Energy Secretary Stephen Chu has assembled a "dream team" to try and come up with a solution to the BP oil spill, philosophers consider giving human rights to dolphins and bracelets laced with toxic cadmium.
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Planet 100: The Oil Spill Brain Team (5/24)
Energy Secretary Stephen Chu has assembled a "dream team" to try and come up with a solution to the BP oil spill, philosophers consider giving human rights to dolphins and bracelets laced with toxic cadmium.
Added: May 24, 2010
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