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Kew Gardens features a hidden magical door in the winning book for this year’s £5,000 Waterstones children’s book prize.Greenwild: The World Behind the Door by Pari Thomson was voted the winner by Waterstones booksellers. The book “is a spellbinding triumph that will make children fall in love with the world they are reading about, and with reading itself,” said Bea Carvalho, head of books at Waterstones.The book follows Daisy as she searches for her missing mother and discovers another world behind a hidden doorway in…

Temperatures around the world are on the rise, with 2023 recently confirmed as the hottest since records began. A new study has found that bringing nature into cities could help lower temperatures during heatwaves.If you're lucky enough to live near forested areas, you'll know that one of the best ways to escape the mid-day heat while out rambling is to head for tree cover. Living in a concrete jungle might present fewer options than being out in the sticks, but even a visit to a local park or botanical garden could help…

A child observing the flowers on the tree with binoculars in the school garden. Credit: Kong Chuwei Children's interest in nature is crucial for their understanding and appreciation of the natural environment, as well as for their mental health and efforts to biodiversity conservation. The primary school stage is very important for developing an interest in nature. It is worth exploring whether a school garden with abundant…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In 1950, as part of the Group Areas Act, South Africa's apartheid government banished people of color to outlying areas, away from central business districts. The Cape Flats are one such area, sprawling to the east of central Cape Town. Today the legacy of apartheid spatial planning endures. The area is home to…

Remnant II may be a challenging, action-packed shooter, but it also comes packing a variety of clever puzzles throughout its biomes. If you've come across the Imperial Gardens in Yaesha, you may have found a dial (plinth) with symbols that need to be aligned, and it can look a bit overwhelming at first glance. Don't worry, though--we'll tell you the solution below.How to solve the Imperial Gardens dial puzzleAfter pushing through the maze-like Imperial Gardens, you'll find a dial with a lot of symbols on…

Examples of chemical gardens produced in the lab of Oliver Steinbock, professor of chemistry at Florida State University. Credit: Courtesy of Florida State University<span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Florida State University</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Florida State University (Florida State or FSU) is a public space-grant and sea-grant research university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States that was…

Two years after Mark Zuckerberg launched it into orbit, the metaverse is crashing back to Earth. As the hype sparked by Facebook’s rebrand fades amid jaw-dropping losses, risible selfies, and the generative AI boom, reality is setting in — which is when things start getting interesting. Metaverse stalwarts are now fighting for competing visions. On one side are the centralised platforms owned by the likes of Meta and Roblox. Under the control of all-powerful tech giants, these virtual worlds…

Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled "Our Changing Planet" to show and explain the effects of climate change. Keep up with the latest news on our Climate and Environment page.Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox every Thursday.This week:Ancient Indigenous 'clam gardens' could be modern-day climate solutionDiving into an underwater art exhibitIs a forest with a variety of tree species better at fighting climate change?Ancient Indigenous…

A study of nearly 23,000 interactions between different species of bumblebees and flowers has determined what these environmentally important fuzzy buzzers like to dine on. The information will help professional and amateur conservationists cater to these picky eaters.Researchers from Ohio State University observed 22,999 interactions between bumblebees and 96 varieties of flowering plants in Ohio during the summers of 2017 and 2018. The study identified the top plants for a buzz-worthy main course: milkweed, native…

In court documents this week, Xcel Energy revealed it has spent $6 million and may spend up to $25 million more on environmental cleanup efforts in the area of Elitch Gardens. From 1889 to 1928, the Public Service Company of Colorado, a predecessor and subsidiary of Xcel, operated a manufactured gas plant along what was then Wewatta Street between 7th and 10th. The power plant was demolished in the 1950s and ’60s, according to Xcel. By the 1980s, environmental testing had revealed contaminants in the soil and groundwater.…