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WASHINGTON A massive renewable energy project could change the seascape of the Welsh city of Swansea in coming years. The plan is to encase the city's lagoon in a horseshoe-shaped causeway that will serve as a giant tidal generator. The four-year pro

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Every two weeks, on the full and new moons, the sun, moon and Earth fall along a nearly straight line. The combination of gravitational forces in this arrangement creates large swings in the tides. But the celestial alignment affects more than the oc

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Rapper Jay Z has restarted a music subscription site to provide a new kind of streaming service. Jay Z has bought and re-launched the service called Tidal, which was initially launched last October. Many of the music industry's major stars have also

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(MA) Now, you've been reading articles about the tremendous damage done to life and property by earthquakes. That's why seismologists have been working so hard to develop methods of earthquake prediction. We can now predict earthquake [assertively]

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North America will have six more weeks of winter, says Punxsutawney Phil, the most famous groundhog in the United States. Phils keepers reported his weather prediction Friday morning on the U.S. observance of Groundhog Day. Every year, on February 2,

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Each year at the start of spring, more than 1 million people travel to Washington, D.C., for one major reason: the cherry blossoms. Most of the travelers visit an area known as the Tidal Basin. During peak bloom, the Tidal Basin is bursting with colo

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20 top predictions for life 100 years from now Last week we asked readers for their predictions of life in 100 years time. Inspired by ten 100-year predictions made by American civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins in 1900, many of you wrote in with yo

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Once again the migratory birds, the Godwits are arriving in New Zealand from Alaska. They arrive in groups, usually the second or third week in September. Because of the earthquake damage to the Cathedral, Christchurch cannot ring the Cathedral bells

新西兰英语 442 Predicting earthquakes

Some geologists have predicted that Canterbury has a 23% chance of another major earthquake in the next year. This is based on what computers can tell them from other earthquakes around the world but it is still impossible to predict earthquakes. Nob