Science
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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 by NASA's ...
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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, ...
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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, 2011 (World ...
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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 ...
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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 went as a young ...
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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 for ...
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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, 2011 -- ...
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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 shredded by a ...
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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-m Solar Telescope ...
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Why Stop at Massive Economic Growth when Infinite Growth Is within Reach? (Dr. Milton Mountebank)
Dr. Milton Montebank Editor’s Note: Although The Daly News is known for its commentary on the limits to growth, we are willing to consider other viewpoints. That is why we invited Professor Milton ...
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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 ...
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