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Mar112021 by adminNo Comments

Tourists are flocking to see fireflies, putting new stress on vulnerable ecosystems

Science

March 11 (UPI) -- Every year, more than a million people travel to watch fireflies and their luminous mating rituals. Firefly tourism, it turns out, is trending. Wildlife tourism has benefits, injecting cash into local economies and raising awareness about environmental problems, but tourism can also put pressure on already vulnerable ecosystems. Advertisement Without stronger protections for firefly beetles, the authors of a new paper -- published Thursday in the journal Conservation Science and Practice -- warn firefly tourism could wipe out local populations. "Firefly tourism has long been popular in countries like Japan, but it's really only started to skyrocket in places like India, the U.S. and Mexico in the past decade or so," lead author Sara Lewis, professor of biology at Tufts U...

Jan172021 by adminNo Comments

NASA’s ‘megarocket’ roars into life – but only briefly, putting launch in jeopardy

Technology

NASA's deep space exploration rocket has briefly ignited its four engines for the first time.The test was a crucial step towards a debut unmanned launch later this year under NASA's Artemis programme, the Trump administration's mission to return US astronauts to the moon again by 2024. The rocket, built by Boeing, roared into life for just one minute and 15 seconds at the test facility in Mississippi.The engines generated 1.6 million pounds of thrust, consuming 700,000 gallons of propellants while on NASA's largest test stand, which is 35 storeys tall.It was well short of the roughly four minutes that were needed to keep its development on track for it first launch in November. ...

Dec12020 by adminNo Comments

Debenhams set to close putting 12,000 jobs at risk

Business

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Oct252020 by adminNo Comments

Small breweries warn ‘reverse Robin Hood tax system’ putting jobs at risk

Business

Small breweries in Britain are warning that hundreds of jobs are at risk over government plans to cut tax relief.The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) described the proposals as "madness" during a period when many businesses are on the brink of collapse. Under the plans, up to 150 small breweries would have to pay higher rates of tax."This is definitely going to put jobs at risk if this goes ahead," Jaega Wise from SIBA said."Part of the issue is we don't entirely know what the tax change is going to be." Advertisement ...

Oct72020 by adminNo Comments

What first-time investors should do before putting money in IPOs

Finance

There is a lot of liquidity which is driving the over-subscriptions in IPOs that hit the market in September as well as the strong listing gains, says Pranav Haldea, MD, Prime Database.On recent spate of listingsThis year, record fundraising has been taking place via the IPO route or QIPs or rights. Companies are raising a record amount of capital to shore up their balance sheets. The other key aspect is that after the March lows, there has been a sharp uptick in the secondary market and on the back of this bullishness, we have also seen revival in the primary capital market. There is a lot of liquidity which is driving the over-subscriptions that we have seen in the IPOs that hit the market in September as well as the strong listing gains. On cos that will sustain interest after IPOsI do ...