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Greenpeace in Arctic to stop British group drilling for oilCopenhagen (AFP) Aug 23, 2010 Greenpeace said Monday its activists had arrived in the Arctic on board one of its ships to pressure Britain's Cairn Energy to stop oil operations off Greenland's fragile coast. Cairn Energy is drilling two wells off the west coast of Greenland and plans to drill two more before the end of October, the watchdog said. If the British group's prospecting is successful, the Arctic "could be flooded with oil companies, all trying to operate in hazardous polar conditions," Greenpeace said in a stateme ... read more |
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Bangalore, India (PTI) Aug 23, 2010About 3000 scientists from more than 50 countries are expected to participate in the 39th Scientific Assembly of Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), a mega science event, to be hosted by Indian Space Research Organisation, in Mysore during July 14-22, 2012. The International Council for Science founded COSPAR in 1958. Establishment of COSPAR coincided with the launch of the first artific ... more  
Washington (UPI) Aug 18, 2010 U.S. researchers say they've used the world's darkest material - a forest of carbon nanotubes - to develop a sophisticated laser power detector. Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology will use the ultra-dark detector to make precision laser power measurements for advanced technologies such as optical communications, laser-based manufacturing, solar energy con ... more 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2010Astronomers have devised a new method for measuring perhaps the greatest puzzle of our universe - dark energy. This mysterious force, discovered in 1998, is pushing our universe apart at ever-increasing speeds. For the first time, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope were able to take advantage of a giant magnifying lens in space - a massive cluster of galaxies - to narrow in on ... more |
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New Orleans police still pay for Katrina sins 5 years onNew Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) Aug 22, 2010 As the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, a community haunted by one of the deadliest disasters in US history is struggling to regain trust in its police force. In the chaotic aftermath of the storm, which barreled in from the Gulf of Mexico on August 29, 2005 and cost more than 1,500 lives, the New Orleans Police Department was accused of terrible crimes. Half a decade later, crime is soaring to the extent that the city is fast becoming America's murder capital, while two scanda ... read more |
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