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Blair bid for backing on climate - BBC Tony Blair is seeking to win US backing for measures to tackle global warming, insisting they did not have to lead to "drastic" cuts in living standards. Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, the prime minister said that an international consensus was now emerging on climate change. His speech appeared designed to win over the US administration, which has refused to sign up to the Kyoto Protocol. Mr Blair said that Kyoto and the European carbon emissions trading scheme would be a "powerful driver" not just towards sustainable means of energy generation and industrial production but also for new economic opportunities. |
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Science sceptics meet on climate - BBC Left: Skeptics say the weather is not changing dramatically. A conference to question whether global warming will have a catastrophic effect is being held in London on 27 January. Another speaker at the London conference is Professor Fred Singer, a former director of the US Weather Satellite Service. Asked whether global warming posed a threat, he told the BBC: "It's certainly not a cause for alarm. The greenhouse warming from increased gas emissions is, as far as we can tell, insignificant. "It's unlikely to be appreciable even a century from now, and we can easily adapt to it." |
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Turin shroud 'older than thought' - BBC Left: Tests in 1988 concluded the cloth was a medieval "hoax". The Shroud of Turin is much older than suggested by radiocarbon dating carried out in the 1980s, according to a new study in a peer-reviewed journal. A research paper published in Thermochimica Acta suggests the shroud is between 1,300 and 3,000 years old. Raymond Rogers says his research and chemical tests show the material used in the 1988 radiocarbon analysis was cut from a medieval patch woven into the shroud to repair fire damage. "The radiocarbon sample has completely different chemical properties than the main part of the shroud relic," said Mr Rogers, who is a retired chemist from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, US. It is said to have been restored by nuns who patched the holes and stitched the shroud to a reinforcing material known as the Holland cloth. |
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Biosciences:
2/4/2005: Tunnel plan to save hungry otters from road danger -
BBC
2/4/2005: Non-sex genes link to 'gay trait' -
BBC
2/4/2005: Jumping mouse loses federal protection - MSNBC
2/4/2005: How Many Comparative Genomes Are
Enough? - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Man And Mouse Share Genome Structure - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: A New Mechanism Of Regulating RNA Degradation - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: 'Clampdown' on animal activists -
BBC
Climate, Environment:
2/4/2005: Science sceptics meet on climate
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BBC
2/4/2005: Blair bid for backing on climate
-
BBC
2/4/2005: Scientists assess climate dangers -
BBC
2/4/2005: Arctic ozone may drop to new low -
BBC
2/4/2005: How Cold Is
It? Not Very, if You Are a Statistician - NY
Times
2/4/2005: 'Extreme
Weather': You Do Need a Weatherman - NY
Times
2/4/2005: Satellite Data Reveal Immense Pollution Pool Over Bihar, India - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Reviewing Scientists Say Proposed Conservation Measures Unlikely To Help Whales - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Tsunami
aid: Firms acting responsibly? - Seattle
Times
2/4/2005: FEATURE:Ancient beasts raise questions about climate change ... - FirstScience
2/4/2005: Climate
change: true or false? ... - FirstScience
2/4/2005: Indonesia plans to repair environmental damage to its tsunami coast ... - FirstScience
2/4/2005: Global warming 'may kill off polar bears in 20 years' ... - FirstScience
2/4/2005: Floating warehouse, Greenpeace ship aid Indonesia's isolated tsunami victims ... - FirstScience
2/4/2005: Scientists Keep Eye on Alaska Volcanoes ... - FirstScience
2/4/2005: Changing planet: Send us pictures of environmental change affecting you -
BBC
Computers:
Devices
2/4/2005: Videotape to DVD, made easy - C/Net
2/4/2005: Gaming IPO set for FTSE
100? - C/Net
2/4/2005: Have iPod, will accessorize - C/Net
2/4/2005: Photos: The iPod economy - C/Net
Communications
2/4/2005: Verizon wants its Microsoft TV - C/Net
2/4/2005: Party lines come to Net phones - C/Net
Technology
PC's
2/4/2005: Week in
pictures: Petite PCs, bad ad
2/4/2005: Regular Computer Use For Work, But Not Play, Aids Student Test Performance - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: The sound of silence - C/Net
2/4/2005: Photos: Keepin' it quiet - C/Net
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Internet
2/4/2005: Future of search rides on relevance - C/Net
2/4/2005: Website lifts lid on house prices -
BBC
2/4/2005: Oops! A9.com mistakes bus for skating rink - C/Net
2/4/2005: Project Googlefox - Technology
Review
Miscellaneous
2/4/2005: Secure Gates: Microsoft boss Bill Gates on why security is the big issue -
BBC
2/4/2005: Warning over Microsoft Word files -
BBC
2/4/2005: Finally, A TV
Hit? - Business
Week
2/4/2005: Apple edges Google as top brand - C/Net
2/4/2005: Congress proposes tax on all Net, data connections - C/Net
2/4/2005: Report: Major Windows security update foiled - C/Net
2/4/2005: Teen gets 18 months in prison for worm - C/Net
2/4/2005: Microsoft's sleeping giant - C/Net
2/4/2005: Despite NHL lockout, network has season covered--digitally - C/Net
2/4/2005: Scientists ID Molecular 'Switch' In Liver That Triggers Harmful Effects Of Saturated And Trans Fats - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: In Brazil, a cry for open-source software - C/Net
Energy:
