What do the Rooivalk military helicopter, the SALT telescope in Sutherland and the Joule electric car have in common? An ingenious engineer: Kobus Meiring, now CEO of Optimal Energy.
Date: Jan 1, 2009
Date: Dec 3, 2008
Date: Dec 1, 2008
Why good green food isn't just for Christmas - news.bbc.co.uk
Why good green food isn't just for Christmas
Read the articleOzone protection feels the heat - news.bbc.co.uk
Ozone and the lesser of the environmental evils
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Scientists discover why some people are better with faces than names - www.telegraph.co.uk
The reason why some people are better with faces than names has been identified by scientists and it appears to be due to their higher levels of a special "socialising" hormone called Oxytocin.
Read the articleLive dissection of great white shark to be beamed around the world - www.telegraph.co.uk
Scientists will cut open a 10ft great white shark live on website.
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Austria?s ?Woman on Wall St.? Now Out of Sight - www.nytimes.com
Sonja Kohn made few friends gathering billions for Bernard L. Madoff from wealthy investors in Russia and across Europe. Now she?s disappeared from public view.
The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand - www.nytimes.com
Environmental groups in the U.S. and Canada are pushing for a slowdown to oil sands development.
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California targets flat screen televisions to save energy - www.telegraph.co.uk
California is planning to phase out energyguzzling flat screen televisions to reduce pressure on the state's overstretched power grid.
Read the articleJapan taps into power of volcanoes with geothermal energy plants - www.telegraph.co.uk
Japan has announced plans to build its first new geothermal power stations in nearly two decades in a bid to tap the nation's domestic energy sources.
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