1. Print this page 7 hours ago   permalink

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Next month, thousands of UN delegates from over 190 nations, members of the press, and eco-activists from around the world will descend upon Copenhagen, Denmark as part of the United Nations Conference on Global Warming. Yet, even before it begins, the UN conference is being called a "disaster." Just this morning, the Telegraph, a UK ...

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2. Yelp for iPhone 3.1.1 6 hours ago   permalink

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Yelp for iPhone contains all the ingredients you'd expect from the well-known business-rating and reviews site, except for one small thing: the capability to write a rated review from the iPhone or iPod Touch. True, two features do provide a workaround: one lets you write short, 140-character tips and observations; the other lets you begin a ...

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Download.cnet.com Yowza Mobile Coupons for iPhone 2.1   —  Yowza Mobile Coupons for iPhone finds deals in your geographic area--from as close as within a mile of you or as far as 15 miles away. Choose one of the offers and visit the store. When you walk up to the cashier, just show the Yowza Mobile Coupons for iPhone deal on your device and let them scan the barcode. It features deals negotiated ... CNET :    Google mobile coupons save a buck or two CNET :    Human rights groups: No in-game war crimes

Paul Ayres / Intute blog Get Social Science research on your iPhone   —  The Social Science Research Network is a world wide collaborative of over 800 scholars that is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research. To that end, they have just released a new app for the iPhone / iPod Touch allowing users to search and read the full text of over 250,000 papers. They say “iSSRN, [...]

Eliot Van Buskirk / Wired Top Stories Virtual iPhone Phrasebook Brings Us Closer to the 'Babel Fish'   —  In Douglas Adams's best-selling novel The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy , a space traveler could stick the Babel fish right into his ear, making it so he could understand speakers in any language. Emirates airlines' iLingual iPhone app doesn't exactly realize his dream, but it's a step in the right direction.

3. Protecting Forests May Still Help Climate-Change Fight 59 minutes ago   permalink

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Climate negotiators have real hope that a proposed agreement to reduce deforestation could prove to be a bright spot in a meeting that might otherwise be considered a failure

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Newseditor / ABC News Climate changing faster than expected: scientists   —  It has been two years since the landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report gave its most recent assessment on the state of the planet's changing climate. Newseditor / ABC News Grizzlies, polar bears breeding because of climate change   —  An Australian biologist says climate change is speeding up the creation of new species through the merging of habitats. BBC News Climate 'drives African conflict'   —  Climate is a major driver of conflict across Africa, researchers say, with future warming likely to increase civil wars by 50% in 20 years. New Scientist Hacked archive provides fodder for climate sceptics   —  Climate scientists are reeling from the discovery that someone has hacked into the email archive of one of their most prestigious research centres TreeHugger 50% More Civil War In Africa by 2030... Thanks to Climate Change   —  image: Future Atlas via flickr . I'm sure you've heard estimates someone say how civil strife is likely to increase because of climate change . It's an oft-cited notion, but until now the linkages hadn't really been examined in a systematic, causal way. A multi-university team of researchers has now determined that in the case of sub-Saharan ... TreeHugger Dangerous, Potentially-Irreversible Climate Change Happening Faster Than Scientists Thought   —  photo: Loco085 via flickr. A lot's happened with climate change science since the last IPCC report. With the general consensus (hacked CRU email non-revelation brouhaha aside) being that things are happening much faster than we expected and that the uncertainty regarding human causes being over whether it 90% certainty or 99% certainty more than ... Kcowing / SpaceRef Top Stories NASA Releases Climate Change Multimedia Resource Reel   —  NASA has released a new multimedia climate change "resource reel" showcasing free downloadable videos, data visualizations, animations, and still images that illustrate key climate change concepts and discoveries.

4. The CRU hack: Context 5 hours ago   permalink

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This is a continuation of the last thread which is getting a little unwieldy. The emails cover a 13 year period in which many things happened, and very few people are up to speed on some of the long-buried issues. So to save some time, I’ve pulled a few bits out of the comment thread that shed some light on some of the context which is ...

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5. Obama seeks to reassure Singh on U.S.-India ties 1 hour ago   permalink

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to reassure Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday of his commitment to boosting U.S. ties with India even as his administration has set its rivals, China and Pakistan, as key priorities.

