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Space: A giant leap for Africa
2016-07-22 12:50:36| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Currently under construction, the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa is establishing its role in scientific research.
Inside Bombardier's 'giant gamble'
2016-07-14 12:01:37| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The BBC's Theo Leggett looks inside one of Bombardier's new C-Series aircraft, a programme that faced years of questions about its financial viability.
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Canadian petroleum giant accused of environmental, human rights abuses in Colombia
2016-07-14 00:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Observer: A Canadian oil multinational has been accused of violating human rights and environmental destruction in Colombia. Toronto-based Pacific Exploration & Production is allegedly violating labour regulations, causing environmental damage, and negatively impacting the survival of local Indigenous communities near the Rubiales-Pirirí and Quifa oil concessions in Colombia, according to a damning report by a coalition of South American lawyers and international NGOs, released Tuesday. The groups, consisting...
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Giant Clam Poaching Wipes Out Reefs in South China Sea
2016-07-12 21:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: More than 40 square miles (104 square kilometers) of coral reefs-some of the most biodiverse on Earth-have been destroyed by giant clam poaching in the South China Sea, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery. The poachers use boat propellers to loosen the valuable bivalves, which can weigh up to 500 pounds (227 kilograms) and are a luxury item in China. Carving up a reef leaves it barren of life. And because reefs in the region are often interconnected, the damage in one place can have...
First direct images of a gas giant exoplanet in a triple-star system
2016-07-12 19:00:01| Extremetech
Three hundred and forty light years from Earth, there burns a triple star system lighting a planet unlike any other world we've ever seen. What might you see, if you could go there and look up at its sky?
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