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Climate change: Tearing the Earth apart? - New Scientist WITHIN days of the Indian Ocean tsunami, the internet was alive with theories about how climate change was to blame for the disaster. One I particularly liked proposed that, because of global warming, "magma in the Earth's core [sic] is heating up, raising the Earth's temperature and causing eruptions and earthquakes." This is clearly nonsense, but the idea that climate change is linked to extreme geological events is not as far-fetched as it might sound. |
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Alcohol abuse:'I drank my way through £11,000 in three or four months' - BBC It took 30 years of drinking for Tom Edwards to realise he was an alcoholic. What started as a social tipple after work slowly degenerated into a bottle of spirits a night. He lost his home, his health and his job. From being a successful BBC and Radio Caroline presenter, his drink and later cocaine abuse left him living on the streets and relying on handouts. Today Tom, aged 61, is celebrating 11 years without a drink, but admits it has been a long and hard fight. "I used to look down my noses at the people who drank at work and think 'how can they hold a job down?' |
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Gore in climate change plea - BBC Former US vice-president Al Gore owned up to failing to get his climate change message across as a politician when he appeared at the Hay Festival. In his first UK speech on the subject, Mr Gore promised to devote himself to the task of warning people about the impending "planetary emergency". He appealed to the audience to act to halt the growing crisis. "I will own up to shortcomings in my ability to communicate," said Mr Gore, who ran against President Bush in 2000. "But I'm not through with this yet and I am devoting myself to it". Mr Gore was the key note speaker of the 19th Hay Festival on the mid-Wales border. |
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Biosciences:
6/1/2006: Magnetic Storms Affect Humans As Well As Telecommunications - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Video: Stem Cell Research - Technology
Review
6/1/2006: Telltale Toenails- Dartmouth Study Finds That Arsenic Inhibits DNA Repair...
Geosciences, Environment:
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Gore in climate change plea
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BBC
6/1/2006: Climate
change: Tearing the Earth apart? - New
Scientist
6/1/2006: Ozone
Layer Seems To Be Recovering - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Atmospheric Warming Expanding The Tropics - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Indonesia quake teams using tsunami experience, says UN chief - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Earthquakes and volcanoes, Indonesia's twin nightmares - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Hospitals overwhelmed in Indonesian quake zone - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Pacific 'Ring of Fire' unleashes another disaster - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: More quakes show power of Pacific 'Ring of Fire' - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: New Orleans again vulnerable as new hurricane season opens - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Bush hails House bill opening Alaska wildlife refuge to drilling - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Oil giants turn to Arctic promised land - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: US oil and gas industry heads into hurricane season still weak - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Oil prices firmer on Iran, US demand concerns - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: NASA GOES Mission Goes On Schedule - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: ESA Makes World Fire Maps Available Online - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: U.S. Quake Warning Systems Lag - Wired News
6/1/2006: Global warming causes dry spells in north, stormy weather in south... - FirstScience
6/1/2006: FEATURE - Drug Trade, Land Grabs Threaten Guatemala Rainforest... - FirstScience
6/1/2006: INTERVIEW - Toepfer Warns Climate Change Could Destabilise World... - FirstScience
6/1/2006: Climate change threatens EU biodiversity target... - FirstScience
6/1/2006: Putting the case for eco-friendly golfing... - FirstScience
6/1/2006: Green Party of Quebec rejects merger with left-wing Quebec solidaire... - FirstScience
6/1/2006: Earthquake jolts northern Philippines, no damage or injuries...
- Physics Org
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Games and Devices
6/1/2006: Iranian Nuke
Dispute: It's a Game - Wired News
6/1/2006: Some Games Go MIA at E3 - Wired News
6/1/2006: Da Vinci Code Game Easily Cracked
Hardware and Software
6/1/2006: Carbon Nanotube Computers - Technology
Review
6/1/2006: Infinite Storage Online - Technology
Review
6/1/2006: [11 Comments] - Technology
Review
Communications
6/1/2006: Cellular Providers Pushing High-Speed Access - Technology
Review
6/1/2006: Just Give Me a Simple Phone - Wired News
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6/1/2006: Inside the Spyware Scandal - Technology
Review
6/1/2006: Rooting Out Sony's Rootkit - Technology
Review
6/1/2006: [9 Comments] - Technology
Review
6/1/2006: Bloggers Win, Apple Loses - Wired News
6/1/2006: Sound Advice for Napster - Wired News
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6/1/2006: US Environmentalist advises China for more renewable energy... - FirstScience
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6/1/2006: Cipro Won't Save You - Wired News
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6/1/2006: Alcohol abuse 'I drank my way through £11,000 in three or four months'
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BBC
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Miscellaneous:
6/1/2006: Paratroopers could fly 200km with new wings
system: Jane's - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: India admits more work to be done on US nuke deal - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Who's Sorry
Now? - Technology
Review
6/1/2006: Can Tracking Phone Calls Ferret Out
Terrorists? - Technology
Review
6/1/2006: Google To Shut Down Violent User Groups in Brazil - Technology
Review
6/1/2006: Court Filing Confirms Spy Docs - Wired News
6/1/2006: Baghdad, USA - Wired News
6/1/2006: Egyptian Activist Blogs from Jail - Wired News
6/1/2006: X-Men Make a Manic Last Stand - Wired News
6/1/2006: Meta-Video Goes Meta-Viral - Wired News
6/1/2006: Rants 'n'
Raves: Vexing Erratum - Wired News
6/1/2006: The Rise of Crowdsourcing - Wired News
6/1/2006: Motorcycles Rev Up for Summer - Wired News
6/1/2006: What If They Gave a
War...? - Wired News
6/1/2006: Whistle-Blower's Evidence, Uncut - Wired News
6/1/2006: Why We Published the AT&T Docs - Wired News
6/1/2006: In Praise of Car Rentals - Wired News
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Physical Sciences:
6/1/2006: 'Crystal Cathedral' Bounces Back - Wired News
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6/1/2006: Lunar Highlands And Mare Landscapes - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Interstellar Boundary Mission Moves Ahead - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Checking Out Cheyenne And Testing Relay For Phoenix - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Mars Express Spots Lava Tubes On Pavonis Mons - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Spirit Continues Winter Studies Of Soil Sky And Terrain - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Opportunity Sees Cobbles Between The Ripples - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Planetary Society Presents a New World to Congress - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: ESA Extends SOHO Mission - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Hopkins Physics Lab To Build NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Trio Of Neptunes And Their Belt - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: New Model Could Explain Eccentric Triton Orbit - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: New Horizons Taking Exploration To Edge Of Sol - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Xena Poses A Bright Mystery - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Lunar Highlands And Mare Landscapes - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Scientist Dreams Of Us Revisiting The Moon - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: China Likely To Launch Moon Probe Next April - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: NASA Lunar Orbiter Mission Moves To Next Step - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: NASA Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission Moves Ahead - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Astrophysicists Discover 'Compact Jets' From Neutron Star - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Stardust Analysis Update - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: EADS Astrium To Build Gaia Satellite - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: LM And EADS Space To Team On NavSat Systems - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: European Galileo Satellite Program In Early Budget Over Run - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: ESA Satellite Workshop Forecasts Navigation Advances - SpaceDaily
6/1/2006: Sat-Nav Directs British Ambulance Off-Course - SpaceDaily
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6/1/2006: Cloaking Breakthrough - Technology
Review
6/1/2006: Nanotech Dilemma - Technology
Review
6/1/2006: [3 Comments] - Technology
Review
6/1/2006: Fetish: Shoes for Brains - Wired News