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• Militants attack ENI pipeline in Nigeria's Delta - officials

  28-05-2016 18:55
  By Tife Owolabi YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Militants attacked a crude oil pipeline operated by Italy's ENI on Saturday, a Nigerian state government said, hours after the Niger Delta Avengers militants claimed another strike in the region. Nigeria's oil output has fallen to a 20-year low due to attacks on pipelines in the southern swamps, home to much of its hydrocarbon resources, which have compounded the impact of low oil prices on Africa's largest economy. "Th‎e Bayelsa State Government
  
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• Scientists discover gigantic sea sponge in Hawaii – video

  28-05-2016 16:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Deep sea scientists exploring the remote waters between Hawaii and Midway atoll find a gigantic sea sponge “about the size of a minivan” that could be the oldest animal on earth. A remote-operated submersible found the sponge about 2,100m (7,000ft) down, while exploring the depths of the Papahānaumokuākea marine park Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Onboard camera captures rocket landing

  28-05-2016 11:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An onboard camera has captured the successful landing of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, returning from space after launching an Asian communications satellite.
  
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• Construction of world's largest dam in DR Congo could begin within months

  28-05-2016 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Mega dam on Congo river to produce electricity equal to 20 large nuclear power stations, but critics say it will displace 60,000 people and wreck the ecosystemThe largest dam in the world is set to begin construction within months and could be generating electricity in under five years. But 35,000 people may have to be relocated and it could be built without any environmental or social impact surveys, say critics.The $14bn (£9.5bn) Inga 3 project, the first part of the mega-project, is bei
  
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• Solved: the mystery of our absent red squirrels

  28-05-2016 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Strathnairn, Highlands In all the years we had lived here, we had never had a red squirrel in the garden. This has been the subject of much banter in the village shopOne of the main wildlife mysteries in the strath is the distribution of red squirrels in gardens in the adjoining villages of Farr and Inverarnie. Over many years we have advised people over putting out peanuts and feeders, and every one has succeeded in attracting them. However, one garden of an acre with mature trees and seemingly
  
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• Sea sponge the size of a minivan discovered in ocean depths off Hawaii

  28-05-2016 03:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers believe the creature found by scientists 2,100m below the surface of the ocean is the largest of its kind ever documentedScientists on a deep-sea expedition in the waters off Hawaii have discovered what they say is the world’s largest known sponge.The creature, roughly the size of a minivan, was discovered about 2,100m (7,000ft) down in a marine conservation area off the shores of the north-western Hawaiian -islands. The rare sponge, with a bluish-white colour and brain-like ap
  
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• Scientists find minivan-sized sponge, world's largest

  28-05-2016 02:07
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Researchers in Hawaii have been absorbed by a sea creature they discovered last summer, and their findings are pretty big.
  
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• Three in a Row! SpaceX Lands Rocket on Ship at Sea Yet Again

  28-05-2016 00:19
  
  SpaceX has just scored a rocket-landing hat trick. The first stage of the company's Falcon 9 rocket came down for a soft touchdown on a ship at sea today (May 27), during the successful launch of the Thaicom 8 communications satellite. SpaceX has now pulled it off on three straight flights over the last seven weeks.
  
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