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• Company proposes turning the Moon into Earth's solar plant - SmartPlanet

  "We are used to harnessing the sun's power on Earth, but once fossil fuels dwindle, we are still likely to be left with an energy shortfall. However, if a Japanese company's dreams are realized, Moon real estate could provide us with solar energy for generations to come. The Shimizu Corporation has proposed a strip of solar cells 11,000 miles long on the Moon's surface. The construction of the solar cells -- dubbed the "lunar ring" -- would take decades; involving material transport from Earth of ceramics, water, oxygen, glass and concrete, as well as the construction of robots to operate the ring alongside astronauts."

  tags: energy alternativeenergy renewableenergy moon random

• BBC News - Fragments of ancient continent buried under Indian Ocean

  "Fragments of an ancient continent are buried beneath the floor of the Indian Ocean, a study suggests. Researchers have found evidence for a landmass that would have existed between 2,000 and 85 million years ago. The strip of land, which scientists have called Mauritia, eventually fragmented and vanished beneath the waves as the modern world started to take shape."

  tags: world continent geography landmass history

• BBC News - Israel police shoot dead US killer Sheinbein in prison

  "Israeli special forces have shot dead an American-Israeli prisoner - jailed for a brutal murder in the US - after he opened fire on prison guards. "

  tags: israel random unitedstates murder prison death

• Mohamed Morsi accused of passing state secrets to Iran | World news | theguardian.com

  "An Egyptian prosecutor on Sunday accused the ousted Islamist president of passing state secrets to Iran's Revolutionary Guard, the first such explicit detail in an ongoing espionage trial. "

  tags: egypt morsy revolution protest coup

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