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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Bloomberg: Cities take lead on warming :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/SE8owVHkqhw/index.html
How to buy things with your face :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/CA34Ufjqdx0/pkg-boulden-uk-paypal-app.cnn.html
Quest flies high with jet pack :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/uvakOTHIixA/quest-jet-pack.cnn.html
7 CEOs reveal business secrets :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/j3Fhqyxf2RQ/index.html
Obama warns of 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: Why I hate public speaking :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/hJX21Ru0PP8/qmb-quest-overcoming-public-speaking-fears.cnn.html
"Hard Rock" expanding to Spain :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/R8BUxuBY628/pkg-soares-hard-rock-cafe.cnn.html
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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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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Investing in cardiovascular research benefits economy :: Investing in cardiovascular disease research in Canada provides economic and societal benefits to Canadians, according to new research published in CMAJ Open. "Our main goal was to understand how much "bang" we were getting from our research "buck" and whether investing in cardiovascular disease research is worthwhile from a population health perspective," writes Dr. Claire de Oliveira, scientist and health economist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, with coauthors. Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of hospitalization and death in Canada... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)<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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With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:• Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).• E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
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Treasury Secretary Prods Congress To Raise Debt Ceiling :: <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 federal government's credit card will hit its limit in mid-October, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned Monday in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.</p>
<p>Lew urged Congress to reach a budget deal to increase the $16.7 trillion borrowing limit in order to avoid rattling financial markets. Raising the debt ceiling, the nation's borrowing limit, requires congressional approval. It does not authorize new spending, but pays for spending that has already been approved.</p></div></div></div>
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Billabong sees annual losses triple :: Shares in Australian surfwear-maker Billabong tumble as much as 15% after the company's annual loss more than triples.
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National Dog Day: 10 Adorable Photos Of The Most Popular Dog Breeds In America :: <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>For all of you with a special pooch in your life, Monday is the perfect day to show your dog just how much you care.</p>
<p>Why? Because Aug. 26 is National Dog Day!</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/national-dog-day-10-adorable-photos-most-popular-dog-breeds-america-1400043
Secretary of State cites citizen media reports from Syria in criticism of attack :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/32niGEUVEHc/
Miley Cyrus' Booty Gets Hashtag After VMAs Performance: Funny Twitter Memes and Reactions [PHOTOS] :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </div><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </div><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </div><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>People can't stop talking about Miley Cyrus after her MTV Video Music Awards performance Sunday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and by now she's been a trending topic on Twitter with <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=#MileyAssSmallerThan&src=tren" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#MileyAssSmallerThan</a> for an entire day. She stripped down to a nude bikini and practically bared it all, but not everyone was happy with the shape of Cyrus' derriere, which has resulted in various memes. </p></div></div></div>
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US to reach debt ceiling in October :: The US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warns that the country will reach its debt limit by mid-October and urges Congress to act "as soon as possible".
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