Accident at Russian hydroelectric plant kills ten

Monday, August 17, 2009 The Sayano–Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station, located on the Yenisei River in Russia, experienced a problem after a pressure surge caused water pipes to burst, flooding the engine room. The water triggered an explosion in a transformer. Ten workers were confirmed dead and as many as 68 …

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Plants on other planets may not be green

Thursday, April 12, 2007 A picture of the surface on Mars taken by the Mars Global Surveyor and released on October 16, 2000. On Wednesday, NASA scientists said that, unlike green plants on the planet Earth, plants on other planets may be the color red or yellow. Plants on Earth …

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