and the American Heart Association, comes amid early jostling among Democratic candidates over whose environmental platform is more progressive. The hea...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
TL;DR: This futuristic NASA AR notebook and mug bundle is $5 off, dropping the price to $54.99.* * *Space is the place, amirite? Sadly, most of us will never actually blast off on our own voyages of discovery. But for those who still dream about expl...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
The bright spot in the distance was photographed days before the rover detected a possible sign of life on the Red Planet.
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Bad weather hampered efforts Monday to bring down the bodies of seven climbers from the upper reaches of the Himalayas, an Indian military spokesman said. The search for the final member of the group of four Britons, two Americans, one Australian an...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
(Bloomberg) -- Carrefour SA has agreed to sell an 80% stake in its China unit for 4.8 billion yuan ($698 million) in cash to local retailer Suning.com Co. as it rethinks its exposure in the world’s No. 2 economy after years of decline.The yielding of...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
BELLEVUE, Wash. — NASA's Curiosity rover has detected fresh whiffs of Martian methane, once again sparking speculation about a potential biological source — but researchers at the space agency say it's too early to raise the alert for life on...