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• English voyager finds whales in the Sahara desert

  
  QTC — Authority: 142
  "My mind began to draw pictures of the rickety old jeep, driven by Mohammed, valiantly fighting through the desert dunes to the isolated valley where I would find the remains of ancient whales jutting out picturesquely among the rocks."- Dr. Garry ShawUK Independent reports:The whales were in Wadi El Hitan, ‘The ...
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• Watch the Copenhagen climate conference online

  
  Flesh and Stone — Authority: 494
  Over the next two weeks, world leaders will converge in Copenhagen, Denmark, to negotiate what many see as the most overdue agreement of our time. Independent journalists with The UpTake will be delivering live and produced footage from the UN Climate Change Conference and associated protests, Dec. 7-18. ...
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• Nobel prize foundation frets over its finances

  
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  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Nobel Foundation might have to reduce the money it awards winners of its prestigious prizes due to the effects of the global financial crisis, its director said on Saturday.
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• Nobel prize foundation frets over its finances

  
  Reuters — Authority: 778
  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Nobel Foundation might have to reduce the money it awards winners of its prestigious prizes due to the effects of the global financial crisis, its director said on Saturday.
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• Would you trade your Love life for a smaller chance of Cancer?

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 624
  According to USNews and World Report, only six percent of women who are at high risk of breast cancer agreed to take the cancer preventing drug Tamoxifen.The dirty little secret: A lot of these women have heard about the side effects, and said no way.  Who wants to give up a healthy sexual relationship just [...]
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• European Union becomes a leader on climate change

  
  Ethiopian Review — Authority: 442
  By Håkan NordströmThe relatively heterogeneous European Union has become a leader on climate change despite many odds. The mobilisation of the member states to move together provides insight into elements needed to ensure momentum also at the global level. These include leadership, burden-sharing, and financial ...
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• NIH funds khat research at the University of Minnesota

  
  Ethiopian Review — Authority: 442
  UMN — Mustafa al’Absi, Ph.D., professor of behavioral sciences at the University of Minnesota Medical School – Duluth Campus, and director of the Duluth Medical Research Institute, has received funding and launched a new first-of-its-kind international research initiative: “Khat Research Program: ...
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• Controversial Signs of Mass Cannibalism

  
  Wired Science — Authority: 753
  At a settlement in what is now southern Germany, the menu turned gruesome 7,000 years ago. Over a period of perhaps a few decades, hundreds of people were butchered and eaten before parts of their bodies were thrown into oval pits, a new study suggests. Cannibalism at the village, now called Herxheim, may have ...
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• Climate-Gate – The Criminals of Global Warming. Time to Get Our Money Back!

  
  The Liberty Tree Lantern — Authority: 132
  By Jim O’Neill   Friday, November 27, 2009 “They are not merely bad scientists — they are crooks. And crooks who have perpetrated their crimes at the expense of British and U.S. taxpayers. I am angry, and so should you be.” —Lord Christopher Monckton November 23, 2009 In a recent article , Lord ...
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• Ancient city of Pompeii added to Google Street View

  
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  Google has added Pompeii to its Street View application, allowing internet users to take a 360-degree virtual tour of the ancient Roman city.Cool.BBC reports:Italys culture ministry says it hopes the move will boost tourism to the site, state news agency Ansa reports. "Giving people a chance to take a virtual stroll ...
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• Nature sees no reason to investigate climate papers

  
  Ars Technica — Authority: 736
  As has been well discussed on Ars, private e-mail from servers of the Climate Research Unit were recently made public and, since then, many people who were skeptical or dismissive of climate change have been having a field day. In these private conversations, the scientists revealed themselves to be petty, ...
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• Feynman was not being arrogant when he told people, “You’re wrong!”

  
  Restructure! — Authority: 407
  or We Marginalized People Need to be More Like Feynman. When the subject of discussion was physics, Feynman ’s brain did not process the higher authority of the people he spoke to. For example, even when he was unknown in his field, he could easily state, “No, you’re wrong,” or “You’re crazy,” ...
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• New and Exciting in PLoS this week

  
  A Blog Around The Clock — Authority: 596
  Seasonal Differences of Gene Expression Profiles in Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Hypothalamus in Relation to Territorial Aggression : Male song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) are territorial year-round; however, neuroendocrine responses to simulated territorial intrusion (STI) differ between breeding (spring) and ...
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• Birds’ Alarm Calls Warn Friends And Enemies

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 451
  Birds’ alarm calls serve both to alert other birds to danger and to warn off predators. And some birds can pull a ventriloquist’s trick, singing from the side of their mouths, according to a UC Davis study. Many animals respond vocally when they detect predators, but it’s not clear to whom they are signaling, ...
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• Leaked climate docs: the schools involved investigate

  
  Ars Technica — Authority: 736
  The infamous trove of documents  hacked from the University of East Anglias Climactic Research Unit (CRU) has now prompted the head of the group to temporarily stand aside as university administrators arrange for an independent inquiry into the matter. Penn State, home of another researcher (Michael Mann) whose ...
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• New weapon against climate change on verge of completing first transatlantic voyage

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Battery-powered underwater glider known as the Scarlet Knight tracks temperature variations in the most inhospitable locations When a shiny, winged yellow tube touches land in Spain this weekend it will be completing a transatlantic trip that scientists compare to Charles Lindberghs famous flight across the same ...
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• SCIENCE: Reducing Emissions, Preserving Species

  
  AAAS News - RSS Feed — Authority: 128
  Science : Opportunities to Preserve Forest Biodiversity While Cutting Carbon Emissions A United Nations program to preserve Earth’s biodiversity and the end of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest—all in this week’s issue of Science .
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• Study finds weed killer affects frogs sexually

  
  Reuters — Authority: 778
  OTTAWA (Reuters) - The widely used weed killer atrazine affects the sexual development of frogs, raising questions about the effects of its use in the environment, the University of Ottawa said on Thursday.
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• Study finds weed killer affects frogs sexually

  
  Reuters — Authority: 778
  OTTAWA (Reuters) - The widely used weed killer atrazine affects the sexual development of frogs, raising questions about the effects of its use in the environment, the University of Ottawa said on Thursday.
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• Study finds weed killer affects frogs sexually

  
  Reuters — Authority: 778
  OTTAWA (Reuters) - The widely used weed killer atrazine affects the sexual development of frogs, raising questions about the effects of its use in the environment, the University of Ottawa said on Thursday.
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