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How did the Molotov cocktail get its name?
As Russian troops approached Kyiv on Friday (Feb. 25), Ukraine’s defense minister encouraged the citizens of Kyiv to make Molotov cocktails as they prepared to defend their home.Sometimes called bottle bombs, petrol bombs, or the poor man’s grenade, Molotov cocktails have long been the weapon of choice for protesters and revolutionaries. While the device itself…
A ‘chemical cocktail’ of sewage, slurry and plastic is polluting English rivers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Poor water quality in English rivers is the result of chronic underinvestment and multiple failures in monitoring, governance and enforcement, a report from the UK Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee has claimed. The report includes evidence from The University of Manchester's Professor Jamie Woodward, whose research demonstrated a direct link between poor…