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Cows and badgers interact a lot more than previously thought, a study says, and could explain the passing of tuberculosisCuriosity may help to kill the cow, according to researchers studying how TB is transmitted between badgers and cattle.The most sociable livestock seem particularly prone to getting up close and personal with badgers, claims a study which used electronic tagging to spy on their hitherto secret nocturnal lives.The results will reignite the acrimonious debate about the role badgers play in spreading TB. Conservationists who are opposed to badger culls argue that better biosecurity measures on farms, such as preventing badgers from entering cattle feed troughs, are key to preventing the spread of the disease. But the new small study suggests that such measures would have limited effect.Months of 24/7 surveillance on a farm and neighbouring countryside in north Yorkshire employed sophisticated electronic devices attached to badgers and cattle using lightweight collars. T

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The ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica have awakened and are melting faster than expected, a leading expert told peers ahead of a conference of ministers from nations with Arctic territory.

The City of Cape Town has put in place a management plan to deal with floods expected on the Cape Flats, but warns that flooding in low-lying areas is inevitable.

Shaikh Mohammad Eisa Al Khalifa, CEO of the state-owned pension fund, Bahrain Social Insurance Organisation, said the fund is expected to invest nearly half of its cash assets of $4.5bn (Dhs16.52bn), ...