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Go with the flow

For tidal energy to exist in NS more research needs to be done Ice blocks (such as the one pictured above) could possibly damage turbines in the Bay of Fundy. Photo by CarolAnne Black

By CarolAnne Black, Science Columnist
• March 16, 2012

Nova Scotia is looking to renewable energy sources. For most of the world, renewable energy means hydroelectric, solar and wind energy. But here in …

Erotic algae

Seaweed to stop the spread of HIV Swamp Thing, photo supplied.

By CarolAnne Black, Science Columnist
• February 10, 2012

According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, at the end of 2009 over 66 thousand Canadians were diagnosed with HIV. (That’s roughly 0.2 …

Going deep

For our future, we must look beneath the sea Navy Diver

By CarolAnne Black, Science Columnist
• January 27, 2012

The hull of your spacecraft is breeched as it drifts through the vacuum. The air around you and inside you rushes into the void. …