Census data shows nearly one in two Americans, or 150 million people, have fallen into poverty or could be classified as low-income. Thirty-eight percent of … The Rich and the Rest of UsRead more
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Two Centuries of Climate Science: part one – Fourier to Arrhenius, 1820-1930
To pick up the scientific trail of what is today known as the Greenhouse Effect, we need to travel back in time to France in … Two Centuries of Climate Science: part one – Fourier to Arrhenius, 1820-1930Read more
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TEPCO moves spent nuclear fuel to storage pool at Fukushima No. 2 plant
Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Oct. 2 continued to transfer spent nuclear fuel from the core of the No. 4 reactor to a storage pool … TEPCO moves spent nuclear fuel to storage pool at Fukushima No. 2 plantRead more
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Proposition 37
Proposition 37, which would require the Department of Public Health here in California to label genetically engineered food. If Californians vote yes on Prop 37 … Proposition 37Read more
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Eyeless Shrimp and Fish With Tumors
Almost two full years after the BP oil spill, a panel of experts gathered at the 17th annual Tulane Environmental Law Summit, to present the … Eyeless Shrimp and Fish With TumorsRead more
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13 Dead, Millions Without Power
Hurricane Sandy made its impact felt across the East Coast, with Americans waking up to no power, flooding on the streets and death and destruction … 13 Dead, Millions Without PowerRead more
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Learning To Walk
The plight of life on foot in America was nowhere more poignantly expressed than in the conviction, just last year, of a Georgia woman for … Learning To WalkRead more
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Can Behavior Be Controlled by Genes?
In an article published in the advance online edition of Genes, Brain and Behavior April 6, he and colleagues from Washington University, the University of … Can Behavior Be Controlled by Genes?Read more
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Peace and Conflict Pioneer – Johan Galtung
Anders Behring Breivik killed 69 people in a shooting spree at a summer youth camp on an island organized by the ruling Labour Party of … Peace and Conflict Pioneer – Johan GaltungRead more
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For Makings of a Real Revolution
Noam Chomsky: The Occupy movement has been an extremely exciting development. Unprecedented, in fact. There’s never been anything like it that I can think of. … For Makings of a Real RevolutionRead more