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Some non-shocking statistics on gender pay from the IFS

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The false economy of the UK sugar levy

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August 21, 2016
How should the BBC deal with competing evidence?

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August 19, 2016

Channel 4 - Murdoch Double Standards

As Zelo Street discussed yesterday , the campaign waged by deeply unpleasant former Sun editor Kelvin

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Breitbart Mental Illness Hypocrisy

The batshit collective otherwise known as Breitbart London, domain of such less than totally worthy

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Trump suggests potential softening in hardline position on immigration

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In attacking Clinton foundation, Trump seeks a Republican rallying cry

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After A Rough Summer, Pennsylvania Trump Fans Explain Why He Is Still Their

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Clinton Foundation To Drastically Shrink If Hillary Clinton Is Elected

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Asia stocks cement gains after recent rally, oil slips

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Tesla touts speed and driving range with new upgraded battery

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VW, suppliers settle dispute after marathon talks

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Radley Balko

Morning links: Arpaio faces criminal contempt charge

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August 22, 2016
Federal judge scolds police union, declares ‘black lives matter’

Bush appointee lashes out at union for blocking DOJ consent decree

August 18, 2016
Afternoon links: The other way cops can take your stuff

Plus: Judge sits on innocence claim for five years, the case for policing standards, Kaine’s talk-but-no

August 16, 2016

Epic Games Forums hacked and info for 800K Accounts Leaked

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Encrypted App Makers Need to Help Fight IS, Argue Germany and France

Germany and France feel the makers of encrypted messaging apps like Telegram and Signal should help fight

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August 22, 2016

Solid Evidence That The Media Is Biased Against Donald Trump

by Michael Snyder, End Of The American Dream : Once upon a time, the mainstream media worked very hard to

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Global Economic Reset Happening Now?

from Fabian4Liberty : I’ll break down the 7 major points I believe will come to pass, how to see

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by Dave Hodges, The Common Sense Show : The establishment is practicing to defeat rogue American units

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Black Agenda Report for Week of August 22, 2016

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August 22, 2016
Why Ajamu Baraka? Why Vice President? And Why the Green Party?

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August 18, 2016
Yes, Obama and Clinton Created ISIS – Too Bad Trump Can’t Explain How It

War Against Syria Forward Print HTML Reddit Viadeo Google Plus One Linkedin Share Button Share on

August 17, 2016

It’s the End of the World… As They Know it

One of the hypotheses posited on this blog is that the preoccupation with the end of the world is in

February 12, 2016
Ask a Stupid Question

A premise of democracy that I believe is worth defending is that it is incumbent on those seeking either

February 8, 2016
The Grimey “Science” of Conspiracy Theories

David Robert Grimes has emerged from Lewandowsky’s shadow, again, to go forth increase and multiply

February 2, 2016

TIME Argues ‘Trolling’ Demands Formal Policing of the Internet

How Trolls Are Ruining the Internet Joel Stein … Troll Culture of Hate Time … They’re turning the web into

August 22, 2016
Surprise Surge as an Important Poll Shows Trump Leading

Brief Donald Trump has beaten Hillary in a major poll. Donald Trump appears to have made a political

August 22, 2016
Philippines’ Duterte Has Been Called to Account Over Violence, Not the US

Brief President Duterte kicks out all presidential appointees in government … Duterte on Sunday lashed

August 22, 2016

1 dead 3 injured as meteorite hits southern India (27 flags)

And it has created a record. First recorded human fatality due to a meteorite. Can someone bring up the

February 7, 2016
Donald Trump: Id bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding (25

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February 7, 2016
Iowans claim instances when Sanders was shorted delegates (20 flags)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/06/iowans-claim-instances

February 6, 2016

Do colleges + universities=economic growth?

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Porn Star Instructs UCLA Students on Sex

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Johns Hopkins Expert Advocates for Limiting Childbirths to Save the World

From the College Fix : In a Thursday story at NPR.org, Travis Rieder of Johns Hopkins’ Berman Institute

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N Korea 'fires' submarine-launched ballistic missile

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How is Turkey dealing with threats from Syria?

Facing threats from the war across its border, Turkey steps up its intervention, striking ISIL and Kurdish

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Oxfam: UK 'in denial' over Saudi arms sales

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December 10, 2013
Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

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December 10, 2013

Imam: Aqsa Mosque for Muslims’ only, Israeli vandals out

As 45,000 Muslims pray at al-Aqsa OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The al-Aqsa Mosque is only for

August 13, 2016
Can new Tunisian bill help counter violence against women?

