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Alterviews: A Year After the BP Oil Spill – Its Consequences

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A year has passed since the worst oil spill in U.S. history caused by an explosion at the BP platform, which washed about five million barrels of crude oil into the sea for three months, and there are still many questions to be answered. Twelve months after the environmental disaster that also took the lives [...]

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“Anonymous” Hacker Activists Take Down Sony

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The online activist group known as “Anonymous” doesn’t just bother launching punishing operations against “security” firms that prey on Wikileaks, or against governments accused of hindering freedom of expression online. The group announced this past Saturday, April 2, that it was launching an operation against the Japanese Sony group, named “#opsony. “Bravo Sony, you have [...]

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Your Laptop or Phone Charged in Two Minutes?

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Scientists at the University of Illinois in the U.S., have developed a three-dimensional nanostructure (a nanometer is a unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter) for a battery , which allows them to load it very quickly, in just a couple of minutes. In addition to this increase in loading speed, batteries [...]

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Lights Out! Earth Hour is Here!

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The WWF and many other participating organizations are calling for this March 26 to be “Earth Hour”. The idea: Every individual, every town and business is encouraged to turn off their lights today for 60 minutes, the world’s largest demonstration on climate change. Last year 128 countries around the world participated with hundreds of millions [...]

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Up to 400 Millisieverts of Radiation Near Damaged Nuclear Plant in Japan

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A fire in reactor 4 of the crippled Fukushima power plant and ensuing low level radiation emissions on Thursday have triggered fears in Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital. Japanese experts and authorities, who have begun receiving international technical advice, are racing to avert a nuclear catastrophe. Officials were quick to clarify the [...]

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