Science news articles about 'top hat'

  • Now You See It, Now You Don't

    ... , there's stuff that we just can't see -- or process -- in the magician's toolbox (and in real life). Sure, the top hat, rabbit, and colorful scarves are hard ...
  • BP in fresh bid to stem oil leak

    BP is to lower a smaller dome dubbed the "top hat" over the blown-out well in the latest bid to stem the Gulf of Mexico slick.
  • 'Top hat' dome at oil spill site

    A new container dome is placed beside the damaged oil well polluting the Gulf of Mexico since a drilling rig disaster, BP says.
  • 'Top Hat' Out, Insertion Tube In

    Try, try, try again is the operative phrase as BP tries using a giant catheter to suck up gushing oil.
  • Pictures: New Cap Stops Gulf Oil Spill, BP Says

    ... the saga of the containment caps, from the removal of the old "top hat" to the installation of the new one, which BP said Thursday has finally stopped the Gulf oil spill. Oil ...
  • The cap used to slow the Gulf leak

    As UK MPs cast doubt on Britain's ability to deal with a deepwater oil leak, David Shukman visits two of the "top hats" used by BP in spills such as the Gulf of Mexico leak.
  • How London is bouncing back from the recession | Aditya Chakrabortty

    ... calling the guests at a Russian oligarch's birthday party comfortably off. To get past the top-hatted doorman, you'll need either a bullet-proof excuse or, ideally, a steel ...
  • Moments that make Commencement

    ... took up the tradition, which dates to the 17th century. Standing at the front of the Commencement platform in a silk top hat, he struck the ground three ...
  • Order out of chaos

    Formal-looking gentlemen — resplendent in ensembles of top hats, bow ties, and Bermuda shorts — shouted barbs at impervious runners, who sported nothing ...
  • Marmot researchers raise a toast for Groundhog Day

    ... Phil Sowerby, the Pennsylvania critter who'll be dragged out of his burrow Saturday by men in top hats to look for his shadow, the day ...

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