Very hungry caterpillar that chomps its way through PLASTIC could help speed up the breakdown of carrier bags and other litter Wax worms are a pest which live on a diet of beeswax when found in the wild The caterpillar and its gut bacteria are also able to survive by eating plastic Specifically, the pest is … Read more
The Los Angeles County Sheriff says eight of his deputies were discovered to have taken photos of the wreckage of the helicopter that crashed and killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, 13, and seven others in Calabasas, California, on January 26. Sheriff Alex Villanueva also said that he had the images deleted because … Read more
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot legally be handed to the US for ‘political offences’ because of a 2003 extradition treaty, his lawyers have claimed. The 48-year-old is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to expose military secrets between January and May 2010. A US grand jury has indicted … Read more
Residents have fought riot police with wooden sticks and set up flaming barricades on the roads in an attempt to halt the construction of new migrant detention centres on two Greek islands. At least 500 people on Lesbos and Chios – including regional governor Kostas Moutzouris and West Lesbos mayor Taxiarchis Verros – clashed with … Read more