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Climate scientists must not advocate particular policies | Tamsin Edwards :: I became a climate scientist because I care about the environment, but we have a moral obligation to be impartialAs a climate scientist, I'm under pressure to be a political advocate. This comes mainly from environmentalists. Dan Cass, wind-farm director and solar advocate, preferred me not to waste my time debating "denialist morons" but to use political advocacy to "prevent climate catastrophe".Jeremy Grantham, environmental philanthropist, urged climate scientists to sound a "more desperate note … Be arrested if necessary." A concerned member of the public judged my efforts at public engagement successful only if they showed "evidence of persuasion".Others ask "what should we do?" At my Cheltenham Science Festival event Can we trust climate models? one of the audience asked what we th...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Facebook launches internet.org initiative to connect the world :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Jfqp1RZxd68/

Brazil appeals against hotel prices :: Brazil's tourism board asks football governing body Fifa and hotel operators to try to bring down "stratospheric" hotel prices during the World Cup.
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YCombinator's latest startup pageant addresses all the markets :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/1jmaLSIkCxs/

Through a PRISM darkly: Fear of NSA surveillance is having a chilling effect on the open web :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/36SggDM15pk/

Everything you ever wanted to know about Yahoo's Hadoop spinoff Hortonworks :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/uXwk9hGrl9o/

Amazon strikes back at CIA, GAO over reopening of CIA cloud contract :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/nPIYNbJOEDI/

Botswana: Backwater to global hub :: From sleepy backwater to global diamond hub
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The importance of being paranoid :: Why successful firms should always plan for bad times
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Millions 'worse off' in new pension :: Millions of people currently entitled to the state second pension will be worse off as a result of the government's pension changes, the TUC has claimed.
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The "Internet of School Things" comes to the UK to teach kids the power of data :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/KEPW9lT78s4/

Here's how Beats Music is curating its subscription service :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/l66voMfQYGs/

Apple's radio debut will feel a lot like… radio :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/P-Dk5yd23AQ/

U.S. moves to block airline merger :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ImfotWBAvmE/index.html

Pemex CEO talks profits :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/JULcLfFO3lA/intv-parker-pemex-ceo.cnn.html

Merkel hits the classroom :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/0AoESXCop_I/qmb-magnay-school-merkel.cnn.html

View behind Google Glass :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Vgws6v-_RP4/qmb-weather-anchor-google-glasses.cnn.html

Who would buy Blackberry? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/n7mCvVGBmc8/lead-intv-blackberry-for-sale.cnn.html

Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Buzzfeeds: the effects of colony collapse disorder and other bee news :: Concerned about the worldwide bee crisis? Introducing Buzzfeeds, a weekly analysis with our resident bee expertIn the past six years, more than 10m beehives have been wiped out from a mystery disease called colony collapse disorder. This destruction has serious implications on worldwide ecology and economy.Of the 100 crop species responsible for providing 90% of food worldwide, 71 are dependent on bee pollination, according to UN estimates (pdf). It's difficult to pinpoint the financial implications of this destruction, but the international body says pollination is worth between $37bn and $91bn, annually.Stories about the declining population and its effect on the environment trickle through the news cycle each week. To bring awareness to these stories and contextualize the issues, we wil...
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