Science
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Sleep Deprivation May Spur Serious Mental Problems, Study Finds (Kanoko Matsuyama)
Aug. 31, 2010 (Bloomberg) -- Sleep deprivation may trigger serious mental illnesses in young people that persist into adulthood, researchers in Australia found. Young adults who habitually sleep ...
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Sun storm to hit with 'force of 100 million hydrogen bombs' (Peter Farquhar)
Aug. 25, 2010 (news.com.au) -- AFTER 10 years of comparative slumber, the sun is waking up -- and it's got astronomers on full alert. This week several U.S. media outlets reported that NASA was ...
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Collapse of ancient Ellesmere ice shelf stuns scientists (Margaret Munro)
This NASA image shows the section of the Ward Hunt ice shelf which recently broke off. (IMAGE/NASA) "The ice seems to be fracturing all over the Arctic once again” Aug. 26, 2010 -- (Post Media News) ...
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Errant Climate May Be Sign of Breakdown, Scientists Say (Charles J. Hanley)
Heat waves, fires, and floods fit their predictions Aug. 13, 2010 -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Floods, fires, melting ice, and feverish heat -- from smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Iowa and the High ...
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Greenland Ice Sheet Faces 'Tipping Point in 10 Years'; (Suzanne Goldenberg)
Scientists warn that temperature rise of between 2C and 7C would cause ice to melt, resulting in 23ft rise in sea level Aug. 11, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (Guardian) -- The entire ice mass of Greenland ...
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A critical examination of Matt Simmons’ claims on the Deepwater spill (Robert Rapier)
Matt Simmons July 29, 2010 (The Oil Drum) -- Matt Simmons, author of Twilight in the Desert, has long been one of the most famous and influential voices on the subject of peak oil. After the release ...
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Why Socialism? (Albert Einstein)
This essay was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of ...
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New Eugenics and the Rise of the Global Scientific Dictatorship (Andrew Gavin Marshall)
The Technological Revolution and the Future of Freedom, Part 3 This is the third and final part of the series, "The Technological Revolution and the Future of Freedom." Part 1: The Global Political ...
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A breakthrough in AIDS research (Thomas H. Maugh II)
A pair of naturally occurring antibodies are able to kill more than 90% of all strains of HIV, researchers say. The finding could lead to the development of new treatments and a possible vaccine. ...
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Understanding the BP Oil Tragedy: Time Blindness (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
Joel S. Hirshhorn Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust July 6, 2010 -- A loss expected to happen next year looks smaller than that same loss happening next week. Worse yet, a loss or catastrophe ...
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The editorial seen around the world | Mark Leon Goldberg
A version of the same editorial calling for action in Copenhagen ran in 56 newspapers in 45 countries today. Many on the front page. This unprecedented effort was spearheaded by the Guardian. Good ...
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