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Reuters Obama says will "finish the job" in Afghanistan   —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to "finish the job" of an unpopular and costly eight-year war in Afghanistan, and officials said he could announce an increase of around 30,000 troops next week.

Grist Will Africa’s farmland become a “resource curse”?   —  by Tom Philpott Palm-oil trees in the making, Ivory Coast.In his Late Victorian Holocausts, Mike Davis teases out the mechanisms of famine in British-ruled 19th century India. When a drought would wipe out a grain harvest in one region of India, the price of grain would spike. People all over the subcontinent would suddenly find themselves ... Feedback / Christian Science Monitor Report on India mosque destruction threatens Hindu-Muslim ties   —  A report on the 1992 India mosque destruction, released Tuesday, accuses leaders of the Hindu nationalist BJP of planning one of India's most divisive attacks . The report may inflame Hindu-Muslim relations. ScienceInsider Obama's Dating Service for Scientists and Teachers   —  By Jeffrey MervisThe concept of matching scientists and classroom teachers isn't new. But a neuroscientist turned Internet entrepreneur hopes to go national with the idea as part of a new effort by the Obama Administration to stimulate private-sector participation in...

6. Google apologizes for offensive first lady image 18 minutes ago   permalink

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(AP) -- Google Inc. is apologizing for a racially offensive image of the First Lady that appears at the top of the list when users search for pictures of Michelle Obama on its site.

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Www.webmonkey.com Google Lays the Groundwork for Extensions in Chrome   —  Google is getting ready to offer widespread support for extensions in Chrome, launching a program which will allow third-party developers to add features to its browser.

PhysOrg Team / PhysOrg.com Google, Yahoo zero in on Internet 'freedom' bill   —  Google Inc. and other Internet companies have zeroed in on a resilient effort by a Republican lawmaker to pass legislation that could restrict their ability to take a nuanced approach to operating in "repressive" foreign countries, according to third-quarter lobbying reports.

7. Researchers develop virtual streams to help restore real ones 8 minutes ago   permalink

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Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a unique new computer model called the Virtual StreamLab, designed to help restore real streams to a healthier state. The Virtual StreamLab, which demonstrates the physics of natural water flows at an unprecedented level of detail and realism, was unveiled for the first time this week at ...

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Newseditor / ABC News Comfort food helps reduce stress: study   —  Researchers at the University of New South Wales already knew that eating junk food makes people feel good, but they wanted to see what effect it has on the brain.

8. UK tree plan to aid emissions cut 42 minutes ago   permalink

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Millions of trees should be planted to cover an extra 4% of the UK in woodland in order to tackle climate change, the Forestry Commission has recommended.

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TreeHugger The World's 3 'Carbon Neutral Nations' Gear Up to Cut Emissions   —  Photo via Samapan It's not easy being carbon neutral--that's what the world's most exclusive carbon-cutting club is finding out fast. Only three countries have pledged to become entirely carbon neutral: Costa Rica , the Maldives , and Norway . They may not have much in common geographically, in government, or even socially--but they're all ...

Jeremy Hance / Mongabay.com News The US will set emissions target, but is this a turning point for success at Copenhagen?   —  Today may mark a turning point for a successful negotiation at the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen or it may just be another blip in the up-and-down news cycles that have preceded the summit for months.

9. Autism treatment: Science hijacked to support alternative therapies 19 hours ago   permalink

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Dr. Carlos Pardo, of Johns Hopkins, said that after he and colleagues published research on the brains of people with autism, he received many questions about unproven treatments. Inquiries about using powerful immunosuppressant drugs particularly concern him, he said. (Baltimore Sun photo by Algerina Perna / October 20, 2009)

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10. Spotlight: New Mammogram Guidelines 59 minutes ago   permalink

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An independent government panel this week abandoned its long-standing recommendation that healthy women over 40 get a breast-cancer screen once every year or two years

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Kevin / KevinMD.com The health reform politics of mammograms and breast cancer screening   —  Originally published in MedPage Today by Emily P. Walker, MedPage Today Washington Correspondent The emotional debate over a federal panel’s proposal to end routine mammograms for women in their 40s has reignited controversy over a contentious healthcare reform issue: comparative effectiveness research. Healthcare reform opponents say the ...

