Environment
What Really Happens to Your Recycling

recyclingIt's an amazing journey. The cans in your bin can end up in the blades of a windmill in the North Sea or be shipped to China and recycled into a DVD player. Newsmonster follows one British family's recycling to find out what really happens to your waste.

 

First appeared in the Daily Mail. 

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Sushi - The Raw Truth
 Millions think it's the ultimate in healthy fast food - but it's tainted with harmful chemicals and packed full of calories, fat and salt..... "People think that they are improving their health by eating sushi but they are in fact poisoning themselves," says Professor David Carpenter of the University at Albany, New York. Newsmonster investigates.

First appeared in the Daily Mail.
 
 
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The secrets of our "hidden" planet.

 

Television and global travel can make the world seem a small and familiar place. But even today, hidden corners remain and our amazing planet is alive with mystery. From the lost tribes of Vanuatu (pictured) to the village of Oymyakon, officially the coldest place on earth, Newsmonster takes a look at some of the world's undiscovered secrets.

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Many iconic British sights we take for granted may not be here in 50 years.

 

 

 From snowball fights to telephone boxes and the night sky, images of Britain we take for granted are changing as climate and environmental changes close in on our world. Newsmonster takes a look at some of the sights our grandchildren may never see.

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Drink Wine and Save the Oak Forests of Southern Europe

 Supermarkets are helping to destroy one of the world’s most important wildlife habitats by forcing wine producers to switch to plastic corks. Traditional corks, harvested for centuries from the bark of oaks, help sustain one of Europe's most important habitats. If we stop drinking wine from bottles stoppered with corks then the oak forests of Spain and Portugal will be cut down and ploughed up. 

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Slug eating robots on the march to a garden near you

 A slug eating robot that will quite happily munch the little blighters 24 hours a day. Sounds like a dream come true – and it is. Newsmonster takes a look at the future of pest control.

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Gone with the wind........

 Built in just eight hours flat, a modern windmill can power thousands of homes. Newsmonster watched as one of the world's largest wind farms was built in Liverpool Bay. Burbo Windfarm will power 75,000 homes from colossal turbines that stand 430 feet tall...... Everything about Burbo is truly awe-inspiring.

 


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Feral cats on Kangaroo Island, Australia, are posing a threat to the environment. Or are they?

   

On Kangaroo Island, off the coast of Australia, none native feral cats are posing a threat to nature's balance. In a bid to keep their numbers down they are culled and their pelts are even turned into hats. Is it a case of animal cruelty or doing what need to be done to protect the environment? John Parrish investigates.

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Mysteries and the Unexplained
Mystery Deepens Around the Enfield Poltergeist
 Ghostly rapping sounds, levitating furniture, fireplaces ripped out of walls. The Enfield Poltergeist case is the most mysterious and inexplicable of modern hauntings. Was the case real, fake or a symptom of mass-hysteria? Newsmonster investigates....

 

 
Has CSICOP lost the 30-years war?
 It holds itself up as the home of intelligent Scepticism. Its aim is to 'de-bunk' paranormal fraudsters and the self-deluded wherever they rear their heads. But what have they achieved over the past 30 years?
 
'I died in Jerusalem in 1276', says researcher who underwent hypnosis to reveal a former life
 The last time I died was in Jerusalem in 1276. Pope Gregory X’s Crusade against Islam had collapsed and the Christians of the city would soon be abandoned to their fate.....
 
 
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Press Release: New Research Reveals Unexplained Geometric Shapes in NASA Moon Images
Unidentified Lunar Objects share controversial and thought provoking images sure to challenge scientists and compel the public to insist on answers.

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Animal Stories
Canada Prepares to Slaughter its Seals

 Over the coming days tens of thousands of baby seals will be clubbed and hacked to death off Canada’s east coast. Hundreds of thousands more will be shot and left to die. The lucky ones will die swiftly. Many will suffer long lingering deaths….

 
Tournament of blood: The sheer horror of horse-fighting
 'Cultural tradition' or the world's cruellest sport? Horse-fighting is big business in the Philippines and has a huge following. Here we reveal the true horror of horse-fighting.... 
 
Rescued Bears Free at Last

 As the early morning mist curled around Dracula's castle, the three bears cautiously sniffed the air and stepped gingerly out of their cages. It was the first time they'd been free of their tiny prison cells for at least a decade......

 


 
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Logitech X-230 PC speakers review

Logitech X-230Crank up the audio on your PC with this 2.1 speaker system and enjoy clean, crisp, consistent sound from your games, music, and more. The Logitech X-230's high-tech subwoofer adjusts itself dynamically to deliver distortion-free bass. And the two wall-mountable satellite speakers use Logitech's patented FDD2 technology to eliminate the uneven sound response created by conventional dual-driver designs.....

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