This is the kind of thing that we should really worry about : An explosion and shots have been heard at a major oil refinery at Abqaiq in eastern Saudi Arabia, reports say.” About two-thirds of Saudi Arabia’s oil is processed at the Abqaiq refinery, one of the largest in the world. Oil security analysts …
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Canadian Inventor shares prize for CCD
I didn’t know this… Apparently a Canadian had a hand in inventing the Charged Couple Device (CCD)… that’s the thing that takes the role of the “film” in your digital camera. From the CBC, Willard Boyle, a Canadian scientist who helped invent a light-sensitive chip, accepted a prestigious engineering award in the U.S. on Tuesday. …
Assessing the Iranian Threat
Last week, the prospect of a showdown with Iran at the United Nations Security Council seemed inevitable. This week, the rhetoric has been toned down somewhat, and today the Chinese delegation expressed it’s support for a possible Russian solution to Irans nuclear problem. All that said, there still seems to be plenty of talk about …