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Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, 46, found dead in New York apartment: reports
Multiple media reports say that Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his apartment Sunday.
Egypt court acquits Al Jazeera cameraman
Mohamed Badr cleared of charges, along with 61 other defendants, meaning he could be freed in coming days.

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New 'Titan' dinosaur discovered in China
Paleontologists have pieced together a new species of sauropod dinosaur from its fossil remains. Named Yongjinglong datangi, the new dinosaur lived mo...
Other Interesting arXiv Papers (Week Ending 1 February 2014)
The best of the rest from the arXiv preprint server.Computational Diagnosis of Canine Lymphoma
The Christopher Everard Show with guest CRAIG SANTY
The WITCH TRIALS, THE MATRIX, Rosemary’s Baby, and FRANKENSTEIN are just some of the fascinating subjects which British film director CHRIS EVERARD discusses with HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER Mr CRAIG SANTY. website: http://http//http//www.enigmatv.com/the_enigma_channel/Movies.html
Astronauts grow edible vegetables on ISS
Russian scientists have revealed that food grown aboard the space station is entirely safe to eat. Astronauts have been growing vegetables on the Inte...
Prince Charles says headless chickens should have more blind trust in science 200+ JoNova: Science, ... / by Joanne Nova / 2d 

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Why does Australian PM Tony Abbott support fossil fuel subsidies? | Alexander White
Why does Tony Abbott support $10 billion per year in fossil fuel subsidies but oppose an aid package for food manufacturer SPC-Ardmona?The Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was only elected in September 2013, but already has a rapidly growing list of broken promises and inconsistent decisions regarding public funding support for private industry and non-profit organisations.This includes the Australian car manufacturing industry (Ford and Holden),  scrapping the Home Energy Saver Scheme, axing $2.5 million in funding for community radio stations, stopped support for Caterpillar in Tasmania
Could bankers save the Great Barrier Reef marine park? | Giles Parkinson
Giles Parkinson: If, as green groups have assessed, the Galilee Basin resources are one of a number of global 'carbon bombs', then it seems the only people likely to save the planet are bankersGiles Parkinson
Climate change sceptics are 'headless chickens', says Prince Charles
Charles uses green awards speech at Buckingham Palace to renew attack on 'powerful groups of deniers'The Prince of Wales has launched an attack on climate change sceptics, describing them as the "headless chicken brigade" and accusing "powerful groups of deniers" of engaging in intimidation.Charles, who has long campaigned to raise awareness of global warming and has hit out at sceptics in the past, unleashed his latest salvo during an awards ceremony at Buckingham Palace for green entrepreneurs."It is baffling, I must say, that in our modern world we have such blind t

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Flooding: too little defence, too late, as the waters rise
Is Britain suffering the consequence of long neglect of flood risks – and will the damage to homes and livelihoods just get worse?Like the lines drawn by parents measuring the height of their growing children, there are chalked marks on the walls of the houses piled in a picturesque jumble along the lower streets of Yalding. They have been drawn by residents scoring the progress of floodwaters thr
January was England's wettest winter month in almost 250 years
Last month's seasonal total was higher than any since 1767 and three times the average levelThe deluge that has engulfed southern and central England in recent weeks is the worst winter downpour in almost 250 years, according to figures from the world's longest-running weather station.The rainfall measured at the historic Radcliffe Meteorological Station at Oxford University in January was greater
Arctic city hopes to cash in as melting ice opens new sea route to China
Thaw in temperatures brought by climate change could bring benefits for Siberian city of Nadym as global trade patterns shiftThe city of Nadym, in the extreme north of Siberia, is one of the Earth's least hospitable places, shrouded in darkness for half of the year, with temperatures plunging below -30C and the nearby Kara Sea semi-permanently frozen.But things are looking up for this Arctic conur

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Keystone XL pipeline closer to reality after State Department review
Final decision rests with Barack Obama but review says no 'significant' effect on carbon emissions is likelySuzanne Goldenberg
Approving Keystone XL could be the biggest mistake of Obama's presidency | Michael Mann
A State Department report fails to take into account the full climate impacts of Keystone XL. Who is Obama protecting?I have made my position on the Keystone XL pipeline quite clear. Approving this hotly debated pipeline would send America down the wrong path. The science tells us now is the time that we should be throwing everything we have into creating a clean 21st century energy economy, not d
The communication of uncertainty is hindering climate change action
The longer the climate discourse is mired in the intricacies of uncertainty, the less likely a transformation will take placeFor fans of probability, confidence intervals and margins of error, climate change is a dream come true. For everyone else, the fact that uncertainty (inherent in any complex area of science) has gradually become one of climate change's defining features is a constant headac

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