Helium: swollen stars, party balloons and squeaky voices | Dean Burnett :: There are increasing reports of an imminent helium shortage, but why should this be a concern? What is helium used for, apart from balloons? Quite a lot, as it happensHelium supplies are running low. This is cause for concern for some. Others might wonder what the fuss is about.The statement itself may seem bizarre in some respects. How can we be "running out" of the second most abundant element in the known universe? Mankind may have had a substantial impact on the planet's resources, but using up a quarter of all known matter? Even the most extreme environmentalist would have to agree that's a bit of an exaggeration. The atmosphere of Jupiter alone is about 10% helium. Let's not even get started on the sun. Obviously, the problem is we're running out of accessible helium, meaning stuff w...
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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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CNN interviews Zuckerberg, asks nothing… really :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/YhqzFoB5k_Y/
Comcast steps in it by sending copyright threat to file-sharing news site :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/GSsQDAZDBAM/
VIDEO: Royal baby stamps: Good investment? :: A new set of stamps to mark the birth of the Royal Baby has gone on sale. Stamp dealer Tony Bray talks about what makes a stamp worth "millions of pounds".
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Liam Payne Snaps At Payzers For Slamming New Girlfriend Sophia Smith; Directioners Want Him Back With Ex, Danielle Peazer :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Social media was a factor in the breakup between One Direction member Liam Payne and girlfriend Danielle Peazer after Liam couldn't take the nasty comments directed towards his girl on Twitter. Now the 19-year-old's new girlfriend, Sophia Smith, is facing the same type of treatment by 1D fans who want to see Liam get back with Danielle.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/liam-payne-snaps-payzers-slamming-new-girlfriend-sophia-smith-directioners-want-him-back-ex-danielle
VIDEO: Prisoners 'working in call centres' :: Inmates at two prisons in England are being paid to work in call centres, it has been revealed.
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LG creates a Quad HD smartphone screen, but why? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/B6LFFCTj3Z4/
Mobilize 2013: Making the case for a shared bandwidth future :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/736cxysdFAo/
In the connected home, do you want your apps from scratch or pre-prepared? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Ta-yzREUK4Q/
Sponsored post: In with the new, out with old. Make your pitch without a hitch :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/cXr6voJ2R4Q/
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Oil prices drifting lower ahead of EIA report :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Oil prices are drifting lower ahead of this morning's EIA oil inventory report as well as this afternoon's release of the minutes from the last US Fed FOMC meeting. Last night's API report was mixed with draws in crude oil and gasoline and a build in distillate fuel (see below for more details). The market has been retracing this week in spite of the ongoing supply issues in Libya and now in Iraq.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/oil-prices-drifting-lower-ahead-eia-report-1393533
Beyonce Nando's Chicken Feast: Superstar Spends $2,200 On Chicken And Burgers For Entourage :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Beyonce may have one of the best figures in Hollywood, but she still makes sure to eat some of her favorite foods. While in Chelmsford, England for a performance at V Festival on Saturday, the 31-year-old racked up a bill worth approximately $2,200 and bought 58 wing platters, 48 whole chickens, 12 veggie burgers, 24 orders of coleslaw and 24 rice dishes from Nando's for herself and her entourage.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/beyonce-nandos-chicken-feast-superstar-spends-2200-chicken-burgers-entourage-1393529
NG prices regaining its footing on warm weather :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Although the spot Nat Gas contract made a pass at the lower range support level in overnight trading the market has since reversed and is now higher on the session after failing to remain below the technical support level of $3.415/mmbtu. With the tropics completely uneventful and the nuclear power sector running at relatively normal levels the only upside price driver for the Nat Gas market will be the weather as the tail end of the summer evolves.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/ng-prices-regaining-its-footing-warm-weather-1393531
Government in surprise July deficit :: The public sector recorded a small but unexpected deficit of £62m in July, a month in which tax payments usually push the public purse into surplus.
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LG G2 to arrive on AT&T and Verizon before mid-September :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ePdT5EzJtQs/
Millions 'worse off' on 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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NSA Surveillance Covers 75 Percent Of US Internet Traffic: Report :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The U.S. government's surveillance programs cover about 75 percent of all Internet communications in the U.S., including domestic phone calls made over the Internet, and in some cases the National Security Agency, or NSA, retains written content of filtered email communications, the Wall Street <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324108204579022874091732470.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Journal reported</a>, on Tuesday, citing U.S. officials.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nsa-surveillance-covers-75-percent-us-internet-traffic-report-1393517
VIDEO: Greece 'could need another bailout' :: Former finance minister, George Papaconstantinou tells HARDtalk the country might need another financial bailout and further debt relief.
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