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Our Petrochemical Romance

Our Petrochemical Romance

Our love affair with oil, the most glorious and tragic story of our times, but how does it end? Michael Hodgkin looks at the science behind the story.

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Twelve Months to Reduce Global Warming

Twelve Months to Reduce Global Warming

Australian researchers have said it is still possible to contain climate change to within 2 degrees C.

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Veneer of Earth's platinum was from extraterrestrial source say CSIRO scientists

Veneer of Earth's platinum was from extraterrestrial source say CSIRO scientists

By Rich Bowden. First printed in The Tech Herald 30/7/09. Img left: CSIRO headquarters, Canberra, ACT. Credit: CSIRO Img right:Outcrop of komatiite lava, South Africa. Credit: CSIRO An Australian study has concluded that a “late veneer” of the Earth’s platinum came from extraterrestrial sources. Scientists at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)...

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