2/4/2005: New Way Of Making Fuel Cells Lowers Costs - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: National Energy Technology Laboratory And Carnegie Mellon University Team Up To Create New Paradigms For Hydrogen Production - Science
Daily
Health:
Cardiovascular
2/4/2005: Higher Folate Intake Associated With Decreased Risk Of Hypertension In Women - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Study Confirms ICDs More Effective In Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death Than Medical Therapies
2/4/2005: Longer Cardiac Rehab Programs Necessary, Says U Of T Study - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Blood pressure soars on Mondays -
BBC
Cancer
2/4/2005: HRT 'bone aid in prostate care' -
BBC
2/4/2005: Cell study probes cancer growth -
BBC
2/4/2005: Protein Stops Growth Of Brain Tumor, OHSU Study Shows - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Calcium May Protect Women From Cancer - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Passive Smoking In Childhood May Increase Risk Of Lung Cancer In Later Life - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: First U.S. Kidney Cancer Vaccine Trial Underway At Columbia University Medical Center - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Cell study probes cancer growth -
BBC
Infectious
2/4/2005: Former minister is HIV positive -
BBC
2/4/2005: NIAID Begins Enrolling Volunteers For Novel HIV Vaccine Study - Science
Daily
Non-Infectious
2/4/2005: Penn Study Shows How Next-generation Diabetic Drugs Could Work More Selectively - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Genetic Variant May Explain Why Women Develop Multiple Sclerosis More Than Men - Science
Daily
Miscellaneous
2/4/2005: Doctors make eye cells see light -
BBC
2/4/2005: Family 'cursed': Fighting to find out why illness blighted four generations -
BBC
2/4/2005: Behavior And Quality Of Life Improve For Children Who Receive Treatment For Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Radiation May Have Positive Effects On
Health: Study - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Penn State Study Says Preschoolers Not Getting Enough Fiber - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Bones 'grow most at night time' -
BBC
2/4/2005: Regular Blackberry use 'could damage thumbs', experts warn -
BBC
History, Anthropology:
2/4/2005: Turin shroud 'older than thought'
-
BBC
2/4/2005: Experts Examined: The 92-year-old who first linked smoking and lung -
BBC
cancer
2/4/2005: 'Collapse': How the World Ends
- NY
Times
2/4/2005: First Chapter
- NY
Times
2/4/2005: The Immune System as a Tool for Directed Evolution ... - FirstScience
2/4/2005: DNA bid for US 'founding father' -
BBC
Miscellaneous:
2/4/2005: Web radio takes Spanish rap global -
BBC
2/4/2005: Digital clues and crime - C/Net
2/4/2005: Try being a cyber sleuth - C/Net
2/4/2005: Graduate Cryptographers Unlock Code of 'Thiefproof' Car Key
- NY
Times
2/4/2005: Graphic: Cracking the Code
- NY
Times
2/4/2005: Manage debts well for good credit scores - Seattle
Times
2/4/2005: Learning from the losers of 2004 - Seattle
Times
2/4/2005: To beat drooping dollar, reduce debt, be flexible - Seattle
Times
2/4/2005: Survey raises retirement worries - Seattle
Times
2/4/2005: How to organize your financial records - Seattle
Times
2/4/2005: Review options in filing status - Seattle
Times
2/4/2005: Job-seekers can tap the power of international experience - Seattle
Times
2/4/2005: To regain trust, don't be on the defensive - Seattle
Times
2/4/2005: Personal contacts key in landing internship - Seattle
Times
2/4/2005: Don't disclose layoff until your job interview - Seattle
Times
2/4/2005: Entrepreneur goes from mall cart to millions in sales - Seattle
Times
2/4/2005: Science and
Politics: Don't Give Up ... - FirstScience
2/4/2005: Microsoft Still a Strong Buy - Business
Week
2/4/2005: Is SBC Rushing into
Trouble? - Business
Week
2/4/2005: Google
Print The Answer to A9.com? - C/Net
2/4/2005: SBC to acquire AT&T for $16 billion - C/Net
Neurosciences:
2/4/2005: Children can literally grow up overnight say scientists -
BBC
2/4/2005: Cannabis mental health risk -
BBC
2/4/2005: Bid to find key to social phobia -
BBC
2/4/2005: Monkey "Pay-Per-View" Study Could Aid Understanding Of Autism - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Clam Embryo Study Shows Pollutant Mixture Adversely Affects Nerve Cell Development - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Cooling Lessens Brain Damage In Sick Newborn Babies - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Gene Protecting Brain Nerves Discovered ... - FirstScience
2/4/2005: Painkiller scrapped over suicides
-
BBC
Physics and Astronomy:
2/4/2005: Astronomers' First Direct
Evidence: Young Low-mass Objects Are Twice As Heavy As Predicted - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Superfluid Helium-4 Whistles Just The Right Tune - Science
Daily
Prolongevity
Robotics:
Space:
2/4/2005: Panel Cautions NASA on Shuttle Models - C/Net
2/4/2005: NASA Asks Lehigh Engineering Students To Analyze Debris From Failed Columbia Shuttle - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: Countdown to shuttle return flight -
BBC
2/4/2005: Congress Balks at Hubble Repairs - Wired News
2/4/2005: Atlas 3B Launch Successful - Space.com
2/4/2005: Proton M Launched From Baikonur - Space.com
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Technology:
2/4/2005: Software brings holiday pictures to life - C/Net
2/4/2005: Sweet And Environmentally Beneficial
Discovery: Plastics Made From Orange Peel And A Greenhouse Gas - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: 'Bumpy' Glass Could Lead To Self-cleaning Windows, Slick Micromachines - Science
Daily
2/4/2005: What high-definition will do to DVDs -
BBC
2/4/2005: Computers in cars How a swipe of your credit card could soup up your motor -
BBC
2/4/2005: Jive
talking: pupils use dance machine to learn Spanish -
BBC
2/4/2005: RFID's Mixed Signals - Business
Week
2/4/2005: Digital River Rides a Rising Tide - Business
Week