OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorRadiation, we have all seen it in disaster movies, where men and women in Moon suits and geiger counters are scanning the area looking for radiation contaminated...
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The full scale of the impact of China's earthquake is only now becoming apparent, with the death toll rising to more than 55,000 - and 25,000 still missing. Meanwhile, geologists have concluded that the quake was...
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UPDATE: 10:36 p.m. EST May 11AP reports 22 dead through three states."Stunned survivors picked through the little that
was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the
Plains and South,...
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WIth over 6000 satellites sent into orbit since Sputnik, we have a lot of junk spinning around our fair planet. The article below has a superb slideshow to illustrate this."Today, it is estimated that only 800...
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An environmental charity in the UK released their findings today from a survery of British beaches conducted last year, and the results are not encouraging.Plastic litter on the beaches is now so dense that it...
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"French judges have been asked to put Continental Airlines on trial for manslaughter over the crash of an Air France Concorde in 2000 that killed 113 people.
Prosecutors in Pontoise outside Paris requested that the US airline, two of its employees and two key men in the...
It's neat that the planet in our solar system that is known for its rings, may also have the only moon known to be surrounded be them as well. Hmmm....Co-in-ci-de-nce?"New observations by a spacecraft suggest...
While countries all over the world is on the alert for possible harmful fall-out from the US shootdown of a failed spy satellite FEMA has provided "Memo About Falling Satellite" that have been sent to thousands of...
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We'll keep an eye out for more information. If anyone has anything new to report, please post below in a comment."A mid-air crash between two small planes has killed five people in California, including one on the ground as debris crashed on to a town.
Witnesses...
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It's amazing that everyone got out ok considering the amount of damage that happened to the building."A building on the Danforth was reduced to rubble overnight after it unexpectedly caved in, forcing residents to run for their lives.
Incredibly, everyone managed to scramble...
Falling debris in the Toronto financial district is mucking things up for commuters. No injuries have been reported, but it's unclear when the area will re-open."TORONTO - Much of Toronto's financial...
"All 56 people on board a passenger plane that crashed in south-western Turkey have died, the airline's chief executive has said.
Initial reports from rescue helicopter teams found no survivors, said Tuncay...
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Trade Center Debris Pile Was a Chemical Factory, Says New Study
September 10, 2003
At
Ground Zero in New York City, UC Davis Professor Emeritus Thomas...
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"The ocean was filled with debris, preventing a rescue mission from going ashore at Sandy Bay, Nicaragua, the village where the eye of Felix made landfall with catastrophic 160 mph winds and a storm surge estimated at 18 feet above normal tides.
From a distance, rescue teams...
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"Alarmed tourists jammed Caribbean airports for flights out of Hurricane Dean's path Saturday as the monster storm began sweeping past the Dominican Republic and Haiti and threatened to engulf Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
In Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican...
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