Rhino Crisis Round Up: Death Toll Soars to 220 in S. Africa & More

Source: Planet Save

There seems to be no end in sight to the continuing slaughter of South Africa’s iconic rhinos, as the Department of Environmental Affairs stated this week that 220 rhinos have been killed so far this year. 146 suspects have been arrest ...
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The Mysterious Embryonic Stem Cell

Source: Evolution News and Views

Our results suggest a role of H1 [histone] and chromatin compaction in epigenetic regulation of the pluripotency gene Oct4, likely mediated through DNA methylation and histone modifications. To our knowledge, this represents a novel mechanistic link b ...
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Abstraction Creep

Source: Hacker News

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Envestnet to Present at Investor Conferences in June

Source: iStockAnalyst

Envestnet, Inc. (NYSE: ENV), today announced that the Company will be presenting at the following conferences in June. On Friday, June 8, 2012, the Company will present at the Sandler O'Neill 2012 Global Exchange ...
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AGW Demoted: Warmists at Climate Central: 'If you think about it, the Earth's booming human population is at the root of just about every env. crisis that threatens the natural world'

Source: Climate Depot

'Last October 31, Earth's population reached 7 billion people. Every last one of them taps into the planet's resources as they eat, work and create waste in a myriad of different forms. By 2027 we'll be up to 8 billion, an ...
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Envestnet Beats on Both Top and Bottom Lines

Source: Motley Fool

Envestnet (NYSE: ENV ) reported earnings on May 9. Here are the numbers you need to know. The 10-second takeaway For the quarter ended March 31 (Q1), Envestnet beat slightly on revenue and beat expectations on earnings p ...
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LEYTON: Probe into "poisoning" on Olympic land claim

Source: East London and West Essex Guardian Series

AN investigation has been launched into the possible contamination of public land which is being developed for the Olympics after three dogs reportedly fell ill. The Environmental Agency is looking into how the pet ...
Full article at: East London and West Essex Guardian Series  More like this  2 days ago, 4:43am CDT

Enova Announces Development of ACUMENTM System

Source: iStockAnalyst

Enova (NYSE AMEX: ENA) (AIM: ENV) (AIM: ENVS), a leading developer of proprietary hybrid electric and all-electric drive systems and drive system components for the emerging green commercial vehicle market, announced today it has begun development of i ...
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Energy minister ?thinks more of his dog than us? complains colleague

Source: 24Dash.com

Energy minister Greg Barker is reported to have been causing problems with his sausage dog, Otto. The Tory MP is said to have used an office microwave at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to heat a ...
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