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'Super-river' formed the English Channel

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Anglo-French scientists studying sedimentary deposits in the Bay of Biscay have concluded that Britain and France were separated by a "super-river" during three periods of glaciations, ...


The fish will be fitted with detectors to identify sources of pollution

British-built robotic fish to detect pollution

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

A shoal of robotic fish which can detect pollution in the water are set to released into the sea off Spain, British scientists said Thursday.





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Tanker spills oil in San Francisco Bay

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A ruptured fuel line on a Panamanian-registered tanker released oil into San Francisco Bay before dawn on Friday, authorities said.


2002 oil spill caused changes in the cell structure of mussels

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created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The oil spill from the Prestige petroleum oil tanker in 2002 caused serious damage to the ecosystems in the Bay of Biscay. A PhD thesis at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has studied the consequences of this ...


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Hollywood movie houses sue Pirate Bay operators

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created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 7

(AP) -- A dozen Hollywood production companies have filed a new lawsuit against file-sharing Web site The Pirate Bay.


From grass to water, Chesapeake Bay experts differ on meaning of 'clean'

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created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

After a recent rain, Baltimore's Inner Harbor is clogged with an eclectic combination of garbage -- soda bottles and a large purple ball, sticks and dirt, candy wrappers and a hollowed-out television.


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The Pirate Bay sold to Swedish gaming group

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created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

A Swedish gaming group said Tuesday it would buy The Pirate Bay, one of the world's most popular filesharing sites, for 5.6 million euros (7.8 million dollars).


A Dutch court ordered Sweden's The Pirate Bay filesharing website to remove links

Dutch court orders Pirate Bay to remove links

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A Dutch court Thursday ordered Sweden's The Pirate Bay filesharing website to remove links to works of members of a Netherlands-based music and film copyright protection group.


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Dutch court rules Pirate Bay must quit Netherlands

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created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- A Dutch court ruled Thursday that three men connected with Web site The Pirate Bay must block traffic between the site and the Netherlands within 10 days.


Supporters of the website The Pirate Bay, one of the world's top illegal filesharing websites, demonstrate in Stockholm

Pirate Bay suitor GGF set for deal with record label

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created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Global Gaming Factory (GGF), the Swedish online games firm set to acquire illegal download site The Pirate Bay, said on Wednesday it was close to signing a record deal with a major record company.


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Norway court snubs call to block The Pirate Bay

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay.


NOAA deploys new 'smart buoy' off Annapolis

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created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

NOAA deployed the seventh in a series of "smart buoys" to monitor weather conditions and water quality in the Chesapeake Bay today. The buoy, located at the mouth of Severn River near Annapolis, Md., will be used by commercial ...



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