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...
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HTC One Max for China Unicom smiles for the camera :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/EsafWSNdp9g/
Syria threat ripples global oil market :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8TYMkcdCmY0/index.html
Private patients 'paying too much' :: Most patients in UK private hospitals are paying more than they should for treatment because of a lack of local competition, an inquiry has found.
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NoSQL startup Couchbase raises $25M more :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/1yGX-9j21as/
Uber faces new legal pressure over skimming 50% of drivers' tips :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/LZ1zUwS804Q/
Markets volatile on Syria concerns :: The possibility of military action against Syria keeps the price of oil high and sends European stocks lower, while US share markets open flat.
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Three Remploy factories to close :: Three remaining Remploy factories in England and Wales are to close putting a total of 196 workers at threat of redundancy.
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Is 'Twerking' A Word? You Can Bet Your Bumpin' Booty It Is After Oxford Dictionaries Online Adds 'Twerk' To Its Buzzworthy Words List [VIDEO] :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Is "twerking" a real word? You can bet your bumpin' booty it is, after the Oxford Dictionaries Online added the trending dance move made most famously recently by <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/2013-mtv-vmas-performances-miley-cyrus-twerking-robin-thicke-justin-timberlake-reuniting-nsync-video" target="_blank">Miley Cyrus' performance at the 2013 MTV VMAs</a> to its repertoire.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/twerking-word-you-can-bet-your-bumpin-booty-it-after-oxford-dictionaries-online-adds-twerk-its
Latest server numbers are in — and it's mostly bad news. Again. :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/H54Uq9tS2OU/
Facebook's share of digital advertising growing fast, thanks to mobile :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/bGLx9EJo9FM/
With a $226 cost to make, can the Moto X bring mo' profits to Google? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/3_S0gNl6Kdg/
Report: Apple acquires AlgoTrim, a data compression startup :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/FHubVgvwa3I/
Lessons from online learning :: Does the growth of online courses threaten the future of colleges?
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Shopify, too, launches a point of sale system, will compete with Square, GroupOn & others :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/3KwgzjlEPvU/
Andreessen Horowitz backs Local Motion, the car sharing startup for companies, cities :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/iQBdDGxZ80M/
European Hunter-Gatherers Had Domesticated Pigs As Early As 4600 BC [PHOTO] :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/european-hunter-gatherers-had-domesticated-pigs-early-4600-bc-photo-1401361
Carney: Recovery measured, not rapid :: A "renewed recovery is taking hold" in the UK economy, but its pace will be "more measured than rapid", says Bank of England governor Mark Carney.
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In Damascus, Many Support Impending Western Attack But Don't Know How to Prepare :: <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></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>DAMASCUS, Syria -- Few things about life in the streets of Damascus give any sense that a countdown has begun for a NATO-led strike against Syria. Shops are open late into the evening and young couples stroll the streets. At the supermarket, there are no signs of people hoarding food or buying extra water in a panic.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/damascus-many-support-impending-western-attack-dont-know-how-prepare-1401341
Nissan wants self-driving cars on the road by 2020 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/lgOJ0kMR9UE/
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