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Ecology:
-Ice that burns could be a green fossil fuel. To the naked eye, clathrate hydrate looks like regular ice. However, while it is made up partly of water, the water molecules are organised into "cages", which trap individual molecules of methane inside them. Due to their physical structure, clathrate hydrate cages "prefer" to have carbon dioxide at their cores, so if carbon dioxide is pumped into the hydrate, it spontaneously takes the methane's place. As a result, it should be possible to simultaneously extract methane and store carbon dioxide.
Society:
-Climate changes Europe's borders – and the world's. Italy and Switzerland are planning to redraw their shared alpine border, as global warming is melting the glaciers that originally guided the line.
"I think it's fantastic that these two countries are talking about adjusting their borders," says Mark Zeitoun of the University of East Anglia, UK, an expert on international resource management and conflict. "Elsewhere in the world you see a much more nationalistic attitude."
-Media distortion damages both science and journalism. When media reports state that scientist X of Y university has discovered that A is linked to B, we ought to be able to trust them. Sadly, as many researchers know, we can't. Scientists are rightly regulated by ethics committees because they can do harm to the public. The media too has the potential to do harm. Should there be some similar before-the-event regulation here too? I say they should! Definetly.
-"Hello America, I'm a British Muslim". When British businessman Imran Ahmad was made redundant in January, instead of hitting the Job Centre he decided to arrange a one-man speaking tour of the United States to spread his message of peace and Muslim moderateness. Sensible man.
Humor:
Loads of cool robots:
another cool Robot:
-Ice that burns could be a green fossil fuel. To the naked eye, clathrate hydrate looks like regular ice. However, while it is made up partly of water, the water molecules are organised into "cages", which trap individual molecules of methane inside them. Due to their physical structure, clathrate hydrate cages "prefer" to have carbon dioxide at their cores, so if carbon dioxide is pumped into the hydrate, it spontaneously takes the methane's place. As a result, it should be possible to simultaneously extract methane and store carbon dioxide.
Society:
-Climate changes Europe's borders – and the world's. Italy and Switzerland are planning to redraw their shared alpine border, as global warming is melting the glaciers that originally guided the line.
"I think it's fantastic that these two countries are talking about adjusting their borders," says Mark Zeitoun of the University of East Anglia, UK, an expert on international resource management and conflict. "Elsewhere in the world you see a much more nationalistic attitude."
-Media distortion damages both science and journalism. When media reports state that scientist X of Y university has discovered that A is linked to B, we ought to be able to trust them. Sadly, as many researchers know, we can't. Scientists are rightly regulated by ethics committees because they can do harm to the public. The media too has the potential to do harm. Should there be some similar before-the-event regulation here too? I say they should! Definetly.
-"Hello America, I'm a British Muslim". When British businessman Imran Ahmad was made redundant in January, instead of hitting the Job Centre he decided to arrange a one-man speaking tour of the United States to spread his message of peace and Muslim moderateness. Sensible man.
Humor:
Loads of cool robots:
another cool Robot:
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