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2 months ago | 
somersetlive.co.uk | Mike Taylor |Hannah McGreevy |Michael Taylor
TV star James May is back on our screens, following the journeys of three historical explorers. James May's Great Explorers, made up of three 90-minute episodes, sees the TV presenter charting the journeys of Christopher Columbus, Sir Walter Raleigh and Captain James Cook. The series will officially start airing on Channel 5 on Thursday (February 13) at 9pm. It's the latest TV project for the former Top Gear and The Grand Tour.
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2 months ago | 
thecooldown.com | Mike Taylor
Modern technology is helping people live out their dreams â even in the remotest locales. A Redditor shared a stunning photograph of her off-grid yurt in the Mojave Desert, inspiring others to clear a path to their own unique future. The setup featured fixed and movable solar panels, extra insulation, and a biogas septic system. "Not the typical cabin but it's home," the poster wrote. Commenters peppered the homeowner with questions about the heat, wind, and wildlife.
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2 months ago | 
thecooldown.com | Mike Taylor
A tiny home community is helping people get back on their feet. A temporary housing program has been met with resistance from residents, but the women and children it serves have taken full advantage of the helping hand, NBC 7 San Diego reported. After officials scrapped a proposal to build 150 tiny homes in Spring Valley because of public opposition, a 70-home project in Lemon Grove has stalled as well.
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2 months ago | 
thecooldown.com | Mike Taylor
A new textile recycling process holds the promise of cleaning up the planet and boosting the circular economy. It easily separates cotton from polyester, producing usable glucose from the former and leaving the latter undamaged, per a University of Amsterdam news release published by Phys.org. The researchers, in partnership with sustainable chemicals company Avantium, used super-concentrated hydrochloric acid on polycotton waste.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Mike Taylor
The Net Zero Banking Alliance is losing members left and right, signaling an unwillingness among financial institutions to commit to reducing pollution. What's happening? BMO, National Bank, TD Bank Group, and CIBC said in January they had joined the six largest American banks in withdrawing, The Canadian Press reported via the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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2 months ago | 
thecooldown.com | Mike Taylor
You never know what you're getting with dating apps. Everyone is trying to become the cream of the crop, and that means half-truths, lies, and misrepresentations are plentiful. One Tinder user called out a match for not presenting their authentic self. The person didn't back down, opting to continue with a questionable method. It left onlookers perplexed and wondering whether there was a real person behind an artificial intelligence facade.
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2 months ago | 
flipboard.com | Mike Taylor
17 hours agoThe hard reality of dating a man with a 9.5 inch member – so is bigger really better? One very brave woman confesses allWHEN it comes to your pay cheque, the amount of legroom you get on a plane and the size of your diamond ring, bigger is unequivocally better. But when …16 hours agoThe best dates in 2025 for finding love and luck2025 is the perfect time for a fresh start, strengthening relationships, or finding new love. Mark these key dates in your calendar.
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2 months ago | 
thecooldown.com | Mike Taylor
A terrifying discovery in the field of vector-borne diseases shows that the Zika virus uses human skin to help mosquitoes spread the disease more widely. "A new study led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and published in Communications Biology shows that Zika causes metabolic changes in human skin that essentially transforms it from a protective barrier to a magnet for mosquitoes," News Medical reported.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Mike Taylor
A lone jaguar roaming the forests of northwest Ecuador was responsible for the species' first appearance in two separate areas in years. Panthera onca had not been seen in the Río Manduriacu Reserve in seven years or in the Junín Community Forest in 15 years, Mongabay reported. Two camera trap surveys produced video and photographs of the big cat in November 2023 and January 2024.
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2 months ago | 
thecooldown.com | Mike Taylor
Canadians are getting creative to sidestep the country's housing crisis, building homes in backyards and alleys. To ease the problem of a tight housing market, Toronto has allowed residents since 2022 to build these garden and laneway suites on their properties, The New York Times reported. "It's a common conundrum in Canada's largest city, where a drastic inventory shortage and a ballooning population have set home prices skyrocketing," the newspaper stated.
