Police said Richard Peters told an investigator he “must have” pulled the trigger. He told a detective he had been drinking “double vodkas” while he and his wife cleaned the guns, and court documents indicated he said he was probably too drunk to drive.

Alcohol and Guns don’t mix

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A surreal scientific blunder last week raised a huge question mark about the temperature records that underpin the worldwide alarm over global warming.

On Monday, Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), which is run by Al Gore’s chief scientific ally, Dr James Hansen, and is one of four bodies responsible for monitoring global temperatures, announced that last month was the hottest October on record.

Freezing Heat

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Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a new way of storing energy from sunlight that could lead to ‘unlimited’ solar power.

The process, loosely based on plant photosynthesis, uses solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases. When needed, the gases can then be re-combined in a fuel cell, creating carbon-free electricity whether the sun is shining or not.

MIT Energy Storage Discovery Could Lead to ‘Unlimited’ Solar Power

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The scientist who developed a vaccine for cervical cancer is working on another inoculation against certain types of skin cancer that could be available in five years time.

Skin cancer vaccine

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The Star Spangled Banner like you’ve never heard it before!

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