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Aerial and Drone Surveillance: 2024 in Review
We’ve been fighting against aerial surveillance for decades because we recognize the immense threat from …
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Restrictions on Free Expression and Access to Information in Times of Change: 2024 in Review
This was an historical year. A year in which elections took place in countries home …
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Does life feel like it’s speeding up? How to slow down time in 2025
Time flies when you’re… in a boring routine, according to research, which shows that new …
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Kew Gardens adds over 300 wild seeds in significant boost to living collection
In 2024 horticulturalists made single biggest introduction of rare seeds to collection in the past …
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Many happy returns: sustainable startups are turning a profit from your unwanted clothes
Now that half of our clothing purchases are sent back, reverse logistics – or the …
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Iraq’s “Sea of Salt”
Water levels were low in Razazah Lake when an astronaut snapped this photograph from the …
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Solar farms v people power: the locals fighting for their county
Plans to install huge solar farms in the beautiful Norfolk countryside have outraged residents Two …
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The Facts Behind Accusations That Lindt Chocolate Contains Dangerous Heavy Metals
For years, rumors have circulated that some Lindt dark chocolate bars contain unsafe levels of …
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Australia’s best agency photography for 2024 – in pictures
Protests, Taylor Swift and chubby penguins are all part of the best images from the …
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Nuclear waste: What is it and how do we dispose of it?
Nuclear waste. We’ve all heard about it, but what is it? Is it a problem …
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Cars (and Drivers): 2024 in Review
If you’ve purchased a car made in the last decade or so, it’s likely jam-packed …
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Behind the Diner—Digital Rights Bytes: 2024 in Review
Although it feels a bit weird to be writing a year in review post for …
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NSA Surveillance and Section 702 of FISA: 2024 in Review
Mass surveillance authority Section 702 of FISA, which allows the government to collect international communications, …
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Extreme drought, wildfires and deforestation battered the Amazon rainforest in 2024
A warming climate fed drought that in turn fed the worst year for fires in …
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Why does red wine cause headaches? Research points to a compound found in grape skins
If you’re trying to dodge a headache this holiday season, opt for a lighter, cheaper …
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I figured out how to use two-thirds less water — and it only took a week to set up
Read more from My DIY climate hack, a series on everyday people’s creative solutions to …
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‘They’re stuck’: Cape Cod seeing more whale, turtle and dolphin strandings
Changing tides have led to an increase of beached marine life, whom rescuers scramble to …
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How owls helped me conquer my fear of the dark
With the aid of the birds I was able to learn to love the night …
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New Swimming Lizard Was Not Discovered in Lake Superior. Here Where It Really Lives
A video showed a marine iguana endemic only to the Galápagos Islands. Read More
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