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Submission + - IEEE looks at Kevin Costner's oil cleanup machines (ieee.org)

richardkelleher writes: IEEE Spectrum takes a look at the machines developed by a company funded by Kevin Costner that are supposed to extract the oil from the gulf waters. Is it possible that in the years since the Exxon Valdez, that Kevin Costner is the only one who has invested money into the technology of oil spill cleanup?
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Submission + - Bug Wears Armor Made of Poo (livescience.com)

richardkelleher writes: It seems it is not always rolling downhill, sometimes it is armor!

"A beetle apparently protects itself by constructing armor made from excrement, researchers now reveal.
Scientists investigated case-bearing leaf beetles, which are found worldwide. Females of these species typically construct bell-shaped receptacles made of feces around an egg immediately after they lay one. "

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