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Statistical analysis projects future temperatures in North America

For the first time, researchers have been able to combine different climate models using spatial statistics - to project future seasonal temperature changes in regions across North America.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (21) | comments 50 | with audio podcast

Yahoo! dumping products in turn-around plan

Yahoo! is dumping products along with workers in a quest to return the faded Internet star to glory.

Technology / Business

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Less knowledge, more power: Uninformed can be vital to democracy, study finds

Contrary to the ideal of a completely engaged electorate, individuals who have the least interest in a specific outcome can actually be vital to achieving a democratic consensus. These individuals dilute the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 163 | with audio podcast

Expect a tough round of climate talks in Durban: S.Africa

The upcoming UN climate talks in South Africa will be "tough" despite progress in moving toward a new round of Kyoto Protocol commitments, South Africa's foreign minister said Friday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

UN meets to mull climate change quick-fix options

On the heels of another halting round of talks on climate change, UN scientists this week will review quick-fix options for beating back the threat of global warming that rely on technology rather than political ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 19, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 31

As climate talks sputter, UN scientists vet 'Plan B'

On the heels of another halting round of talks on climate change, UN scientists this week will review quick-fix options for beating back the threat of global warming that rely on technology rather than political wrangling.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 18, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 33

Frequent inaccuracies in testosterone testing lead to call for standardization

The use of testosterone assays for patient care and research is on the rise as new research links testosterone to a variety of diseases and conditions. Although the assays are heavily used, discrepancies and inaccuracies ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts advocate realigning type 2 diabetes treatments with disease's natural history

A new consensus statement published in the September, 2010, issue of The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) finds that the increasing recognition that beta-cell failure occurs much e ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Why 'scientific consensus' fails to persuade

Suppose a close friend who is trying to figure out the facts about climate change asks whether you think a scientist who has written a book on the topic is a knowledgeable and trustworthy expert. You see from the dust jacket ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (37) | comments 64 | with audio podcast

AAO-HNS releases consensus statement: diagnosis and management of nasal valve compromise

Today, the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) announced the release of a consensus statement to address ambiguities and disparities in the diagnosis and management of nasal valve compromise ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Outside science academies to review warming panel

(AP) -- The beleaguered global warming panel has found an outside group to review how it writes its reports.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Television has less effect on education about climate change than other forms of media

Worried about climate change and want to learn more? You probably aren't watching television then. A new study by George Mason University Communication Professor Xiaoquan Zhao suggests that watching television has no significant ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Democrats win approval of health bill in committee

(AP) -- President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are looking ahead to a health care showdown on the House floor in September following a key committee's passage of sweeping overhaul legislation.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Misdiagnosis of disorders of consciousness still commonplace

A sixteen-month study of consensus-based diagnosis of patients with disorders of consciousness has shown that 41% of cases of minimally conscious state (MCS) were misdiagnosed as vegetative state (VS), a condition associated ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rating attractiveness: Study finds consensus among men, not women

Hot or not? Men agree on the answer. Women don't.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 5