Mars Lander Discovers Oil

"PASADENA, CA - NASA's Phoenix Lander, while searching for frozen water and organic compounds on the Martian surface, discovered today what appears to be crude oil instead. A secondary experiment, built by the...

Canada's Arctic Sovereignty: "Say It with TNT"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIn the 1950's Race for Space saw Russia and the Americans pulling out all the stops to claim Space as their own.  Canada is doing the same in claiming the Arctic's...

Why a barren rock in the Atlantic is the focus of an international battle of ...

"AN ISOLATED pinnacle of granite, lashed by North Atlantic waves and gales off the British coast, Rockall has long been the focus of passionate territorial disputes. But talks this week between four nations are focusing on the sea or, more specifically, the oil and gas...

Visas 4 America

"The Mojave Desert, like most deserts, is very dry and hot. The winds bring cloudless days, which means barely any rain. The Mojave Desert covers parts of California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah. It spreads over 54,000 square miles."

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