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More than 80 Labour MPs demand that a one-off windfall tax be imposed on energy firms who have recorded huge profits.
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An Arctic hooded seal with an apparent aversion to the cold is overcoming his phobia with the aid of an ice machine.
Read the original here: The ice machine comes - to rescue a seal with cold phobia

The BBC’s Prachi Pinglay reports on the slow blooming of the Karvy flower.
View post:Flower that takes years to bloom

About a third of one of Britain’s most important bird reserves is to be abandoned because of coastal erosion.
Credit:Part of bird reserve left to sea

Global temperatures recorded so far this year suggest is likely to emerge as the coolest this century, scientists say.
Excerpt from:World heading to cooler 2008

Drought heightens the West Bank’s water woes
The rest is here: Tanks running dry

Pedigree dogs suffer from debilitating genetic diseases due to inbreeding, a BBC inquiry concludes.
View original post here: Why a history of inbreeding spells trouble for pedigree dogs

New approach may make fridges more efficient and quieter
Excerpt from:Flat-panel fridge

Can Brazil’s farms help to feed the world?
Credit:Quiet revolution

How surgery has been revolutionised over the years
View original here: Inside the brain