Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Ecology, Engineering, Environment, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 05 27th, 2010 | 2 Comments

BP Starts Top Kill Procedure to Stop Oil Leak

BP Starts Top Kill Procedure to Stop Oil Leak
After over a month of spewing millions of gallons of oil deep into the Gulf of Mexico, BP has begun it’s “top kill” approach which requires jamming mud into the hole created on April 20. The trick is that the pressure of the mud being pushed into the pipe to stem the oil flow must...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Dinosaurs, Video on 05 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Buy Your Own Dinosaur

Buy Your Own Dinosaur
A T-Rex tooth, Woolly Rhino, and Stegadon skull are set to go under the hammer in New York City.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Genomics, Video on 05 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Craig Venter Gives Life to First Synthetic Cell

Craig Venter Gives Life to First Synthetic Cell
The CBC’s science correspondent Bob McDonald puts the world’s first synthetic cell into perspective.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Horizon Oil Spill, Video on 05 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Underwater Video Shows Oil Spewing into Gulf of Mexico

Underwater Video Shows Oil Spewing into Gulf of Mexico
Five-thousand feet below the oily surface of the Gulf of Mexico a new vantage point at the site of the devastating oil spill shows the unending flow of crude live. Congressman Edwin Markey (D-MA) was tired of the little clips of video BP was releasing following the April 20 oil spill. So he started...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Engineering, Video on 05 5th, 2010 | No Comments

Canadian Beavers Build Dam Visible from Space

Canadian Beavers Build Dam Visible from Space
For the last 35 years industrious beavers have been building a wooden masterpiece that can be seen from outer space. Hidden in the wetlands of Northern Alberta, Canada few have seen the big dam up close. Canadian scientist Jean Thie of EcoInformatics found the giant beaver dam when he was using Google...
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