Technology
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5 Reasons Why Technology Can Never Be Neutral (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Mar. 27, 2011 -- It's repeated so often that few of us even stop to question its validity: "Technology is neutral. It's only as good or as bad as those using it." Here ...
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Japan Nuclear situation 'grave and serious' (Irish Times)
Japanese prime minister Naota Kan at a news conference Friday. Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg Mar 25, 2011 (Irish Times) -- The situation at Japan's crippled nuclear complex in Fukushima 240km ...
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Fukushima Radiation: Some Difficult Truths (Ritt Goldstein)
Mar. 24, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- As radiation counts elevate in Japan, news of nuclear contamination spreading across a widening spectrum of life and its necessities, official pronouncements ...
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Plastic Particles Circulating Endlessly in World's Oceans (Stephen Leahy)
Marine debris on a Hawaiian beach. Credit:NOAA Mar. 24, 2011 -- HONOLULU, Hawaii (IPS) -- That plastic bottle or plastic take-away coffee lid that has 20 minutes of use can spend decades killing ...
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Radiation spikes in seawater by stricken Japan plant (Chizu Nomiyama and Shinichi Saoshiro)
Leslie's CHP Atomic Fish (Tablecloth) 8:00 p.m. JST (7 a.m. EDT) -- TOKYO (Reuters) - Radioactivity levels are soaring in seawater near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, Japan's nuclear safety ...
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Get ready for the meltdown of the US Treasury Bond market | LEAP/E2020
Mar. 17, 2011 -- Public announcement GEAB N°53 (LEAP/E2020) -- Beyond its tragic human consequences (1), the terrible disaster that has just hit Japan weakens the shaky U.S. Treasury Bond market a ...
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Radiation Levels Surge At Reactor (Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka)
Mar. 16, 2011 -- 7:39 p.m. JST (6:39 a.m. EDT) -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's nuclear crisis appeared to be spinning out of control on Wednesday after workers withdrew briefly from a stricken power ...
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Japan Crisis Worsens As Radiation Levels Surge (Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka)
Workers briefly abandon Japan nuclear plant as crisis worsens Mar. 16, 2011 -- 3:29 p.m. JST (2:29 a.m. EDT) -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Workers were ordered to withdraw briefly from a stricken Japanese ...
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Japan's multiple crises deepen (Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka)
Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe Mar. 16, 2011 -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan raced to avert a catastrophe Wednesday after an explosion at a quake-crippled nuclear power plant sent ...
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Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe (Taiga Uranaka and Ki Joon Kwon)
Mar. 15, 2011 -- FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -- Japan faced potential catastrophe Tuesday after a quake-crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation floating toward Tokyo, ...
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Let me remind you of something crucial when it comes to nuclear power incidents and accidents: They lie (MadHound)
Mar. 13, 2011 (Democratic Underground) -- People lie. When it comes to nuclear incidents and accidents, plant owners, government officials, and the media lie. If they can't cover up an incident, ...
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