National Public Radio: A lot of BP’s oil eventually winds up in the gas tanks…
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Containment Cap Shows Hopeful Signs
Associated Press: A containment cap that sucked some of the oil from a blown-out well…
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United States: Environmental activists go up against Massey mining
LA Times: In just eight words, James “Guin” McGuinness, a veteran environmental activist, summed up…
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BP sucking up 10,000 barrels daily from US oil leak
Agence France-Presse: BP said Sunday it was capturing some 10,000 barrels of crude a day…
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Two new frogs discovered in Panama amidst amphibian plague
Mongabay: Researchers working to save Panama’s frogs from a fatal disease have stumbled on two…
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Amazon forest fires ‘on the rise’
BBC: The number of fires destroying Amazon rainforests are increasing, a study has found. A…
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Australia launches privacy investigation of Google (AP)
AP – Australia announced a police investigation Sunday into whether Google illegally collected private information…
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Bar codes get around town and get more useful (AP)
AP – It used to be that the only time you’d notice a bar code…
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Medicine’s secret archives
Researchers have compiled over 60 examples illustrating how the dissemination of medical knowledge has been…
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New antenna to aid rural emergency workers developed
To overcome the challenges of rural communication, engineers have developed a sturdy lightweight antenna that…