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As It Happens The owners of a quirky 18th-century British pub unlawfully bulldozed after a mysterious fire last year were ordered on Tuesday by a local council to rebuild it — and to stick to its original, lopsided dimensions. South Staffordshire Council says owners of beloved lopsided watering hole demolishedContinue Reading
As It Happens During a research expedition off the coast of Chile, Erin Easton says her colleagues were constantly calling her over to show her some amazing new sea creature they’d just discovered. ‘It is beyond my wildest dreams of what we could have expected,’ says marine scientist Sheena GoodyearContinue Reading
As It Happens Sudanese Canadians say a new immigration pathway for their families has left them navigating complex bureaucracies and fighting for scraps. Program for Sudanese Canadians’ relatives capped at 3,250 applications. Advocates say it’s not nearly enough Sheena Goodyear · CBC Radio · Posted: Feb 27, 2024 6:10 PMContinue Reading
As It Happens A new art project will see dozens of life-sized animal puppets migrate some 20,000 kilometres from Senegal to Norway to draw attention to climate change and biodiversity loss. Art project from the creators of Little Amal aims to bring attention to climate change and biodiversity loss SheenaContinue Reading
As It Happens María Hastings, 37, has always known she was adopted, but she didn’t know that her mother didn’t give her up willingly. On Sunday she met her biological family for the first time. María Hastings, and others adoptees like her, are reuniting with their biological families in Chile SheenaContinue Reading
It’s hard to be optimistic about the world when you see the devastating effects of climate change all around you. It’s even harder when you study environmental science and see, first hand, just how far behind we are in implementing the changes necessary to protect the planet. Hannah Ritchie, aContinue Reading
As It Happens What do you call it when a chimpanzee offers his buddy a delicious piece of fruit, only to pull his hand away at the last second? It’s not quite play, argues anthropologist Erica Cartmill, but it’s not quite aggression either. It’s teasing. Scientists document 18 distinct behaviours thatContinue Reading
As It Happens6:53The world has turned its back on Sudan as catastrophic war rages on, says aid worker Jan Egeland says the stories he’s heard from Sudanese war refugees have left him “utterly shaken.” And yet, the international aid worker says nobody seems to care. With world leaders and globalContinue Reading
As It Happens Some people might have been taken aback to receive a cookie tin full of penises in the mail, but not Dale Wells. British gallery offers ‘penis amnesty’ as it searches for a statue’s pilfered peckers Sheena Goodyear · CBC Radio · Posted: Feb 13, 2024 3:14 PMContinue Reading
As It Happens Spider webs, it turns out, trap more than unwitting bugs. The sticky surfaces also contain a bounty of genetic materials from dozens of animal species — making them a powerful tool for measuring biodiversity. Australian researchers say spider webs can be a powerful tool for measuring biodiversityContinue Reading
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