The Alberta Energy Regulator says close to 60,000 litres of crude oil have spilled into muskeg in the province's north.
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Monday, 1 December 2014
Alberta pipeline spills 60,000 litres of crude oil into muskeg
The Alberta Energy Regulator says close to 60,000 litres of crude oil have spilled into muskeg in the province's north.
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The mystery of the Tjipetir blocks
For the past few years, 100-year-old rubber-like blocks from Indonesia have been mysteriously washing up on beaches in the UK and northern Europe. The Titanic has been suggested as one of the possible sources--but now a beachcomber says she may have solved the puzzle of the Tjipetir blocks.
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Rural Pilots Won't Be Happy About the FAA's New Drone Rules
The FAA is preparing to release its first set of rules governing how everyone from hobbyists to movie producers to ranchers can use drones. That’s good news, in the sense that some regulation is probably better than none—what we have now—when it comes to flying machines.
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Mosquitoes and malaria: Scientists pinpoint how biting cousins have grown apart
Certain species of mosquitoes are genetically better at transmitting malaria than even some of their close cousins, according to a multi-institutional team of researchers including Virginia Tech scientists.
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German-made ‘miracle’ machine turns water into gasoline
There is as yet no method to mimic Jesus Christ and turn water into wine, but German chemical engineers have proved they can perform miracles of alchemy. They are now finalizing the assembly of a rig that changes water into gasoline.
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NASA spaceship ready for test flight
NASA's new spaceship, Orion, is scheduled to lift off on its first test flight Thursday from at Cape Canaveral.
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