India Approves Massive $9 Bil. Rooftop Solar Plan with Panels for 10 Million Homes
Subsidies for a 2-kilowatt solar array will cover as much as 60% of the installation costs, falling to 40% for arrays 3 kilowatts or higher.
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In Time for Tax Day: 10,000 Ancient Bamboo Slats Reveal Meticulous Details of Governance from Famous Period
Known as Jiandu in Chinese, bamboo were the primary instrument for writing in the region for thousands of years before the invention of paper
After Scenic Waterway Declines, Government Sides with Activists to Intervene on the Wye River's Behalf
Home to otters, kingfishers, delivate crayfish, herons, and the Atlantic salmon, the Wye is recognized as critical for British conservation.
Canada Agrees 200 Islands Belong to the Indigenous Haida Nation
Rather than the Canadian government giving something to a First Nation, the agreement admits the Haida Nation always owned these islands.
Archaeologists Uncover Ancient City in Kingdom of Tonga That Rewrites History: 'First City of the Pacific'
Consisting of almost 10,000 mounds that today are hardly noticeable, it could be one of the first cities ever constructed in the Pacific.
Astonished Couple Unearths 14th-Century Medieval Gargoyle Hidden Behind Their Toilet
A British couple was left stunned when they found a medieval gargoyle hidden inside the bathroom in their 700-year-old home.
New Mosquito Nets Prevent Millions of Malaria Cases in Insecticide-Resistant Areas
54 million nets have saved 24,600 lives and prevented 13 million cases of malaria across 16 countries, according to estimates.
Tunnel Found in Egypt Could Lead to Lost Tomb of Cleopatra
A fascinating discovery of underground tunnels under a temple to Isis has archeologists thinking they may have found Cleopatra's Tomb.
Machine Recycles Plastic Bottles into 3D Printer Filament-And the Design was Released, Instead of Patented
The Polyformer machine solves 2 problems-turning plastic bottles into low-cost filament for 3D printing-and the design is Open Source.
2 Viking Swords Buried Upright May Have Been a Guide to Odin and Valhalla - Discovered By Road Crew
Two iron swords found in a Viking Age burial in Sweden were sticking up as if resting on their points, and archeologists don't know why.
Religious Practices Have Preserved 125,000 Sacred Groves in India, Growing a Conservation Success
Sacred groves in India are patches of land that are communally protected with religious zeal, that also tend to be relic forest segments.
Not Seen for 100 Years "Royal Turtles" Crawl Back from Extinction in Asia
Some of the rarest turtles in the world are being protected by former poachers and blessed by Buddhist monks as they return to the wild.
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