John Lewis customers will be able to give their favourite leather jacket a new lease of life or have a cushion cover fixed, as part…
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July design news: 50 years of Casio, an iPod revival and mending as an art
Both mending and hobby crafts get the respect they deserve in this month’s design news. Check our stories to see where these fine activities get…
View More July design news: 50 years of Casio, an iPod revival and mending as an artAustralia’s environment could be fixed and threatened species saved for just 0.3% of GDP, experts say
Saving Australia’s threatened wildlife, repairing degraded land and restoring ailing river systems is possible and would cost just 0.3% of Australia’s GDP, according to a…
View More Australia’s environment could be fixed and threatened species saved for just 0.3% of GDP, experts sayCountry Diary: Is my magpie friend using ant acid to get high?
Over the past few weeks, a young magpie has become a regular visitor to my garden. While many froglets have already emerged from the pond,…
View More Country Diary: Is my magpie friend using ant acid to get high?‘Massacred for TikTok likes’: is social media feeding the slaughter of 2.6m birds in Lebanon?
Shell casings litter a meadow on Mount Terbol in northern Lebanon. The valley below falls along one of the world’s busiest routes for migratory birds.…
View More ‘Massacred for TikTok likes’: is social media feeding the slaughter of 2.6m birds in Lebanon?Florida grasshopper sparrow: scientists hail resurgence of endangered bird
Scientists in Florida are hailing the landmark release this week of a tiny bird only 5in tall as an oversized success in their fight to…
View More Florida grasshopper sparrow: scientists hail resurgence of endangered birdCountry diary: There’s reason to love the unpopular cranefly
An old pasture with a few sheep, bordered on two sides by woodland, is usually unremarkable, but not today. A flock of starlings, 80-strong, erupts…
View More Country diary: There’s reason to love the unpopular craneflyLabour must resist housebuilders’ pleas to weaken green standards, experts say
Labour must stand firm against special pleading from housebuilders, who are likely to argue against fitting out new homes to stringent green standards, experts have…
View More Labour must resist housebuilders’ pleas to weaken green standards, experts sayScientists set up webcam in Colorado rattlesnake ‘mega den’ with up to 2,000 reptiles
A “mega den” with as many as 2,000 rattlesnakes isn’t top binge-watching for many people. But a round-the-clock webcam in Colorado is providing a viewing…
View More Scientists set up webcam in Colorado rattlesnake ‘mega den’ with up to 2,000 reptilesSceptics say EVs will overwhelm the grid. In fact, they could be part of the solution
Electric cars make some people afraid of the dark. While the batteries produce much less carbon, they require much more electricity to run. This has…
View More Sceptics say EVs will overwhelm the grid. In fact, they could be part of the solution