Guardian: While the explosion of BP/Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig was a horrific event, it…
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United States: ‘In a terrible way this is a portent of things to come and a warning’
Guardian: When Hurricane Katrina wrecked the Louisiana coast, it wasn’t the wind that created disaster…
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Gulf oil spill at Deepwater Horizon threatens $8bn clean-up and an ecological oil slick disaster for the US
Guardian: Twelve months ago BP dismissed the possibility that a catastrophic accident could happen at…
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Mammoths had ‘anti-freeze blood’
Mammoths had a form of “anti-freeze” blood to keep their bodies supplied with oxygen at…
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Computer-security event seeks to spur int’l talks (AP)
AP – As governments around the world amass armies of hackers to protect their countries’…
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Let’s Hope Bungie’s Activision Deal Helps Them Outgrow Halo (PC World)
PC World – I’ve always felt a shade conflicted about Bungie’s Halo games.
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Living in a high-crime neighborhood may worsen children’s asthma
After adjusting for the child’s age, gender, family history of asthma and socioeconomic status, children…
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Ability to tolerate enemies influences coevolution
Stay and fight, or flee? These are usually the alternatives facing a victim when it…
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Protein loss in the urine harmful for people with high blood pressure, study finds
Healthy people with high blood pressure who excrete a slight excess of protein in the…
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U.S. could eliminate CO2 emissions from coal in 20 years, experts say
The United States could completely stop emissions of carbon dioxide from coal-fired electric power plants…