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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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AT&T will round out 2013 with LTE in 420 cities and towns :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/GkUNq1hfnts/

Obama warns of another market crash :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/T1Ezv5T96bg/lead-intv-president-obama-warns-of-another-financial-meltdown.cnn.html

Quest works to beat public speaking fear :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/hJX21Ru0PP8/qmb-quest-overcoming-public-speaking-fears.cnn.html

5 ways Mark Zuckerberg wields his clout :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/yU1vIXCYzhk/index.html

Report: The NSA can access 75 percent of all U.S. internet traffic :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/pwnF1tsfWzs/

India takes steps to boost liquidity :: India's central bank says it will inject 80bn rupees ($1.3bn; £750m) into the country's banking system by buying long-term government bonds.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23776334#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23775475#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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 GAO, IBM 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
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23771552#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

The importance of being paranoid :: Why successful firms should always plan for bad times
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23767413#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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