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LOS ANGELES (AP) — With dangerously low snow levels in the mountains and rain coming in just dribs and drabs a deepening California drought has prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to urge people to turn off the water while brushing teeth and not to "flush more than you have to." A snow survey Thursday in the...
Paris - A controversial French biologist, whose 2012 paper on the alleged dangers of pesticides was withdrawn, has published new claims that the chemicals were many times more toxic than advertised. Gilles-Eric Seralini's earlier work found that rats exposed to genetically modified maize and the...
Vienna - Nasa's only camera to have made it to the moon and back as part of the Apollo manned missions will be auctioned in Vienna on March 21, organisers said on Thursday. The boxy silver-coloured camera, which could be attached...
Gibraltar - Britain's tiny outpost of Gibraltar has announced it will crack down on pesky Barbary macaque monkeys by exporting them off the Rock. Beloved by tourists, the monkeys have started roaming into town, looting bins, foraging for food and frightening locals. The Gibraltar government said it...
Johannesburg - A bad smell coming from the cargo-holding facility at OR Tambo International Airport tipped off a National Council of SPCAs inspector. When the two crates were opened on Wednesday, they found 1 600 reptiles and amphibians, some dead, others dying and the rest in urgent need of...