A general view during a plenary session at the Assembly of People’s Representatives in Tunis

August 13, 2016
Hizb ut-Tahrir: Palestine is not our main cause

Palestinian supporters of Hizb ut-Tahrir take part in a rally calling for Khilafah, or Islamic rule, in

August 13, 2016

Chimpanzees Choose to Cooperate Rather Than to Compete

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Some Dogs Prefer Praise and a Belly Rub Over Treats

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August 22, 2016
Valuing Dogs More Than War Victims: Bridging the Empathy Gap

In a recent essay Nicholas Kristof writes, "If only, I thought, we valued kids in Aleppo as much as we

August 21, 2016

Paris: climate madness still alive and well

Forget Iran, North Korea and Islamic State. The fact that the planet will likely disappear under multiple

April 22, 2016
Ex-IPCC head Pachauri charged with sex assaults

Here at ACM we always thought Rajendra Pachauri was a wrong-un, especially with his bizarre and creepy

March 1, 2016
Kevin and Leo: two climate clowns

Sad Aussie has-been Kevin Rudd must be angling for an invitation to hang with DiCaprio at his mansion

February 29, 2016

North Korea submarine fires ballistic missile

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, which flew for 500km (300 miles) before falling

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Louisiana floods: Obama 'heartbroken' after tour

President Barack Obama tours the flood-ravaged areas of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he vowed to help

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Earthquake strikes central Italy

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits central Italy, south of the city of Perugia, the US Geological Survey says,

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Hillsborough appeal for Leppings Lane Gate C witnesses

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'Legal high' ambulance call-outs double in London

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Whistleblower claims Bradford school pupils left 'at risk'

A whistleblower warns vulnerable pupils will be left exposed to abuse without increased child protection at

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These 13 People Were Killed By The War On Drugs. Their Lives Were The Cost

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An Interview With Sam Dalton, Now In His Seventh Decade Of Criminal Defense

December 30, 2013
Militarizing Santa Claus

December 27, 2013

New York Post Publishes New Smear Against Huma Abedin

Academic journal described as “radical Muslim” had Bernard Lewis on its advisory board At the

August 22, 2016
Anjem Choudary Snared by Indonesian Oath

The Metropolitan Police announce : Two men have been convicted of encouraging support for the proscribed

August 17, 2016
Sussex Police Apologise but Stand by Bishop George Bell “Arrest” Statement

Peter Hitchens returns to the troubling story of the posthumous child-sex abuse allegation against the

August 14, 2016

To love another person

To love another as a person we must begin by granting him his own autonomy and identity as a person. We

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Sometimes things get weird

By Jen Peer Rich Sometimes our weirdest behaviors are actually the unspeakable expressions of grieving

August 22, 2016
The hurt and pained bully and love

Someone asked to know more about what I referred to as sub-personalities and parts in the last post: The

August 21, 2016

ENDLESS MOANING…

I know, I know, I SHOULD know better but I tuned into the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning

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SYNCHED

The BBC and Labour? The same thing, redux. “Former Labour Cabinet minister James Purnell is being

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START THE WEEK OPEN THREAD…..

Here you go, a BRAND NEW Open Thread to start another busy week of detailing BBC bias. Over to you…

August 22, 2016

Your 'Smart' Power Outlets Are Now Botnets Thanks To The Internet

Making fun of the Internet of Things has become a sort of national pastime, made possible by a laundry list

23 hrs ago
University Study Shows How Prison Populations Skyrocket — Despite Record

The justice system’s aversion to repeat offenders — not a rise in actual crime — feeds the prison

23 hrs ago
Revealed: ECB Secretly Hands Cash to Select Corporations

In June, the ECB began buying the bonds of some of the most powerful companies in Europe as well as the

23 hrs ago

50 REAL Differences Between Men & Women

Brain scans, controlled studies, evolutionary psychology, and anthropology demonstrate that men

August 9, 2016
What Might ‘Male Abortion’ Accomplish?

