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Poultry Farms That Stop Antibiotics See Resistance Fall
Seeded on Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:14 AM EST (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
Is the growing resistance to antibiotics in humans a real issue or simply media scare tactics. Also:
Universe Expands While Minds Contract
Seeded on Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:59 PM EST (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
"The proof is in the pudding only if you concede the fact of the pudding"
NIRC Breeds Research Chimps Despite Government Ban
Seeded on Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:57 PM EST (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
"The centre says that it abided by the policy because the infant chimps are not supported by federal funds. Thomas Rowell, director of the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) in Louisiana, has told Nature that he does not dispute allegations that 123 chimps born at the centre... …
Deer in headlights, literally, for 30 minutes - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Seeded on Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:50 AM EST (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
A police officer saved a live deer by removing it from the road--because it couldn't move itself.This scared deer is giving new meaning to the expression "like a deer in headlights.”
Jack Kevorkian Art: Armenian Library And Museum Of America Sues Estate For Paintings
Seeded on Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:07 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
I'd just die for his works.
Handcuffed for holding the WI Constitution
Seeded on Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:09 PM EDT (WE are the Democracy)
I am from a suburb of Madison, WI. The police doing the dirty work are NOT City of Madison Police Officers. They are part of the Capitol Police. City of Madison has no jurisdiction within the Capitol Grounds.
Protest Permits: An Infringement of Civil Liberties?
Seeded on Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:06 PM EDT (Welcome to the White House)
I found this petition online while doing some searching in light of the OWS protests. I have to agree that it is counter intuitive to require a permit in order for Americans to express their right (right, mind you*) to peaceful protest.
What keeps the Earth cooking?
Seeded on Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:51 PM EDT (EurekAlert!)
What spreads the sea floors and moves the continents? What melts iron in the outer core and enables the Earth's magnetic field? A little beginners geology for the day.
Poorer Nations Lead in Low Carbon Energy : WTF America?
Seeded on Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:27 PM EDT (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
What I see is, I have a really rich country that seems to be spending less than 20 percent per unit of income that what China is spending. There's no possible way I can judge that as reasonable.
Natural Gas Drilling is Not 'Green'
Fri Jun 17, 2011 5:32 PM EDT
I skulk in the archives of Newsvine pretty much every day at work and continually see an ad in the "ad box" where a smiling woman in a business suit talks about how natural gas is the energy for tomorrow.
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Michigan Superintendent's Plan to Save Schools: Make Them Prisons
Seeded on Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:35 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
Consider the life of a Michigan prisoner. They get three square meals a day. Access to free health care. Internet. Cable television. Access to a library. A weight room. Computer lab. They can earn a degree. A roof over their heads. Clothing.
Deforestation Continued in Brazil
Seeded on Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:31 PM EDT (Tumblr)
Displacing animals and indigenous people to give to the wealthy. This is very disheartening.
Bohemian Rhapsody is Inappropriate because Mercury was Gay?
Seeded on Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:04 PM EDT ()
WHS Principal Dwight Probasco reportedly had received complaints from at least one parent that the 1975 hit written by Freddie Mercury wasn’t appropriate for the ceremony simply because Mercury was gay.
Plenty More Fish In The Sea?
Seeded on Fri Jun 17, 2011 2:42 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
It's hard to imagine the damage over-fishing is wrecking on the oceans. The effects are literally invisible, hidden deep in the ocean. But there is data out there. And when you visualize it, the results are shocking.
Religious Experiences Shrink Part of the Brain
Seeded on Fri Jun 3, 2011 4:00 PM EDT (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
"The results showed significantly greater hippocampal atrophy in individuals reporting a life-changing religious experience.
Reshaping Ourselves for Our Changing World
Seeded on Fri Jun 3, 2011 3:48 PM EDT (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
"Instead of reshaping ourselves for alien worlds, 'suppose we thought about reshaping ourselves for our own planet,' Slonczewski says.
Radiation Hurts the Environment, Who Knew?!
Seeded on Fri Jun 3, 2011 3:45 PM EDT (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
Yea, so I guess that 'nucular' stuff is hurtin' the planet.
Why This E. Coli Outbreak Has Me Scared
Seeded on Fri Jun 3, 2011 2:06 PM EDT (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
No need to panic, as these things always tend to be monstrous media darlings and not rabid man hungry beasts. Though, this is some handy information for everyone who doesn't get why we're hearing about E. coli again.
Can Bad Predictions Be Called Murder?
Seeded on Fri May 27, 2011 3:47 PM EDT (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
" Following a committee meeting just a week before the quake, some members of the group assured the public that they were in no danger. In the aftermath of the quake, which killed 309 people, many citizens said that these reassurances were the reason they did not take precaut …
What is Science? Conspiracies, Faulty Studies and Beliefs are Not.
Seeded on Wed May 25, 2011 1:23 PM EDT ()
So, for the sake of the countries educational future and my stressor hormones, please stop posting what is not science in the science section. You look like a fool to anyone who actually knows what they are talking about.
Brother Meets Half Brother While on Vacation
Seeded on Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:31 PM EDT (The Boston Globe)
"Chance meeting in Hawaii brings half siblings together"
Birthers: Subconciously or Conciously Racist?
Seeded on Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:01 PM EDT (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
There is no point in arguing with a child about the boogie man, no matter how convincing and factual your argument the child will still be afraid in the dark. "...white Americans intrinsically think of whites as more American than are nonwhites..."
China Feeling Effects of Fossil Fuel Consumption
Seeded on Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:29 PM EDT (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
"Gradually rising sea levels caused by global warming over the past 30 years have contributed to a growing number of disasters along China's coast, state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday." "China has repeatedly said it will not accept a more stringent, absolute cap on total …
Know Anyone Who Won't Learn From Mistakes?
Seeded on Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:18 PM EDT (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
Apparently they aren't just dumb, it's genetic!
Tame Your Inner Tiger: Scientific American
Seeded on Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:27 PM EDT (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
"Controlling parents tend to have children who are academically above average but depressed"
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- Defense of Marriage Act ruled unconstitutional by judge - latimes.com
A judge on Wednesday declared the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional and ordered the federal government to ignore the statute and provide health benefits to the wife of a lesbian federal court employee.
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