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Weeks of heavy rains, following the landfall of cyclone Eloise, means the Augrabie Falls are reaching rare levels of water flow. IMAGES
The 300 million tons of plastic that are produced annually worldwide will take centuries to break down. What's more, they really just shatter into tiny, microscopic bits that will likely never really disappear. But now, Business Insider reports a new study describes a 'super-enzyme' can recycle a common type of plastic in just days. Researchers from Colorado and the UK engineered the enzyme using proteins derived from plastic-eating bacteria. Other researchers are looking into the use of magnetic 'nano-coils' to break down plastics. Just half the width of a human hair, they convert plastic into carbon dioxide and water.
Rescue workers saved a deer that fell into the freezing cold Cellina Meduna canal in the northern Italian town of Spilimbergo. In order to drag the animal out of the water, the workers used a special telescopic pole. The deer hurried to leave its saviours, seeming healthy and not visibly injured, though the animal was thought to have been suffering from hypothermia. Reportedly, the hart was one of four to have been saved from the same canal by the rescue team that day.
Siberia can be a harsh and unforgiving land. The winters in Russia's east are world famous for being some of the harshest in the world. Naturally, only the toughest people can resist the toughest climates, but Russian mothers have a trick to prepare their children for the deep Siberian chilly season. They take their young children, some younger than 10 years old, and dive into the icy waters of Lake Baikal, the deepest freshwater lake in the world. The lake freezes over in the winter and the ice can be over a yard thick. These women are devoted members of the 'Pribaikalsky' club, and swimming in ice-cold temperatures during the winter is one of their favorite pastimes. They bring their children to swim by their side, dunking their heads under the water in special pools carved into the ice. Ice swimming is thought to boost the immune system and keep the kids from getting sick in the winter. It also increases the children's resistance to the cold weather and helps kids enjoy outdoor fitness activities in the dead of winter. Of course, the kids are treated to a warm bath after taking a dip in the teeth-chatteringly cold water. Would you ever let your kids try this Siberian winter therapy?
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