The youth wing of the Swedish Liberal party is proposing to legalize ' male abortion ' up to the

March 22, 2016
Raw Milk Is Common Sense: Join Your Farmers in Protest

I don't drink pasteurized, homogenized milk. I never have, and I never will. It’s not milk, it&

March 15, 2016

Global Hawk in Line for New Ground Control Stations

Body: By Vivienne Machi Raytheon has been awarded a subcontract valued at up to $104 million to modernize

August 22, 2016
Navy Tests Underwater Drones at Exercise

Body: By Yasmin Tadjdeh Lockheed Martin's Marlin AUV NEWPORT, R.I. — In Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay

August 19, 2016
MQ-25 Unmanned Aircraft Poses Design Challenges for Navy, Industry

Body: By Jon Harper The Navy's X-47B demonstrator The Navy and its industry partners are faced with

August 18, 2016

Asia stocks cement gains after recent rally, oil slips

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks consolidated recent gains on Wednesday, helped by Wall Street's

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Tesla touts speed and driving range with new upgraded battery

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc crowned itself the maker of the world's fastest

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VW, suppliers settle dispute after marathon talks

By Andreas Cremer BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen and two of its parts suppliers on Tuesday resolved a

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We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook

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December 5, 2014
#OBEEZY

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November 14, 2014
Mowing the Lawn in Gaza

By Volaar “When thy intelligence shall cross beyond the whirl of delusion, then shalt thou become

August 11, 2014

Resources on Torture & War Crimes

Resources on Torture & War Crimes… for survivors and those who work with them When I first

August 11, 2016
Once a year is not enough!

Honoring torture survivors and those who stand with them… In 1987 the United Nations recognized this day

June 26, 2016
A day in court for victims of CIA torture

CIA torture victims finally have their day in court, but Gul Rahmann didn’t survive to see it…

June 15, 2016

Resources Tight as New School Year Starts

With K-12 schools opening around the country, here’s a quick look at the funding challenges

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Louisiana Spends Just 11 Percent of TANF Funds in Core Welfare Reform Areas

Louisiana spends just 11 percent of its state and federal dollars under the Temporary

August 22, 2016
The Decay of the Cash Assistance Safety Net Under TANF, in Two Maps

States reach far fewer poor families under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) —

August 22, 2016

The ISIS Conspiracy: US-Israeli-Saudi Intrigue (Part 2)

By Brandon Martinez In part 2 of the “ISIS Conspiracy” series, Brandon Martinez of Non

September 8, 2015
The ISIS Conspiracy: Origins (Part 1)

By Brandon Martinez In the first part of a series, Brandon Martinez of Non-Aligned Media unravels the

September 8, 2015
CBS News Investigative Journalist Explains How Mainstream Media Brainwashes

Did you know that only a handful of corporations, 6 to be exact, control over 90 percent of the media

August 17, 2015

The United States Is Doing Better Than Europe on Poverty: An Economics

Kevin Drum , in commenting on a Binyamin Appelbaum article in the NY Times , writes that the Presidential

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Leveraging Up The World in Good Times -- The Madness of Modern Central

From the WSJ: The European Central Bank’s corporate-bond-buying program has stirred so much action in

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Phoenix Light Rail Update: Half Billion Dollars More Spent, Transit

Valley Metro, the agency that operates light rail and most bus service in the Phoenix area, has published

August 22, 2016

Was the Irish same-sex marriage referendum civil?

Debate over whether a debate can be respectful. The post Was the Irish same-sex marriage referendum civil

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School’s in for the new senators

Some of the new senators are remarkably media-shy. The post School’s in for the new senators

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Daily Telegraph exaggerated Nazi lecture claim

Context is key. The post Daily Telegraph exaggerated Nazi lecture claim appeared first on Crikey .

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Jill Stein: American People are in Revolt, Rejecting the Two Dominant

Dandelion Salad with Jill Stein RT America on Aug 23, 2016 Green Party presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein

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August 22, 2016
Abby Martin: Chevron vs. The Amazon – The Environmental Trial of the

Dandelion Salad with Abby Martin teleSUR English on Aug 21, 2016 In Part II of this three-part series, The

August 21, 2016

THE MEANINGS OF FERGUSON AND MILWAUKEE

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August 21, 2016
Fidel Castro at 90: US/CUBAN RELATIONS, THE ROAD AHEAD

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August 13, 2016
"AMERICA NEVER WAS AMERICA TO ME": From the Black Panther Party

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August 9, 2016

Burn It Down: Disinfo’s Guide to Becoming a Terrorist

As the United States totters ever closer towards total collapse and WW3 looms on the horizon, one question

8 hrs ago
A Critical Look at Robert Anton Wilson

I mean, it’s not super tough to diagnose what went wrong with R.A.W. as far as spiritual progress goes. To

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Velma and Jeff

It was my understanding when someone has finalized their decision to commit suicide they obtain a kind of

August 22, 2016

Ghana: a Shining Democracy Without Accountability

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How Could Japan Offer $32billion In Aid To Africa?

