Alternet Headlines- Enough Glowing Comparisons, Glenn Beck's Tea Party Is Heir to John Birch SocietyThe Tea Party that worships Sarah Palin and screams for Barack Obama's birth certificate doesn't merit comparison to positive social movements of the 1960s. […]
- SEC Drills a Peephole into BoardroomsImagine the Senate with no C-SPAN, no journalists, no public sessions, no transcripts, no voting records, and no accountability -- that's boardroom elections. […]
- Hightower: Why Obama and Dems Seem Uncapable of Taking a Firm Stand on AnythingThe Obama-ites seem incapable of firm stands. They excite us by boldly addressing our economic woes. But when it comes time to follow through -- it's droopsville. […]
- Why Democrats Should Pick A Fight On ImmigrationDemocrats are served better by picking a fight with the GOP over immigration rather than running from one. Latinos nationwide are young, growing and increasingly ready to vote. […]
- Meet the Man Behind Utah's New Law Criminalizing MiscarriagesRep. Carl Wimmer discusses his Criminal Homicide and Abortion Revisions bill and his long-term plans to overturn Roe v. Wade. […]
- Is Our Sexed-up Society Creating Prosti-Tots?Super-sexualized 'prosti-tot' culture posits hotness -- as opposed to, say, math -- as a girl's highest attainable goal. […]
- Enough Glowing Comparisons, Glenn Beck's Tea Party Is Heir to John Birch Society
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- Are new biofuels the ethical answer?SciDev.Net: New biofuels offer a sustainable source of energy but we must consider the ethical and social implications, say Joyce Tait and Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka. Biofuels were first pioneered in the early days of car manufacturing. Cheap fossil fuels soon overtook them as our fuel of choice, but concerns about climate change have revived interest in them - […]
- China to stick to climate change stand, expects India to follow suitTimes of India: China said it will not deviate from its stand on climate change even after it gave qualified approval to the Copenhagen climate accord on Tuesday. It expects India to stick to its stand as well, a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday. "In future negotiations and cooperation on climate change, we will continue to be good partners. Th […]
- UK academy aids study to regain climate data trustReuters: Britain's science academy said on Wednesday it would take part in a review of U.N. climate science intended to restore trust after a 2007 report was found to have exaggerated evidence for global warming. "I can confirm that we are one of the parties (on the review panel)," Bill Hartnett, a spokesman for The Royal Society, said. The in […]
- Solar power could provide 10% of US energy: reportAgence France-Presse: The United States could source 10 percent of its electricity from solar power by 2030, a report said Tuesday, winning support from a US lawmaker who wants to boost the number of US solar panels. The report, produced by the independent environmental group Environment America, was presented to Congress with backing from Senator Bernie San […]
- 'Famine marriages' just one byproduct of climate changeInter Press Service: The negative fallout from climate change is having a devastatingly lopsided impact on women compared to men, from higher death rates during natural disasters to heavier household and care burdens. In the 1991 cyclone disasters that killed 140,000 in Bangladesh, 90 percent of victims were reportedly women; in the 2004 Asian Tsunami, an es […]
- World's top scientists to review climate panelAssociated Press: At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world's most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the authoritative reports of the United Nations' Nobel Prize-winning global warming panel. "We enter this process with no preconceived conclusions," said Robbert Dijkgraa […]
- Are new biofuels the ethical answer?
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- Obesity linked to poor colon cancer prognosisObese patients with colon cancer are at greater risk for death or recurrent disease compared to those who are within a normal weight range, according to a new study. […]
- Brain mechanism may explain alcohol cravings that drive relapseNew research provides exciting insight into the molecular mechanisms associated with addiction and relapse. The study uncovers a crucial mechanism that facilitates motivation for alcohol after extended abstinence and opens new avenues for potential therapeutic intervention. […]
- Mysterious cosmic 'dark flow' tracked deeper into universeDistant galaxy clusters mysteriously stream at a million miles per hour along a path roughly centered on the southern constellations Centaurus and Hydra. A new study tracks this collective motion -- dubbed the "dark flow" -- to twice the distance originally reported. […]
- Temporary hearing deprivation can lead to 'lazy ear'Scientists have gained new insight into why a relatively short-term hearing deprivation during childhood may lead to persistent hearing deficits, long after hearing is restored to normal. The research reveals that, much like the visual cortex, development of the auditory cortex is quite vulnerable if it does not receive appropriate stimulation at just the ri […]
- Conquering the chaos in modern, multiprocessor computersA group of computer scientists have found a way to tame multiprocessor computers, which behave in wildly unpredictable ways even as the systems become widespread in the industry. […]
- Students' perceptions of Earth's age influence acceptance of human evolutionHigh school and college students who understand the geological age of the Earth (4.5 billion years) are much more likely to understand and accept human evolution, according to a new study. A 2009 Gallup poll reported that 16 percent of biology teachers believe God created humans in their present form at some time during the last 10,000 years. […]
- Obesity linked to poor colon cancer prognosis