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Ireland’s 250-million-year-old gray spot

Happy St. Patrick’s Day—from space. While Ireland’s natural landscape is known for every shade of green imaginable, a different color dominates one part of Ireland. Along the Burren Region on the country’s western coast, gray limestone pavement covers the rocky and treeless landscape. NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite captured a […]

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Jocelyn Bioh’s ‘School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play’ Sets Fall Broadway Debut

The Tony nominated duo behind Jaja’s African Hair Braiding – playwright Jocelyn Bioh and director Whitney White – will reunite this fall with the Broadway premiere of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play. Set to begin performances on Tuesday, September 8, the Manhattan Theatre Club production will be staged at MTC’s Samuel J.

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Australia’s environment minister wants to ban fishers and drillers from more ocean – and avoid a culture war

Conservationists hope Murray Watt’s review of national marine parks will ‘right the wrongs’ of previous downgrade of protection Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The federal environment minister, Murray Watt, has pledged to put an extra half a million square kilometres of Australia’s ocean out of reach

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Surfing’s big break: how climate crisis insurance may save El Salvador’s waves

Fearing that extreme weather threatened its epic breaks, Oriente Salvaje is piloting the first surf insurance policy to protect livelihoods and ecosystems In the late 1990s in El Salvador, Rodrigo Barraza went in search of every surfer’s dream: a pristine wave, far from the crowds. Down a rough dirt track hours from any city, he

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Radiohead to Play 20 Concerts on Different Continents Per Year, Guitarist Says

Radiohead are gearing up to play 20 shows per year on different continents in the coming years, guitarist Ed O’Brien told Rolling Stone in an interview published late Monday, with the group’s 20 European shows last year apparently being the first in the plan. “It’s definitely happening,” O’Brien said, at the end of an interview

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Beats and Nike Debut First-Ever Collaboration With Limited-Edition Powerbeats Earbuds

Beats and Nike are teaming up on a new piece of hardware. The two brands have unveiled the Powerbeats Pro 2 — Nike Special Edition, marking the first time Beats has partnered with another company on a co-branded product. The release also represents a notable shift for Beats, which is placing Nike’s Swoosh directly on

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Lori Feldman, Former Top Marketing Exec at Warner and Wasserman, Launches Redefine Music Advisors Consultancy

Veteran music and entertainment marketing exec Lori Feldman, who previously held top roles at Warner Records and the agency formerly known as Wasserman, has launched Redefine Music Advisors, a new strategic consultancy designed to “support music companies, artists, and brands as they navigate an increasingly complex and evolving global music ecosystem,” according to the announcement.

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Belgium’s Dystopian Drama Series ‘The Best Immigrant’ Reflects The Modern-Day Lurch Towards Populism

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s strand in which, each fortnight, we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track…

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