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June 14, 2013
Why Are African Professors Becoming Politicians?

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June 5, 2013

Truth and consequences: One year on what we know (and what we don’t) about

Reyaad Khan – killed in British targeted drone strike on Aug 21 2015 One year ago this weekend (on

August 18, 2016
European use of military drones expanding

Two weeks ago a new coalition of European civil society groups (including Drone Wars UK) launched a Call to

July 19, 2016
British air strikes in Iraq and Syria increase by 85% – UK approaching

Analysis of data released by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) shows that British air strikes in Iraq and Syria

July 5, 2016

Rising temperatures could accelerate radiation induced DNA effects in

Increased sea temperatures could dramatically enhance and accelerate radiation-induced DNA effects in

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'Cyclops' beetles hint at solution to 'chicken-and-egg'

Beetles with cyclops eyes have given Indiana University scientists insight into how new traits may evolve

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Stem cell therapy heals injured mouse brain

Scientists and clinicians have long dreamed of helping the injured brain repair itself by creating new

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Paul Krugman explains how to break the climate policy deadlock

Paul Krugman — Nobel Laureate economist, #5 on Prospect magazine’s 2015 list of the world’s top

August 13, 2016
An anthropologist explains the disruptive politics of immigration

Summary: Immigration is one of the central political issues of our time, challenging the current ideologies

August 12, 2016
Campaign 2016: America passes into new hands

Summary: Campaign 2016 has achieved what many thought impossible, unifying America’s ruling class

August 11, 2016

How Things Work

Gawker.com is shutting down today, Monday 22nd August, 2016, some 13 years after it began and two days

August 22, 2016
Letters From Our Exes

Gawker.com will cease operations today. I asked former editors of the site to help us send it off. Thanks

August 22, 2016
How Guilty Should I Feel?

I often feel guilt when I assign a story. This is partly a function of being a woman who would, if she had

August 22, 2016

Hiking Guru Shares Perfect Paths

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May 30, 2014
Defending The F-Word

The oil and gas industry dislikes the noun fracking , shorthand for hydraulic fracturing . It

May 28, 2014
Not Your Grandparents’ Road Trip: 5 Green Reasons to Visit National Parks

Wailing children, crotchety parents, sand and sunscreen in uncomfortable places… you get the idea. If

May 28, 2014

20 Years Later, Poverty Is Up, But Architects of “Welfare Reform” Have No

A gathering Monday in Washington, D.C., featured a bipartisan group of former government officials agreeing

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Trump’s New Billionaire Backer Also Funds Huge Stockpile of Human Urine

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Ships Bring Your Coffee, Snack and TV Set, But Also Pests and Diseases

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Drug killings an international issue now

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Visible Origami | Something Along the Lines of a Continuing Theme.

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The UN Admits They Caused the Haiti Cholera Outbreak – Daisy Luther

Did you know that over the past 6 years over 10,000 people have died of cholera in Haiti? This may not

August 22, 2016

The Campaign from Hell: Blame Barbara Walters!

America, in the year 2016, you are suffering with the 'Campaign from Hell." The bottom line is
Cold Revenge

"Meretz is a loyal old party, saying all the right things, unblemished by corruption. Unfortunately it
Military voyeurism or invasion of Syria?

"The ‘chemical weapons’ scenario seems to be the best cue for Washington and their western allies in

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August 21, 2016
Huey P. Newton’s Brother Melvin Speaks on their Panther Histories

The People’s Minister of Information, JR Valrey interviews Melvin Newton, about his brother Huey P. Newton

August 21, 2016
Black August and the Unmasking of the US Police State

Black August, paradoxically, shines a light on the contradictions of a country that never was, yet must

August 20, 2016

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Summer Breeze

Happy to offer two splendid twentieth-century works of American art. Top – Thom Wasley, “

August 19, 2016

‘The Increasing Sustainability of Conventional Energy’ (1999 conclusions

“Artificial reliance on unconventional energies is problematic outside niche applications

