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Dreamers Dreaming Dreams | James Howard Kunstler
James Howard KunstlerJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Sept. 15, 2017 Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are so out of the news now that people not listening to the mold grow in their sweltering ...
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On Repairing/Rebuilding 100,000+ Damaged Houses | Charles Hugh Smith
Texas National Guard soldiers arrive in Houston, Texas to aid citizens in heavily flooded areas from the storms of Hurricane Harvey. (Photos by Lt. Zachary West, 100th MPAD) Almost lost in all the ...
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How Antarctic ice melt can be a tipping point for the planet's climate | Chris Turney, Jonathan Palmer, Peter Kershaw, Steven Phipps and Zoë Thomas
Melting Antarctic ice can trigger effects on the other side of the globe. Credit: NASA/Jane Peterson Sept. 13, 2017 (The Conversation) -- Melting of Antarctica's ice can trigger rapid warming on the ...
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Hurricanes Highlight Failure to Enforce Flood Insurance Rules | Christopher Flavelle
Hurricane Irma over the Virgin Islands at peak intensity on September 6, 2017 as the second most intense Atlantic hurricane on record in terms of sustained winds. MODIS image captured by NASA’s Aqua ...
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The Perversity of the Equifax Data Breach and What We Must Do | Stephen Farrington, MS, PE
Photo: Courtesy my.opera.com. Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)Stephen Farrington, MS, PE -- Founder/Chief Technologist, Transcend Engineering and Technology, LLC Sept. 13, 2017 The credit reporting industry ...
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The Genocide of the Rohingya: Big Oil, Failed Democracy and False Prophets | Ramzy Baroud
Aung San Suu Kyi. By Foreign and Commonwealth Office via Wikimedia CommonsRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 13, 2017 To a certain extent, Aung San Suu Kyi is a false prophet. Glorified by the ...
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The accelerating expansion of the Universe may not be real -- David Wiltshire
The difference in the magnitudes of supernovae in the ΛCDM and Timescape cosmologies and the magnitudes the supernovae would appear to have in an empty universe (horizontal dashed line). Both models ...
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Watch out for hype -- science 'spin' prevalent, researchers warn | Kellia Chiu, Quinn Grundy and Lisa Bero
'Spin' in biomedical literature is used to distort the interpretation of results or mislead readers so that results are viewed more favourably. Credit: Hilda Bastian, ...
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Nuclear Calendar -- Sept. 11, 2017 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- September 11, 2017 Friends Committee on National Legislation Sept. 12 10:00 a.m. House Foreign Affairs Committee, "Hearing: Sanctions, Diplomacy, and Information: Pressuring ...
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Scientists observe largest solar flare in 12 years | University of Sheffield
Coronal mass ejections. Image from the Space Weather Prediction Center at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sept. 11, 2017 (Phys.org) -- The sun's largest solar flare in more than ...
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Sratching may have evolved as communication tool to help social cohesion | Jamie Whitehouse
A macaque monkey on Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico. Credit: Jamie Whitehouse Sept. 11, 2017 (Phys.org) -- Scratching is more than an itch -- when it is sparked by stress, it appears to reduce aggression ...
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