The Daily Populous

With its largest land acquisition in 25 years, The Nature Conservancy is conserving another 12,000 acres of Minnesota's Northwoods.

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has permanently protected 12,271 acres of forests, wetlands, and connected wildlife habitat in northern Minnesota.

And we think a win for nature and a win for people in Minnesota,” said TNC Director of Forest Strategy and Stewardship Jim Manolis. »

A Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Germany was diverted to Boston after a man stabbed two teenage passengers with a metal fork, authorities said Monday.

Usiripalli was arrested after the plane landed at Boston's Logan International Airport, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.

He then slapped a female passenger, according to the statement, and tried to slap a member of the flight crew. »

We had to patch the game to allow him to play more, because the number just couldn't go up.

In good news for those hardcore 'Tide heads, Fatshark plans to continue support for Vermintide 2, which has already grown so much it barely resembles the game we reviewed seven years ago.

On the 10th anniversary of Vermintide, Fatshark revealed its roadmap of plans for Darktide and Vermintide 2. »

This is, in part, because bioplastics lack the mechanical strength of many oil-based plastics and also can’t be easily used in common manufacturing processes.

Now, Dawei Zhao at Shenyang University of Chemical Technology in China and his colleagues have developed a way to produce plastic from cellulose derived from bamboo, which can replicate or surpass the properties of many widely used plastics.

The plastic’s toughness is comparable to commonly used engineering plastics – strong plastics used in vehicles, appliances and construction, says Andrew Dove at the University of Birmingham, UK, who wasn’t involved in the study. »