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American Journal of Botany

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:44:31 +0000

American Journal of Botany

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China announces targets on carbon emission cuts_English_Xinhua

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:19:08 +0000

　BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The State Council announced Thursday that China is going to reduce the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP in 2020 by 40 to 45 percent compared with the level of 2005. This is a "voluntary action" taken by the Chinese government "based on our own ...

Short Sharp Science found this 16 hours ago on news.xinhuanet.com

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Learning His Body, Learning to Dance

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:17:20 +0000

Gregg Mozgala, a 31-year-old actor with cerebral palsy, had 12 years of physical therapy while he was growing up. But in the last eight months, a determined choreographer with an unconventional résumé has done what all those therapists could not

healthylivinggal posted 16 hours ago from nytimes.com

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Happy worshippers, unhappy believers

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:02:00 +0000

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn , a social scientist at Harvard, has been looking at religion and happiness around the world. What he's found is really quite remarkable. First, some background. Previous studies, mostly done in religious countries like the USA, have tended to find that religious people ...

tomrees posted 7 hours ago from bhascience.blogspot.com

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How do you change the world?

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:55:33 +0000

BPSDB The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Climate Science Report We only have months, not years, to save civilisation from climate change You lead No matter how ridiculous, pointless, or impossible, you do what is right. There is no other way … “ Real generosity toward ...

greenfyre posted 13 hours ago from greenfyre.wordpress.com

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CJF Hunger Strike, Day 20

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:33:06 +0000

Michael, Day 20 BPSDB Michael talks about various aspects of the Fast, such as the stages he has been experiencing the risks involved where the determination comes from (the “why”) Very useful if you are planning to fast for Copenhagen Dec 6th – 18th. ...

greenfyre posted 13 hours ago from greenfyre.wordpress.com

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Forest Change in Paraguay, 1990-2000 Seen from Space

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:01:29 +0000

Sandwiched between Argentina to the southwest and Brazil to the northeast, landlocked Paraguay possesses remarkable ecological richness for its relatively small (about the size of California) area. The northwestern part of the country is occupied by the dry woodlands known as the Chaco. In the ...

SpaceFellowship posted 13 hours ago from spacefellowship.com

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The Real maccoyii: Identifying Tuna Sushi with DNA Barcodes – Contrasting Characteristic Attributes and Genetic Distances

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:06 +0000

Background The use of DNA barcodes for the identification of described species is one of the least controversial and most promising applications of barcoding. There is no consensus, however, as to what constitutes an appropriate identification standard and most barcoding efforts simply attempt ...

Wired: Wired Science found this 6 days ago on plosone.org

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STS-129 Ascent Video Highlights

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:26:31 +0000

Ascent video highlights from ground, air, SRB and External tank assets during the launch of STS-129.Lift Off Audio - Lorne Mathre & Maggie PersingerMusic...

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Diane M. Bunce

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:19:11 +0000

Welcome to Diane M. Bunce's Faculty Page Summary of Research Interests Our Chemical Education research at Catholic University deals primarily with the application of cognitive psychology to the learning and teaching of chemistry. Our current research has focused on two main areas, namely: the ...

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Pretending the climate email leak isn't a crisis won't make it go away | George Monbiot

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:44:09 +0000

Climate sceptics have lied, obscured and cheated for years. That's why we climate rationalists must uphold the highest standards of science I have seldom felt so alone. Confronted with crisis, most of the environmentalists I know have gone into denial. The emails hacked from the Climatic ...

Climate Feedback - Blog Posts found this 35 hours ago on guardian.co.uk

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BREAKING: NZ’s NIWA accused of CRU-style temperature faking

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:04:00 +0000

UPDATE 15:49 NZDT - NIWA's news release in response to this story appears to have been delayed, and according to a radio news report a few minutes ago Rodney Hide, leader of the minority Act Party and a minister in...

Watts Up With That? found this 29 hours ago on briefingroom.typepad.com

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The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody (video)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:37:52 +0000

"Bohemian Rhapsody" by QueenPurchase here: http://tinyurl.com/y87s9tq

symtym found this 43 hours ago on youtube.com

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'A Virus Walks Into a Bar...' and Other Science Jokes - Brian Malow (video)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:48:00 +0000

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/08/Science_Laughs_Science_Comedian_Br ian_MalowScience comedian Brian Malow jokes that a virus is "the ultimat...

MolBio Research Highlights found this 5 days ago on youtube.com

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Magician Prescriptions: Ontario Poised to Let Naturopaths Prescribe

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:16:34 +0000

The other day, I went to a magic show. The magician manipulated energy fields, pulled toxins out of my stomach, and then gave me a remedy - but there was nothing inside. Then he pulled out a prescription pad, prescribed some Tamiflu, and sent me on my way. Seem unlikely? Well, the ...

Greg Laden's Blog found this 12 days ago on skepticnorth.com

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Breast Cancer: Screening

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:00 +0000

The USPSTF recommends against routine screening mammography in women aged 40 to 49 years. The decision to start regular, biennial screening mammography before the age of 50 years should be an individual one and take patient context into account, including the patient's values regarding specific ...

HealthHombre found this 10 days ago on ahrq.gov

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NSF: Evolution of Evolution

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:06:40 +0000

The Panda's Thumb found this 3 days ago on nsf.gov

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YouTube: Peer Review 1945 (video)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:39:00 +0000

Herr Professor has his latest manuscript reviews back, and he's not thrilled with the editorial decision.

MolBio Research Highlights found this 3 days ago on youtube.com

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Life Hacks for Healthcare: Findings Doctors and Health Care Professionals on Twitter

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:50:00 +0000

My social Network on Flickr, Facebook, Twitter... Image by luc legay via Flickr A little over a year ago, before Twitter was the tech/pop culture phenomenon it is today, doctors like myself had a problem: how do you identify other health professionals on Twitter? (At the time, there must have ...

Tech Medicine found this 13 days ago on efficientmd.blogspot.com

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Engage with Grace

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:12:00 +0000

On a scale of 1 to 5, where do you fall on this continuum? I'm not sure Need Help? If there were a choice, would you prefer to die... at home , or in a hospital ? I'm not sure Need Help? Could a loved one correctly describe how you'd like to be treated in the case of a terminal ...

Pallimed: Arts & Humanities found this 2 days ago on engagewithgrace.org

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