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14-Aug-09

Non-lethal weapons: Anti-terror gun stops boats dead

Home Office scientists have developed a non-lethal weapon to stop speedboats dead in their tracks. This could be used to prevent pirate speed boats from reaching their targets, but without injuring anyone, in case it is all just...

Category: Weapons

13-Aug-09

Physicists hold breath as Large Hadron Collider prepares to rise from ashes

"If all goes to plan, the LHC will come back to life in November. "

Category: Big Science

13-Aug-09

How a wind farm could emit more carbon than a coal power station

"Building wind farms built on peat bogs, which can release their huge carbon stores when damaged, is not sensible"


13-Aug-09

Australian Senate rejects curbs on greenhouse gases

"Australia's Senate today voted to reject legislation that would have curbed the amount of greenhouse gas pollution the country emits, but the government said it would resurrect the bill later this year."

Category: Climate Change

12-Aug-09

Gas-guzzling cars top US 'cash for clunkers' trade-ins

"SUVs and pick-up trucks make up 83% of the 316,189 cars that have been traded under the scheme"


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