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Ideas & Research
The Two Wells That Changed the Athabasca Oil Sands
An old Alistair MacLean thriller sent us looking into the real Athabasca oil sands. We ended up with Roger Butler, an underground research facility more than 200 metres…
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When Correcting the English Changes the Science
Fluent English is not always more accurate. In research manuscripts, small changes in wording can turn association into causation, broaden a finding, or alter statistical meaning. Good editing…
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