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Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak (www.afro.who.int)
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HGVs on M1 form 'rolling road block' to protect orphaned Nottinghamshire ducklings (www.bbc.co.uk)
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A local animal rescue centre says they were in the central reservation with their dying mother.

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Monkey addicted to marshmallows saved from exotic pet trade (www.bbc.co.uk)
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He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom (www.npr.org)
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Mystical eagle thought to be extinct in Mexico reappears in Chiapas (mexiconewsdaily.com)
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Turkish garbage collectors built a public library out of discarded books (www.goodgoodgood.co)
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London Marathon set to break fundraising world record - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Yay!

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Artificial diet offers hope for saving endangered honey bees (www.earth.com)
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Great for environment but also bees are adorable

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UK’s largest environmental match funding campaign raises record £8.1m | Charity Today News (www.charitytoday.co.uk)
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The first giant 15 MW turbine is up at Germany’s largest offshore wind farm (electrek.co)
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Just one spin of one of the rotors can generate enough electricity to power four households for an entire day.

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Over 40°C Outside, But This Gujarat House Stays Cool Without AC (thebetterindia.com)
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Amidst the dry and arid city of Bharuch in Gujarat, there exists a remarkable house that defies the norm of blasting coolers and air conditioners to beat the heat. Unlike most households, this unique abode manages to remain comfortably cool without any of these devices.

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Poland finally repealed the country’s last “LGBT-free” zone (www.lgbtqnation.com)
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Deaf Nigerians Are Learning to Code Through Sign Language (reasonstobecheerful.world)
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Adults With Life-Threatening Peanut Allergy Can Desensitize With Daily Doses, ‘Life-Changing’ Study Shows (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
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The first clinical trial to test whether adults with peanut allergies can be desensitized has shown great success—with two-thirds of participants able to consume the equivalent of five peanuts at the end of the study without reacting.

Known as oral immunotherapy, the approach has been successful in infants and children worldwide, but this first-of-its-kind study—the Grown Up Peanut Immunotherapy trial—shows adults can benefit too.