The West Atlas rig in the Timor Sea that has been leaking oil and fuel for 10 weeks burst into flames on Saturday for as yet unknown reasons. PTTEP has been inquiring as to what started the fire and their Federal resources minister told ABC that they will be holding an independent inquiry as to [...]

So, CERN spins up the world’s largest atom smasher over in Switzerland, and we get four magnitude 6+ earthquakes within 24 hours. Southern Iran – 1100 GMT, 10 Sept - Magnitude 6.1 (BBC News | USGS) Mid-Atlantic ridge – 1308 GMT, 10 Sept – Magnitude 6.6 (USGS) Indonesian Moluccas islands – 0002 GMT, 11 Sept – Magnitude 6.6 (BBC [...]

The estimated population of the world will pass 6,666,666,666 today. No doubt an interesting number for people everywhere (not referring to any religion connotations). 5,555,555,555 was passed about 14 years ago. You may not realize that only a 80 years ago, the population of the Earth was only around 2 billion. (via Slashdot)

The global agriculture system will have to change radically if the world is to avoid future environmental and social problems, a report has warned. The study, commissioned by the UN and World Bank, concluded that while recent advances had increased food production, the benefits were spread unevenly. It said that 850 million people were still [...]

Bad weather may hamper attempts to destroy the errant spy satellite USA 193: The US might have to delay shooting down a defunct spy satellite on Thursday due to bad weather. Waves in the Pacific are too big for US warships to get into a correct position to fire a missile at the spacecraft. The [...]