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The Satisfying Purity of Indignation

From Obama’s Nobel acceptance speech (emphasis mine)… The promotion of human rights cannot be about exhortation alone. At times, it must be coupled with painstaking diplomacy. I know...
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How is ClimateGate like Creationism?

The “ClimateGate” email “scandal” about climate change reminds me very much about the manufactured controversy about evolution and Charles Darwin. How so? In the case...
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Who to believe?

“Who to believe on climate change mystery: scientists or conservative pundits?” - Josh Marshall It seems like the answer should be obvious. (via)
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Good advice

Some excellent graphical advice to assist in achieving the happiness you desire.
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Global Warming, Deniers, and "ClimateGate"

Great editorial by Chris Mooney on the Science Progress blog about global warming and the deniers’ campaign to discredit the real science that supports it. (via)
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Copenhagen climate change conference

Copenhagen climate change conference: ‘Fourteen days to seal history’s judgment on this generation’ This Guardian editorial calling for action from world leaders on climate...
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Long Term Evidence for Vaccines

Newsweek has an article today titled The Long Term Evidence for Vaccines and it does a great job showing just how important vaccinations are and how vaccinations provide invaluable benefits to...
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Phil Plait nails it… again.

Phil Plait over at Bad Astronomy is pretty science-minded (intentionally understated for dramatic effect). One of his latest posts deals with the email "scandal" at the CRU and as usual,...
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It’s so true

Both sides of the aisle have their crazies, but only one side thinks their crazies are sane. - Steve Benen (via)
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Climate Change and CRU Emails

Instead of re-posting the entire entry here, I’m going to link to my Rationality Now post with my commentary about the CRU email hack and what, if any, implications the emails have on climate...
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Heads of Agency International Space Station

 
The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met in Tokyo, Japan, on March 11, 2010, to review ISS cooperation. From the left are Dr. Keiji Tachikawa, President of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator; Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of the European Space Agency; Anatoly N. Permirov, Head of the Russian Space Agency; and, Dr. Steve MacLean, President of the Canadian Space Agency. With the assembly of the ISS nearing completion and the capability to support a full-time crew of six established, they noted the outstanding opportunities now offered by the ISS for on-orbit research and for discovery including the operation and management of the world's largest international space complex. The heads of agency reaffirmed the importance of full exploitation of the station's scientific, engineering, utilization, and education potential. They noted that there are no identified technical constraints to continuing ISS operations beyond the current planning horizon, and that the partnership is currently working to certify on-orbit elements through 2028. They emphasized their common intent to undertake the necessary procedures within their respective governments to reach consensus later this year on the continuation of the ISS to the next decade. Image Credit: JAXA
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