Kevin / KevinMD.com How the mammogram and Pap smear debates ignore the uninsured   —  By Jeoffry B.Gordon, MD, MPH The recent recommendation of the US Preventive Services Task Force against routine screening mammograms for healthy, low risk women under the age of fifty has demonstrated our broad consensus about the value of breast cancer screening. The discussions about new guidance from the American Academy of Obstetrics and ...

11. Opposites attract: Monkeys choose mating partners with different genes 29 minutes ago   permalink

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The world's largest species of monkey 'chooses' mates with genes that are different from their own to guarantee healthy and strong offspring, according to a new research study.

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12. Perspectiva de las Condiciones del Tiempo en el Tropico 2 hours ago   permalink

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ACCA62 TJSJ 250055 TWOSPN PERSPECTIVAS DE LAS CONDICIONES DEL TIEMPO EN EL TROPICO NWS TPC/CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES MIAMI FL 700 PM EST MARTES 24 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2009 PARA EL ATLANTICO NORTE...EL MAR CARIBE Y EL GOLFO DE MEXICO... NO SE ESPERA FORMACION DE CICLON TROPICAL EN LAS PROXIMAS 48 HORAS.

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Hurricane and Storm Tracking Atlantic Tropical Weather Discussion   —  AXNT20 KNHC 250001 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 705 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009 TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR NORTH AMERICA...CENTRAL AMERICA...GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA...NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA...AND ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE AFRICAN COAST FROM THE EQUATOR TO 32N. THE FOLLOWING ...

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13. High gold prices, army collaboration, play role in mining invasion in southern Venezuela 43 minutes ago   permalink

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Illegal gold mining involving wildcat miners, the Venezuelan army, and indigenous groups is threatening one of the country's most biodiverse river basins, according to local sources.

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14. Atom smasher starts speeding proton beams 2 hours ago   permalink

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Scientists running the world's largest atom smasher used the $10 billion machine's accelerator to speed up proton beams for the first time Tuesday.

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Newseditor / ABC News Collider starts smashing protons   —  Two circulating beams have produced the first particle collisions in the world's biggest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), three days after it was restarted, scientists say.

15. Cassini's big sky: View from the center of our solar system 2 hours ago   permalink

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NASA's Cassini spacecraft is helping to rewrite our understanding of the shape of our solar system as it moves through the local Milky Way galaxy. Previous models pictured our solar system as having a comet-like appearance. The new results suggest a picture more like a bubble.

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Betsy Mason / Wired Top Stories Video: Saturns Spectacular Aurora in Action   —  NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn's aurora in visible light, in a series of high-resolution images assembled into an amazing video.

16. PLoS Medicine: Ethical Data Release in Genome-Wide Association Studies in Developing Countries 2 hours ago   permalink

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Michael Parker1*, Susan J. Bull1,2, Jantina de Vries1,2, Tsiri Agbenyega3, Ogobara K. Doumbo4, Dominic P. Kwiatkowski2,5 1 Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2 Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom, 3 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 4 Malaria Research and ...

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Feedback / Christian Science Monitor UK Iraq war inquiry: Will Tony Blair come under fire?   —  A UK Iraq war inquiry began Tuesday, amid allegations that British soldiers abused detainees during the war. The panel is to focus on how and why Britain went to war.

17. Got a pain? -- Have a cup of Brazilian mint 30 minutes ago   permalink

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For thousands of years it has been prescribed by traditional healers in Brazil to treat a range of ailments from headaches and stomach pain to fever and flu.

18. Oceans 12 – Award winning photographers support marine environment 48 minutes ago   permalink

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Few people are better qualified to inspire the protection of the oceans than the world’s finest underwater photographers and that’s why the UK’s pioneering shark and marine conservation organisation, Bite-Back, turned to them for help.

19. LA County leaders back night fire flights 50 minutes ago   permalink

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AP - Los Angeles County leaders responding to the summer's destructive Station Fire voted Tuesday to urge the U.S. Forest Service to allow helicopters to battle wildfires at night.

20. U.S. Gets a D on Preterm Birth Rates, Says March of Dimes 59 minutes ago   permalink

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Among the many reasons for the high preterm birth rate in the U.S.: lack of insurance, cigarette smoking and elective cesarean-section deliveries that are scheduled too early