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→ October 22, 2009
China has been criticized a lot in the media for not doing enough to help fight pollution. Although some points raise valid concerns, the criticism isn’t black and white and one such example of China’s green efforts is a 71 storey tower being constructed in the city of Guangzhou. The designers believe it will be [...]
→ October 15, 2009
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On October 15th 2009, at 5:14am in Moscow (3:14 EST), the Progress M-03M cargo spacecraft was launched, via a Russian Soyuz-U rocket, and is headed to the International Space Station. The rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome’s launch pad 1 in Kazakhstan.
The 2,417 kg of cargo it’s delivering to the ISS includes oxygen, [...]
→ October 13, 2009
A Canadian company, Element Four, has invented a machine called the Watermill that converts moisture in the atmosphere into safe, clean, and cheap drinking water.
This device is intended for use in areas of high humidity and low water resources and can produce up to 11 or 12 litres of water a day. At just around [...]