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Climate science update: from bad to worse - Yahoo! NewsThe planet could warm by seven degrees Celsius (10.8 degrees Fahrenheit) this century, a figure that lies at the farthest range of expert predictions made only two years ago, scientists said on Tuesday. The study is the biggest overview on global warming since the UN Intergovernmental Panel on ...
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On GeniusWhat we think of as a writer's unique and individual gifts, those sparkling sentences that critics extol--in my present understanding--are really the effervescence of language itself.
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Search engines are source of learningSearch engine use is not just part of our daily routines; it is also becoming part of our learning process, according to Penn State researchers. The researchers sought to discover the cognitive processes underlying searching. They examined the search habits of 72 participants while conducting a ...
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Jacques Vallee: Waterboarding's curious corollaries - Boing BoingWhen it was revealed that the U.S. resorted to torture to extract information from prisoners, many people my age must have had a very somber thought for the thousands of young Americans who had given their lives on the beaches of Normandy in a brave effort to rid the world of governments that ...
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Bigger not necessarily better, when it comes to brainsTiny insects could be as intelligent as much bigger animals, despite only having a brain the size of a pinhead, say scientists at Queen Mary, University of London. "Animals with bigger brains are not necessarily more intelligent," according to Lars Chittka, Professor of Sensory and Behavioural ...
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Romantic Rivalries Stir Religious Feelings - Yahoo! NewsRivals on the dating scene could make one feel closer to God, according to new research that suggests one's religiousness may be more closely related to mating strategies than previously known. In experiments with 269 college students, researchers found that both men and women apparently felt ...
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Yoga in India: Cultural immersion, self-knowledge - Yahoo! NewsI needed an escape, a vacation that would shake me out of my routine, and leave me with more than souvenirs and digital photos. So when the yoga center in New York where I'm learning to meditate organized a two-week yoga trip to India, I decided to go. We flew to New Delhi and the next day ...
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Technology DOESN'T isolate people: New study shows the Internet and mobile phones increase your social network | Mail OnlineBut a new study has found that the Internet and mobile phones do precisely the opposite and actually enhance people’s social worlds. The Pew Internet and American Life Project, titled ‘Social Isolation and New Technology’, found that people who embraced the modern technologies had larger and ...
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Futurists' report reviews dangers of smart robots - Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewScientists are preparing to publish a report this month that examines, in part, whether robots could eventually become so smart they pose a threat to society. The report will include concerns some researchers have voiced about the legal and ethical use of artificial intelligence. Most computer ...
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Krishnamurti & David Bohm - The Future of Humanity 1aTHE FUTURE OF HUMANITY is a dialogue between J. ...
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