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Fracking 101: Just the fracts

Fracking 101: Just the fracts
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  When I graduated from university and started my job at Shell Canada as an interpreter, I was trained on the basics of the petroleum system. To clarify, an “interpreter” in this context does not mean that I was hired to translate Greek to English....
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Venezuelan forces surround embassy sheltering opposition figures

(BBC News) Venezuelan security forces have surrounded the Argentine embassy in the capital Caracas, which is sheltering six Venezuelan political figures opposed to President...

Kosovo closes two of four border crossings with Serbia after protests

(Al Jazeera Media Network) Kosovo has closed two of its four border crossings with Serbia, the government said, after protesters on the Serbian side...

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Real science requires real peer review

Real science requires real peer review

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Many important issues in the news today are built around technical information, particularly in scientific and engineering fields. Subjects such as resource exploitation, energy...
Pipe problems – a detailed examination of what lies beneath us

Pipe problems – a detailed examination of what lies beneath us

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I would like to talk about some things that lie under our feet. These are things that are good for our health and our...

How AI is going to terminate us

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Although I haven’t seen it myself, it is reported that there is an exhibit at CERN dedicated to Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the...

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It’s official — fracking is no longer a swear word!

Fracking is officially no longer a curse word. It became official last night when Kamala Harris – the Democratic Party presidential candidate considered by many...

Portuguese comic rising even faster than global sea level

I have always been a fan of stand-up comedy, and have even taken a turn at the mic a couple of times. I have great...

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I don't like to brag (says only someone who is about to brag), but we have produced a heck of a lot of exceptional...

Media literacy is more important than ever

Media literacy is arguably one of the most important issues in a world increasingly dominated by power- and money-hungry politicians, corporate executives, environmental leaders, and...

Deciphering how (almost all) news media organizations get things so horribly wrong

Most of us have at least an inkling that we have been misled terribly by news organizations in recent years. But how do these high-powered...

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