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NYPD Plans Simulated Chemical Attack For New York Subways

A subway-borne chemical attack is one of those theoreticals that require the willful ignorance of regular passengers — for most of us, it’s just better not to think about it. Not so for the NYPD, which yesterday announced a plan to test how a chemical or radiological attack would spread through the city’s 320km of subway by pumping an invisible gas through the system this year.


Wireless Networks Of Cows Will Keep Gas Under Control

I would hate to be the IT guy fixing this network. By dropping electronic devices into the stomachs of cows and networking them together, researchers hope to reduce the climate-warming farts and burps they produce.


Gas Stoves Make Kitchens Three Times As Polluted As Highways

Gas stovetops are amazing to cook on: instant, controllable and capable of getting super-hot. A shame, then, that a new study shows that apartments with gas have nitrous dioxide levels three times higher than the sides of busy highways. Nitrous oxide, by the way, is toxic by inhalation.


Nissan Australia Imagines How Petrol Pumps Should Be Used When All Our Cars Are Electric

The dawn of electric motoring is taking a little longer to gain traction than many hoped. But when it does, this is how we should be using the old pumps: repurposed as dog houses, amplifiers, bookshelves and coffee machines.


Dinosaur Flatulence Caused Jurassic Climate Change

A lot of dinosaurs were big eating machines. Now, scientists have calculated how much gas they would have expelled as a result of their digestion — and the quantities they produced probably meant that they warmed their own climate through letting rip.


Gasland: The Definitive Documentary On Fracking

Filmmaker Josh Fox’s Oscar-nominated documentary Gasland is a perfect primer for anyone unclear on what lately has become much ado about fracking.


Who Needs Petrol When Your Car Has Seaweed?

Some folks bang on about biofuels being the future of car fuels. In reality, though, they’re expensive, and that’s largely because they’re a pain in the arse to make. The solution might be seaweed.


A Gallon Of Petrol Can Power An iPhone For 20 Years

It’s true. According to Bill Colton, a VP at ExxonMobil, a single gallon of petrol (3.8L) has enough energy to charge an iPhone once a day for 20 years. Of course, that’s never going to happen but it’s a point ExxonMobil uses to stress the fact that there is a lot of energy in gasoline.


Gassy Alaskan Microbes Are Warming Up The Planet

When most of us wake up, we don’t turn to our loved ones or think about the day ahead. Nope, we let off some gas. Turns out microorganisms are just the same, only their gas might have a dramatic effect on global warming.


Kitty Litter Is Great For Catching Arsonists

So your house just burned down, taking everything you hold dear with it. You suspect it was your ex, but you have no proof. Luckily, British forensic scientists have found that cat litter is great for picking up traces of gasoline. Who knew?


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