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British climate change scientists cleared of dishonesty
Scientists at a top British research unit embroiled in a row over climate research were cleared of dishonesty on Wednesday but their lack of openness was criticized.
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Tar balls from Gulf oil spill hit Texas beaches
BP faced a broadening crisis Tuesday with tar balls from the Gulf oil spill turning up on Texas beaches, as the firm's clean-up costs soared and British officials reportedly mulled a possible BP collapse.
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'Big Bang' telescope sends back first image
A space telescope designed to peer into the enigma of the "Big Bang" has served up its first overall image of the cosmos, the European Space Agency said on Monday.
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Ottawa to Winnipeg on a gallon of gas? No problem
A team of engineers from the University of Ottawa is taking the term "fuel efficiency" to whole new heights.
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Solar powered aircraft attempting first night flight
The prototype of a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar energy aims to take to the skies on Thursday in the first attempt at a night flight fuelled by the sun, the team said.
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Atom smasher gaining pace and breaking records
The world's biggest atom smasher is swiftly gaining pace as scientists seek to unravel the secrets of the universe, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Monday.
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Oil spill Gulf on edge as Tropical Storm Alex surges
The first major storm of the Atlantic season was entering the Gulf of Mexico Monday, seeming set to avoid the BP oil spill but leaving residents jittery after causing 10 deaths.
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HENRY AUBIN
You can't blame the Plateau for trying to cut traffic
One borough's self-defence against traffic congestion is setting off an angry backlash. The controversy shows how tough it is to resist the hegemony of the car.
MITCH JOEL
Television at the crossroads: core business model might be a thing of the past
While everybody is busy running over to their favourite consumer electronics store to pick up a 3-D television (btw, is it just me or do those glasses make all of us look like the love child of Karl Lagerfeld and Roy Orbison?), it seems like the television industry -much like all of the traditional media channels -also struggles to define its place with viewers while grappling with a future of digitization, media fragmentation and uncertainty.
JAY BRYAN
Skills squeeze is around the corner
While unemployment is dropping, it's still a big preoccupation, a fact underlined yesterday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which warned that governments mustn't take their focus off joblessness just because there's a recovery.
BILL BROWNSTEIN
Nasty Show host Greg Giraldo sets high smut standard for the others
Definitely not the pussycat. There had been some trepidation about which comic persona newly minted Nasty Show host Greg Giraldo would bring to Club Soda.
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