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Century-old hydropower plant to run on fudge 
Old Greek wisdom powers Yorkshire dales Proof, if it were needed, that technical illiteracy is now well and truly out of control in the UK has been furnished in the last 24 hours by a rash of news reports on a small hydroelectric power plant. The Linton Falls generating station, built on the River Wharfe in the Yorkshire Dales in 1909 but out of action since 1948, is to return to service.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-31 18:20:58
Old Greek wisdom powers Yorkshire dales Proof, if it were needed, that technical illiteracy is now well and truly out of control in the UK has been furnished in the last 24 hours by a rash of news reports on a small hydroelectric power plant. The Linton Falls generating station, built on the River Wharfe in the Yorkshire Dales in 1909 but out of action since 1948, is to return to service.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-31 18:20:58
Relocated Oz croc menaces tourist beaches
Find this reptile, and make it snappy Oz's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking a bit of stick for relocating a 3.5-metre crocodile to a north Queensland creek from where it has menaced nearby tourist beaches, the Australian reports.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-31 18:20:58
Find this reptile, and make it snappy Oz's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking a bit of stick for relocating a 3.5-metre crocodile to a north Queensland creek from where it has menaced nearby tourist beaches, the Australian reports.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-31 18:20:58
Hubble back in full snapping mode
Returns fetching first image from main camera The Hubble space telescope yesterday resumed "regular science operations" following the failure of the 'scope's operational Science Instrument Command and Data Handling unit (SIC&DH) back in September and susbsequent coaxing into life of the back-up unit (more details here).?The Register - Science, 2008-10-31 12:20:40
Returns fetching first image from main camera The Hubble space telescope yesterday resumed "regular science operations" following the failure of the 'scope's operational Science Instrument Command and Data Handling unit (SIC&DH) back in September and susbsequent coaxing into life of the back-up unit (more details here).?The Register - Science, 2008-10-31 12:20:40
London anthrax case man 'seriously ill'
Imported drum skins likely source of infection A London-based drum-maker who apparently contracted anthrax from imported animal skins is in a "serious but stable" condition in Hackney's Homerton Hospital, the Hackney Gazette reports.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-31 00:20:44
Imported drum skins likely source of infection A London-based drum-maker who apparently contracted anthrax from imported animal skins is in a "serious but stable" condition in Hackney's Homerton Hospital, the Hackney Gazette reports.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-31 00:20:44
Messenger images 80% of Mercury
Majority of surface now revealed NASA's Messenger spacecraft has now imaged 80 per cent of the surface of Mercury following its second fly-past of the planet on 6 October, meaning that around 95 per cent has been revealed by various missions, the agency reports.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-30 18:20:54
Majority of surface now revealed NASA's Messenger spacecraft has now imaged 80 per cent of the surface of Mercury following its second fly-past of the planet on 6 October, meaning that around 95 per cent has been revealed by various missions, the agency reports.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-30 18:20:54
New Scientist goes innumerate in 'save the planet' special
Economics failing lunge for Dark Ages If you?re going to start demanding a new economics, as the New Scientist just has, then it would be useful if you understood what the old economics you?re trying to replace has to say... as the New Scientist clearly doesn?t. Take this seemingly uncontroversial statement: "We live on a planet with finite resources - that's no surprise to anyone - so why do we have an economic system in which all that matters is growth? More growth means using more resources." Umm, no, it doesn?t mean that.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-30 18:20:54
Economics failing lunge for Dark Ages If you?re going to start demanding a new economics, as the New Scientist just has, then it would be useful if you understood what the old economics you?re trying to replace has to say... as the New Scientist clearly doesn?t. Take this seemingly uncontroversial statement: "We live on a planet with finite resources - that's no surprise to anyone - so why do we have an economic system in which all that matters is growth? More growth means using more resources." Umm, no, it doesn?t mean that.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-30 18:20:54
US air force inks 'tactical' space-war deal
Space war: More like rugby than chess American weaponrytech behemoth Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $30m contract by the US Air Force Space Superiority Systems Wing. Under the deal, Lockheed will develop a prototype "tactical" space scanner for use in the covert orbital warfare of tomorrow.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-30 18:20:54
Space war: More like rugby than chess American weaponrytech behemoth Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $30m contract by the US Air Force Space Superiority Systems Wing. Under the deal, Lockheed will develop a prototype "tactical" space scanner for use in the covert orbital warfare of tomorrow.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-30 18:20:54
NASA probe finds opals in Martian crevices
Mars became Australian uninhabitable later than thought A NASA space probe orbiting Mars has discovered deposits of opals in the mighty Valles Marineris canyon system* east of Tharsis. Opals aren't valuable enough to justify interplanetary trade, but the discovery is significant as it suggests that liquid water existed on Mars a billion years more recently than had been thought.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-29 18:20:49
Mars became Australian uninhabitable later than thought A NASA space probe orbiting Mars has discovered deposits of opals in the mighty Valles Marineris canyon system* east of Tharsis. Opals aren't valuable enough to justify interplanetary trade, but the discovery is significant as it suggests that liquid water existed on Mars a billion years more recently than had been thought.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-29 18:20:49
Carmack's rocket wins $350,000 in mock moon mission
Third time's the charm for Doom creator John Carmack, creator of the childhood-innocence-purging video games Doom and Quake, has finally lead his team of rocketeers at Armadillo Aerospace to victory in the annual Northrop Grumman Lunar Landing challenge.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-29 06:20:46
Third time's the charm for Doom creator John Carmack, creator of the childhood-innocence-purging video games Doom and Quake, has finally lead his team of rocketeers at Armadillo Aerospace to victory in the annual Northrop Grumman Lunar Landing challenge.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-29 06:20:46
Carmack's rocket wins $350,000 in mock moon mission
Third time's a charm for Doom creator John Carmack, creator of the childhood-innocence-purging video games Doom and Quake, has finally lead his team of rocketeers at Armadillo Aerospace to victory in the annual Northrop Grumman Lunar Landing challenge.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-29 00:20:50
Third time's a charm for Doom creator John Carmack, creator of the childhood-innocence-purging video games Doom and Quake, has finally lead his team of rocketeers at Armadillo Aerospace to victory in the annual Northrop Grumman Lunar Landing challenge.?The Register - Science, 2008-10-29 00:20:50