Global warming of 7C ‘could kill billions this (Www.OSIR.org.in) century’ - Daily Telegraph
The study, carried out in unprecedented detail, projected that without “rapid and massive action” temperatures worldwide will increase by as much as 7.4C (13.3F) by 2100, from levels seen in 2000. Previous estimates have concluded that the likely
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Truth-telling hacks defeat the flacks - Guardian Unlimited
It was standing room only at the Foreign Press Association as chairman Sue McGregor called a vote before any of us spoke. She asked the audience: who would you believe more likely to tell the truth, journalists or PRs? There was some good knock-about
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Unveiling North Korea - Reason.com
So my friend Curtis Melvin is kind of a badass. The hardcore libertarian “vacations” in authoritarian countries like Zimbabwe, Iran, and Turkmenistan. He has also been to North Korea twice and and in 2007 started a fascinating project where he
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That a spider’s web can be too sticky? - BBC News
Scientists have found that if the webs of spiders were any more sticky, they would break as they trapped insects, letting the prey escape. So a spider has to balance the stickiness of its web with how strong it is. That puts a limit on how adhesive
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