On The Trail: Steyer's flop a warning to Bloomberg

    For months, former hedge fund manager Tom SteyerTom SteyerBloomberg wages war on COVID-19, but will he abandon his war on coal? Overnight Energy: 600K clean energy jobs lost during pandemic, report finds | Democrats target diseases spread by wildlife | Energy Dept. to buy 1M barrels of oil Ocasio-Cortez, Schiff team up to boost youth…

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      How to return dignity to the sullied icon that is Everest

      Along with our Great Barrier Reef and America's Grand Canyon, Mount Everest is commonly and justifiably included in the list of the world’s greatest natural wonders. Like the former two, it’s the whole Everest massif, not just its singular, pre-eminent summit that constitutes this wondrous phenomenon. The stellar cluster of adjacent peaks and the glaciers…

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        Harrods creative director departs

        Susanne Tide-Frater has resigned as creative director of Harrods after 18 months in the post. The former creative director of Selfridges, Tide-Frater joined the luxury department store in September 2004. Tide-Frater, who has already left the company, will continue to work on several projects for the coming season. Harrods will not find a replacement for…

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          CRISPR has ignited a gene-editing revolution. These Nobel-winning women scientists were the spark.

          Mushrooms that don’t brown. A treatment for sickle-cell anemia. Driving malaria-carrying mosquitoes to extinction. Resurrecting the woolly mammoth. Editing genes in human embryos to make them less susceptible to HIV. These are just a handful of the possibilities of the versatile gene editing tool known as CRISPR that scientists have explored in the few years…

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            Ali Brownlee wins Aquathlon World Championships

            Less than a week after winning Beijing International Triathlon  Olympic Champion Alistair Brownlee has won the Aquathlon World Championships in Cozumel, Mexico with Richard Varga taking second and Tommy Zaferes third. Advertisement  The flat and fast course comprises of a 2.5km opening run, 1km swim and then a second 2.5km run. The run course took place around the…

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