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Researchers are trying to develop a real-life tractor beam

Written by Harry Baker

In science fiction films, nothing raises tension quite like the good guys’ spaceship getting caught in an invisible tractor beam that allows the baddies to slowly reel them in. But what was once only a sci-fi staple could soon become a reality

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NOAA Rejects Green Groups’ Call For Gulf Of Mexico Speed Limits

Written by WorkBoat Staff

A push from environmental groups to impose ship speed limits to protect the endangered Rice’s whale has been denied, while the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration works on other measures to protect the whales in the Gulf of Mexico, the agency said Oct. 27

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