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Feed SubscriptionHow Did the BP Oil Spill Affect Gulf Coast Wildlife? [Slide Show]
COCODRIE, La.--The tendrils of coastline here were some of the first shores to see oil after BP's Macondo well blowout last year.
Read More »BP’s Gulf Oil Spill: One Year Later
One year after the blowout at the Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico and subsequent burning and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, what has been learned? [More]
Read More »Highway Robbery: Car Computer Controls Could Be Vulnerable to Hackers
As if worrying about the vulnerability of your PC and smart phone to hackers were not enough, could your car be the next target?
Read More »Rising sea levels trigger disasters in China
By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - Gradually rising sea levels caused by global warming over the past 30 years have contributed to a growing number of disasters along China's coast, state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday.
Read More »China set to unearth shale power
By Aizhu Chen YUANBA, China (Reuters) - China has spent tens of billions of dollars buying into energy resources from Africa to Latin America to slake the unquenched thirst for fuel from its growing industry and burgeoning cities. [More]
Read More »How Much Damage Did the Deepwater Horizon Spill Do to the Gulf of Mexico?
By Melissa Gaskill of Nature News In April 2010, BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded and sank. [More]
Read More »Robot measures radiation at Fukishima Daiichi site, verdict unclear
After weeks on standby, robots have been called from the sidelines to help inspect reactor buildings at Japan's damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Read More »Searches for Human Remains Combine High-Tech with Low-Tech
FBI aircraft are performing flyover imaging runs of an area on Long Island where local authorities have already discovered 10 sets of human remains .
Read More »Smart Grid Exposes Utilities to Smart Computer Hackers
A year ago, an unidentified computer intruder tried to penetrate the Lower Colorado River Authority's power generation network with 4,800 high-speed log-in attempts that originated at an Internet address in China, according to a grid official's confidential memo that was leaked to the media. And that was probably just an amateur's work, says David Bonvillain, vice president of Accuvant LABS, a cybersecurity consulting firm based in Hanover, Md
Read More »Loss of TV Friends Can Cause Distress
“Believe it or not, George isn’t at home, please leave a message at the beep.” So what happens when you can’t get George? Some viewers have a tough time.
Read More »Pressure mounts to delay "dangerous" $3.5 billion Mekong dam
By Martin Petty BANGKOK (Reuters) - Plans for the first dam across the lower Mekong River are putting Laos on a collision course with its neighbors and environmentalists who fear livelihoods, fish species and farmland could be destroyed, potentially sparking a food crisis. [More]
Read More »The Giant Ragweed Forest: A New Threat to Farming
A single giant ragweed plant can reduce the yield in an area holding 30 soybean plants by as much as half. That is one of the reasons that farmers are worried by a new generation of superweeds that has developed resistance to the herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup
Read More »Rhino head, snow leopard sold in U.S. auction
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - The mounted head of an endangered white rhinoceros and the stuffed remains of a highly endangered snow leopard, remnants of the fortune amassed and lost by an Alaska real-estate titan, have been auctioned off to pay some of his debts, officials said on Monday.
Read More »Rhino head, snow leopard sold in U.S. auction
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - The mounted head of an endangered white rhinoceros and the stuffed remains of a highly endangered snow leopard, remnants of the fortune amassed and lost by an Alaska real-estate titan, have been auctioned off to pay some of his debts, officials said on Monday. [More]
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