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Vandalism and bulldozers: Libya's ancient heritage is under threat

02:09 After surviving several revolutions and more than a decade of violence, the ruins of the Ancient Greek city Cyrene in Eastern Libya faces potentially its biggest threat as vandal

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Let's take a moment to practice gratitude toward our planet

Every year on the last Saturday of March, millions of people around the world turn off their lights at 8:30 p.m. to show their commitment to preserve our planet and to raise awareness about protectin

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The great bubble barrier: A radical way to reduce plastic in our water

08:15 Every minute, the equivalent of one truck of plastic trash is dumped into the sea. That's 1,440 trucks every 24 hours, or eight billion kilograms per year.Now engineers in Austra

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Rewilding mussels, bubble barriers and vitamin D: RAZOR full episode

30:00 New Zealand is famous for its beautiful coastlines and abundant sea life, but dredging has severely depleted and, in some cases, wiped out its mussel beds. RAZOR's Emma Keeling t

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UN: Global food waste doubled in 2019

03:23 Food waste is a massive global problem, made more jarring when juxtaposed against world hunger.But alarming new data from the UN Environment Program and UK non-profit WRAP, revea

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Scrum Ventures launches new program to connect startups with Japanese corporations

Masami Takahashi, the president of Scrum StudiosHeadquartered in San Francisco and Tokyo, Scrum Ventures is known for its accelerator programs focused on sports, food and smart city tech. Today it ann

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Singapore Won't Allow New Diesel Cars and Cabs From 2025

Singapore won’t allow diesel-powered cars and taxis to be registered from 2025, five years ahead of previously scheduled, as part of its push to reduce emissions and en

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Amsterdam’s Crisp, an online-only supermarket, raises €30M Series B led by Target Global

Crisp, an Amsterdam-based, online-only supermarket focused on fresh produce, has raised €30 million in a Series B financing led by leading Target Global and joined by Keen Venture Partners and the co-

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Geothermal startups get another boost from Chevron as the oil giant backs a geothermal project developer

The U.S.-based oil major Chevron is doubling down on its investment in geothermal power by investing in a Swedish developer of low-temperature geothermal and heat power projects called Baseload Capita

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'No Time to Waste': Biden Calls for 'Quick Action' by Senate to Pass $1.9 Trln COVID Relief Package

President Joe Biden has called on the Senate to swiftly pass his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, also known as the American Rescue Plan that was earlier okayed b

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Mighty Buildings nabs $40M Series B to 3D print your next house

Once upon a time, the idea of 3D-printed homes felt like a thing of the future.But as housing gets less and less affordable — especially in ultra-expensive markets such as the Bay Area — c

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WHO: Africa to receive 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in February

Testing a passenger at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 5, 2020. /CFP Nearly 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses negotiated through the COVAX facility will

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WHO: Africa to receive 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in February

Testing a passenger at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 5, 2020. /CFP Nearly 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses negotiated through the COVAX facility will

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Israeli researchers find 'royal purple' fabric from King David era

A fragment of purple fabric excavated from the Timna Valley, an ancient copper production district, in southern Israel. /CFP Israeli researchers said they had found scraps of fabric colored wi

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Uganda denies reports of fish poisoning in Lakes Victoria, Kyoga

FILE PHOTO: Fishermen on a boat on the Lake Victoria. /Getty Images) Ugandan authorities denied speculation that poisoning was the cause behind an increase in the death of fish in Lakes Victor

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Samsung’s upcycling program is designed to give new life to old tech

In the world of annual refresh cycles, there’s always been a big question mark around what to do with all of the old tech we too readily abandon. There are a number of options for disposing and recycl

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Impact of China's ban on all imports of solid waste

29:33 China has instituted a sweeping ban on all imports of solid waste starting the first day of this year. Formerly the world's largest recipient of overseas waste, how will China’s