June 15, 2010 An earthquake struck southern California on Monday night (21:26 PDT) and momentarily stopped the game between the Toronto Blue Jays and San Diego Padres in Petco Park stadium (downtown San Diego)
According to the US Geological Survey the quake had a magnitude of 5.7 and the epicenter was about 5 miles southeast of Ocotillo CA, near the Mexican border (Epicenter's location 32.698°N, 115.924°W, depth 4.3 miles).
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Here in the UK people are looking to save the environment and well the planet really I guess and by making all of the cars in the UK electric powered we would certainly be doing the world a massive favour but I just do not think this is ever going to happen. Here is why it will not happen in the near future.
Read more »Otherwise known as ‘Vertical farms’, this agricultural method is on its way to taking the world by storm. The idea of urban farming is not a new one. In fact, it had been proposed in 1984 to convert abandoned warehouses into modern, hydroponic farms.
Read more »May 20, 2010 - In a paper published today in the journal Science, the J Craig Venter Institute and Synthetic Genomics Inc announced the laboratory creation of the world's first self-reproducing organism whose entire genome was built from scratch by a machine.(1) The construction of this synthetic organism, anticipated and dubbed "Synthia" by the ETC Group three years ago, will sti
Read more »April 12,2010 - By Valentina Pop (EU Observer) - The European Commission is under pressure to alter EU-wide agreed targets of replacing 10 percent of fossil fuels with renewable energy by 2020, as its own internal studies have proven that biofuels have a negative impact on the environment and food production.
Read more »Michael Larabel, the editor of Phoronix.com, just came back from a 5 days tour in Ukrain, where he took many pictures showing how the Chernobyl area looks like 24 years after the nuclear disaster that occuered on April 26, 1986.
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According to Oxford neurobiologist Colin Blakemore, the human brain got bigger by accident and not through evolution: he thinks a mutation in the human brain 200,000 years ago suddenly made us a super-intelligent species.
Read more »February 27, 2010 - SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake that hit Chile on Saturday halted production at two oil refineries and two major mines in the world's top copper supplier, but exports of the metal will not be affected, officials said.
Read more »February 27, 2010 - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan issued a warning on Sunday for a tsunami of 3 meters (10 ft) or higher along its northern Pacific Coast and warned coastal residents to evacuate to higher ground, after a massive earthquake struck Chile.
Read more »February 27, 2010 - HONOLULU (Reuters) - Hawaii dodged serious damage on Saturday when a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake in Chile merely lapped ashore, although residents were warned to stay away from coastal areas because the ocean could remain unsettled for several more hours.
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