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The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations

August 22, 2016
‘Lure of the Renewables’ (Vaclav Smil in 1987 for today)

“Perhaps the most distressing characteristic displayed by the pushers of soft energy was the

August 18, 2016

WSJ Pushes Flawed Talking Point That Teachers Unions Hurt Students Of Color

California Supreme Court Will Not Review Challenge To Teacher Tenure California Supreme Court Declined To
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Anchors Give Legitimacy To Clinton Health Conspiracies Their Own Outlets

Trump's Campaign, Surrogates, And Right-Wing Media Baselessly Claim Clinton Is Covering Up Poor Health

Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it

September 2, 2014
Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a

September 2, 2014
Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

September 2, 2014

“Time to recover Falklands/Malvinas dialogue”

Discussions between the UK and Argentina in 1980 referred to the Falkland Islands

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Uruguay's Prado show invites to a Hackathon competition blending agro,

The British Embassy in Montevideo, the Uruguayan Rural Association (ARU) and the

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Fed vice-president optimistic about US economy employment and inflation

The Federal Reserve is close to hitting its targets for US employment and 2

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October 13, 2014
More tickets released for Damon Albarn at the Royal Albert Hall – on sale

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October 13, 2014
Foo Fighters to premiere new track 'Something From Nothing' on

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October 13, 2014

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Nature’s news team is no longer updating this newsblog: all articles below are archived and extend up to

November 23, 2015
Contamination created controversial ‘acid-induced’ stem cells

Stem cells that were claimed to be created simply by exposing ordinary cells to stress were probably

December 28, 2014
US to lift ban on blood donations from gay men

The US Food and Drug Administration has announced plans to end a lifetime ban on blood donation for men who

December 24, 2014

Obama rule could take wind out of renewable power on public land #USA

It was supposed to be the largest wind farm in North America, with 1,000 turbines spinning above 320,000

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Greens back anti-windfarm case #SCT

The Green Party and Scottish Conservatives have joined campaigners demanding that the Scottish Government

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The town of Grafton will not hold a public vote this November on a proposed 28-turbine wind development

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August 17, 2016
Why “failed multiculturalism” sparks the need for extensive socio-cultural,

Nearly 30 years ago, Russia and other former USSR states entered an active phase of perestroika

August 17, 2016
How did the AUSTERITY MEASURES stimulate isolation of immigrant communities

It is important to mention that EU policies have encouraged austerity measures that affected the welfare

August 10, 2016

Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto

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May 2, 2016
Securing Blockchain.info Users with Tor and SSL

Over the past couple of weeks there has been a marked increase in the number of man-in-the-middle (MITM

December 3, 2014
FBI seizes fake Tor hosted Jihad funding website as part of Operation

As part of Operation Onymous the FBI seized some 276 Tor hidden services , many of which were clone or scam

November 17, 2014

Cancer Patient Beaten to Death Outside of Illinois Treatment Center

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Climate Hustle: Moi on the Big Screen

I'm on screen for a few seconds in a documentary film that will be shown in movie theatres across the

May 1, 2016
The Climate Inquisition: Attorneys General Go Rogue

No matter what voters say in the upcoming US election, a coalition of Attorney Generals intends to push for

April 20, 2016
Is Science Really Self-Correcting?

No one wants to confront scientific fraud. Not managers, not journals, and not lab colleagues. So the

April 11, 2016

Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery – What and How

May 24, 2016
Foods to fight and deal with Brain Cancer

Addressing the proper kind of diet is one of the most important aspects for a person suffering from brain

May 24, 2016
Know about the Stages of Ovarian Cancer

April 28, 2016

"The ‘shadow economy’ is a derogatory term used by elites to describe

“ The ‘shadow economy’ is a derogatory term used by elites to describe the economic activities of people

August 22, 2016
"In the early 2000s a Japanese researcher named Toshiyuki Nakagaki

“In the early 2000s a Japanese researcher named Toshiyuki Nakagaki placed a few cells of Physarum into a

August 17, 2016
"The Peaks of Eternal Light: A Near-term Property Issue on the Moon

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August 16, 2016

The Drug-Induced Suicide of Robin Williams Two Years Later: And the Perils

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Administrative Tribunals: An end run around the constitution

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August 21, 2016

Trump suggests potential softening in hardline position on immigration

By Steve Holland AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump held out the

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