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hummingwolf) wrote2005-03-18 09:16 am
hummingwolf) wrote2005-03-18 09:16 am
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In the News
Just some things I found interesting. Of course nobody's expected to follow every link unless they really, really want to.
Lab fireball 'may be black hole'
Even if the world stopped burning fossil fuels tomorrow, the emissions already in the atmosphere would cause global temperatures to climb for the next hundred years and the sea level to keep rising for even longer, scientists have calculated.
The US Senate has voted to allow a plan that opens up a remote wildlife refuge in the northern state of Alaska to oil drilling.
Acid Rain Likely Stunts U.S. Forests.
End-of-time theories still fascinate.
Proposed specifications for the U.S. electronic passport. Some comments on this here.
More bloggy than newsy, but anyway: The Science and Christianity Showcase.
Virginity pledges do not reduce STD risk. "One reason is that sexually active pledgers were less likely to use condoms at first sex than non-pledgers. Because most pledgers are sexually active (88 percent of the pledgers), lower rates of condom use increases STD risk." For some reason, this doesn't surprise me in the least.
Writing this week in the journal Science, paleontologist Bruce J. MacFadden said the evolution of horses involved many more twists and turns than previously imagined.
President Bush presented medals today to eight scientists and engineers, including two Nobel laureates, for their distinguished careers and lifelong and individual achievements.
Visual Crowding in Faces and Words - Implications for Dyslexia and Autism
Lab fireball 'may be black hole'
Even if the world stopped burning fossil fuels tomorrow, the emissions already in the atmosphere would cause global temperatures to climb for the next hundred years and the sea level to keep rising for even longer, scientists have calculated.
The US Senate has voted to allow a plan that opens up a remote wildlife refuge in the northern state of Alaska to oil drilling.
Acid Rain Likely Stunts U.S. Forests.
End-of-time theories still fascinate.
Proposed specifications for the U.S. electronic passport. Some comments on this here.
More bloggy than newsy, but anyway: The Science and Christianity Showcase.
Virginity pledges do not reduce STD risk. "One reason is that sexually active pledgers were less likely to use condoms at first sex than non-pledgers. Because most pledgers are sexually active (88 percent of the pledgers), lower rates of condom use increases STD risk." For some reason, this doesn't surprise me in the least.
Writing this week in the journal Science, paleontologist Bruce J. MacFadden said the evolution of horses involved many more twists and turns than previously imagined.
President Bush presented medals today to eight scientists and engineers, including two Nobel laureates, for their distinguished careers and lifelong and individual achievements.
Visual Crowding in Faces and Words - Implications for Dyslexia and Autism