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Nuclear Calendar -- February 20, 2012 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- February 20, 2012 -- Friends Committee On National Legislation Feb. 18-26 House and Senate Presidents Day recess. Feb. 20 7:00 p.m., Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council, book discussion of ASingle Roll of the Dice: Obama's Diplomacy with Iran. Politics ConnecticutAve., NW, Washington. Feb. 20 Presidents Day (federal holiday). Feb. 21 10...

Nuclear Calendar -- February 13, 2012 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- February 13, 2012 -- Friends Committee On National Legislation Feb. 13 11:15 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget. Posted on the Governm...
Nuclear Calendar -- November 26, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- November 26, 2011 Nov. 19-27 House and Senate Thanksgiving recess. (House recess is through Nov.28.) Nov. 26 20th anniversary of the last British nuclear weapon tes...
The Impermanence of Knowledge (Marcus Kracht)

Oct. 28, 2011 (domokos-kracht.eu) -- Abstract Knowledge is essential to our existence. Without knowledge life is almost impossible. So we need to care about what we know. In the recent past mankind...
Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Corn Fields (Anthony Gucciardi)

Sept. 20, 2011 (NaturalSociety) -- Hungary has taken a bold stand against biotech giant Monsanto and genetic modification by destroying 1,000 acres of maize found to have been grown with genetically m...
Nuclear Calendar -- October 25, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- Oct. 25, 2011 Oct. 3-Nov.1 U.N. General Assembly'sFirst Committee(Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations. Oct. 22-30 Senate recess. O...
Nuclear Calendar -- September 19, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- Sept. 19, 2011 Sept. 17-19 International Campaign Against Nuclear Weaponsinternational conference. Geneva. Sept. 18-20 Women's Action for New Directions and Wome...
Record Arctic Ice Melt Threatens Global Security (Stephen Leahy)

This data visualisation from the Aqua satellite show the maximum sea ice extent for 2008-09. Credit:NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio Sept. 15, 2011 (Inter Press Service) --All ...
SAT reading scores fall to lowest level on record (Justin Pope)

Sept. 14, 2011 (AP) -- SAT reading scores for the high school class of 2011 were the lowest on record, and combined reading and math scores fell to their lowest point since 1995. The College Board, w...
NASA's Cassini orbiter snaps unbelievable picture of Saturn (Mike Wehner)

Sometimes reality is just as stunning as science fiction Sept. 8, 2011 (tecca.com)-- Science fiction movies have spoiled us on high definition views of our planetary neighbors, but real-life phot...
Nuclear Calendar -- August 15, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation -- Aug. 15, 2011 May20-Aug.28 International Center of Photography, "Hiroshima: Ground Zero 1945&quo...
Sun Unleashes X6.9 Class Flare (NASA)

An x-class flare began at 3:48 AM EDT on August 9, 2011 and peaked at 4:05 AM. The flare burst from sun spot region AR11263, before it rotated out of view. The image here was captured ...
Earth's Systems In Rapid Decline (Stephen Leahy)

Aug. 4, 2011 (Al-Jazeera-English) --Protecting bits of nature here and there will not prevent humanity from losing our life support system. Even if areas dedicated to conserving plants, animals, and o...
Scientists Create 'Hole In Space' In Demonstration Of Time Cloaking

'This approach is based on accelerating and slowing down the front and rear parts, respectively, of the probe beam to create a well-controlled temporal gap,' scientists write. July 14, ...
Nuclear Calendar -- July 11, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- July 11, 2011 July10-13 Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm.Mike Mullen meets with Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese Army Chen Bingde and other officials. Beijing. ...
System Justification Theory (PsychWiki)

(PsychWiki) -- System Justification Theory (SJT) is a theory of social psychology that postulates that people are motivated to bolster, defend, and justify the status quo – that is, the prevailing s...
Climate of Denial: Can Science and the Truth Withstand the Merchants of Poison? (Al Gore)

WCW's Bill Goldberg, a former NFL linebacker, puts the hurt on an opponent. June 22, 2011 (Rolling Stone) --The first time I remember hearing the question "is it real?" was when I ...
Summer Solstice Starts with Solar Storm (Tariq Malik)

This image taken by the sun-watching SOHO observatory. CREDIT: SOHO/NASA/ESA June 21, 2011 (SPACE.com) --The sun unleashed a powerful solar flare and eruption Tuesday (June 21) just in time f...
Oceans in Distress Foreshadow Mass Extinction (Marlowe Hood)

Pollution and global warming are pushing the world's oceans to the brink of a mass extinction of marine life unseen for tens of millions of years, a consortium of scientists warn. June 20, 2...
Nuclear Calendar -- June 20, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- June 20, 2011 June 20 U.S. Conference of Mayors adopts a resolution in support of nuclear disarmament at itsannual meeting. Baltimore Hilton Hotel, Baltimore. June 20-...
Powerful cosmic blast as black hole shreds star (Jennifer Carpenter)

Infalling star shown in an artist's conception; 10% of its mass is turned into energy and radiated as X-rays June 16, 2011 (BBC) --Astronomers have spied a star's swan song as it is shr...
Sun's Fading Spots Signal Big Drop in Solar Activity (Denise Chow)

A photo of a sunspot taken in May 2010, with Earth shown to scale. The image has been colorized for aesthetic reasons. This image with 0.1 arcsecond resolution from the Swedish 1...
Why Stop at Massive Economic Growth when Infinite Growth Is within Reach? (Dr. Milton Mountebank)

Dr. Milton Montebank Editor’s Note:AlthoughThe Daly Newsis known for its commentary on the limits to growth, we are willing to consider other viewpoints. That is why we invited Professor Milton M...
Explosion in jellyfish numbers may lead to ecological disaster (Tracy McVeigh)

A dramatic global increase in jellyfish swarms could damage the marine food chain June 12, 2011 (The Observer) -- Global warming has long been blamed for the huge rise in the world's jellyfish...
Rat-eating plant discovered in Philippines (Chris Irvine)

Rat-eating plant: The team of botanists, led by British experts Stewart McPherson and Alastair Robinson, found the plant on Mount Victoria in the Philippines June 7, 2011 (Telegraph) -- A carnivo...