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Oh Goody : Texas to Offer Masters Degree in Creationism?
Creationist Texas State Rep. Leo Berman has a bill for you! Berman is shown during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 3, 2008. Photo by AP. Oh goody doody gumdrops, I think I shall apply to open … Continue reading
Energy Tech : There’s Still Some Buck Rogers Stuff Out There
Buck Rogers #1, Melbourne, Fitchett Brothers, 1936-1953 / Monash University Rare Book Collection.‘There is still some Buck Rogers stuff out there that might become important if we can just back the smart people who are not in the oil business.’By … Continue reading
Top Scientist : Bush Giving Political Hacks Jobs Calling for Technical Skills
Climate scientist James McCarthy, a leader of the group that shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore, calls Bush on carpet for giving high level civil service jobs to political appointees. Photo by Suzanne Kreiter / Boston Globe.McCarthy: ‘It’s … Continue reading
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Bush’s Toxic Legacy : The EPA’s ‘Stalin Era’
‘It’s absolutely shocking what’s going on,’ say insiders. ‘Secretive changes have diluted science and jeopardized public health.’By Rebecca Clarren / November 11, 2008 This may sound like just another Erin Brockovich-style tear-jerker. Enter stage right: Poor people exposed to toxic … Continue reading
Austin : 20 Men Exonerated by DNA call for Death Penalty Moratorium
Former Florida death row inmate Juan Melendez, left, greets former Texas death row inmate Clarence Brandley at a news conference Friday, Oct. 31, in Austin. Photo by Rudolfo gonzalez / Austin American-Statesman.‘The exonerated men, members of Witness to Innocence, want … Continue reading
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Sarah Palin : Dinosaurs and Men on Earth Together
Devil Dinosaur #2.According to Palin the two species coexisted 6,000 years ago, about 65 million years after dinosaurs are believed to have become extinct.By Rachel Weiner / September 28, 2008 The LA Times reports: Soon after Sarah Palin was elected … Continue reading
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British Jury : Threat From Global Warming Justifies Protesters’ Breaking Law
Five of the ‘Kingsnorth Six’ at the top of the 200m chimney of power station.Jury cleared six Greenpeace activists of £35,000 worth of criminal damage to a coal-fired power stationBy Michael McCarthy / September 11, 2008 The threat of global … Continue reading
HEALTH CARE : Cure Worse Than the Disease?
SLEEVES UP. The elderly, who account for most influenza deaths, have been urged for decades to receive annual vaccinations. Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images / NYT.‘To be approved as a drug, harm must be proven’By Janet Gilles / … Continue reading
Endangered Species : Angered Scientists, Green Groups Confront Administration
Interior secretary Dirk Kempthorne, winner of the 2007 Rubber Dodo Award, is drawing the wrath of scientists and green groups.Environmental groups plea for public comment on endangered species law changesBy Elana Schor / August 22, 2008 A coalition of scientists … Continue reading
Suffocating Dead Zones Spread Across World’s Oceans
With more than 400 oxygen-starved dead zones in global coastal waters, scientists are calling for such dead zones to be recognised as one of the world’s great environmental problems.Critically low oxygen levels now pose as great a threat to life … Continue reading
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Tagged Dead Zones, Eco-Systems, Ecology, Environment, Marine Life, Oceans, Science
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Berkeley Scientists : World In ‘Mass Extinction Spasm’
Amphibians are dying even in remote Sierra Nevada.Scientists: Humans To Blame ‘Behind all this lies the heavy hand of Homo sapiens’ By John Boitnott / August 12, 2008 “There’s no question that we are in a mass extinction spasm right … Continue reading
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By Bending Light, Researchers Appear Closer to Creating Invisibility Cloak
The fantasy-like technology offers practical uses, like making computer chips even smallerBy John Johnson, Jr. / August 12, 2008 Long the stuff of fantasy, practical invisibility shields have been brought a step closer to reality by researchers who say they … Continue reading
