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15-Oct-10

Google invests in $5bn wind-power superhighway

The Atlantic Wind Connection Project will serve 1.9m homes from New Jersey to Virginia with electricity from dozens of offshore windfarms.


15-Oct-10

Robot arm punches human to obey Asimov's rules

ISAAC ASIMOV would probably have been horrified at the experiments under way in a robotics lab in Slovenia. There, a powerful robot has been hitting people over and over again in a bid to induce anything from mild to unbearable...

Category: Robotics

6-Oct-10

Sun's role in warming the planet may be overestimated

"The discovery could help explain why Europe can have cold winters while the world as a whole is heating up"

Category: Climate Change

30-Sep-10

A distant Earth-like exoplanet 'could have life'

"Astronomers have detected an Earth-like exoplanet that may have just the right kind of conditions to support life."

Category: Space

29-Sep-10

Environmental concern over Sri Lanka nuclear plans

"Environmentalists in Sri Lanka have expressed concern over government plans to build a nuclear power plant by 2025. Energy Minister Champika Ranawaka... ...has said the country needs to ensure that there will be no power cuts...

Category: Energy sources

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