News tagged with issues
Warner: Climate change a national security issue
(AP) -- Former Vice President Al Gore, a leading voice on climate change, urged lawmakers Friday to overcome partisan differences and pass legislation to curb greenhouse gases.
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Prediction or cause? Information theory may hold the key
(PhysOrg.com) -- "A perplexing philosophical issue in science is the question of anticipation, or prediction, versus causality," Shawn Pethel tells PhysOrg.com. "Can you tell the difference between something predicting an eve ...
Sep 30, 2011 |
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State may have brief window to slow loss of working forests to development
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today's slumping economy and housing market may reduce, temporarily, the insistent economic forces on Washington's private forestland owners to give up the cycle of harvesting and replanting ...
Mar 30, 2009 |
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New 'smart' electrical meters raise privacy issues
The new "smart meters" utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 06, 2009 |
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PNAS-published poll finds some Christians find their own political beliefs conflict with Jesus' teachings
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new online poll conducted by a team of three researchers from Stanford University has found that of those who identified themselves as Christians and who also identified themselves as either politically ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Opinion polls underestimate Americans' concern about the environment, study finds
When pollsters ask Americans to name the most important problem facing the country, the environment is rarely mentioned. But this time-honored polling question masks the public's true concern about environmental issues, according ...
May 13, 2010 |
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Half of your friends lost in seven years
Had a good chat with someone recently? Has a good friend just helped you to do up your home? Then you will be lucky if that person still does that in seven years time. Sociologist Gerald Mollenhorst investigated how the context ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 28, 2009 |
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Web abuzz with claims that Hubble sought to censor Lemaitre's paper
(PhysOrg.com) -- In one of those odd scientific debates where people who ought to know better, speak up, and in this case, print articles on arXiv, making claims about personal issues rather than science, buzz h ...
Jul 13, 2011 |
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A few hacker teams do most China-based data theft
As few as 12 different Chinese groups, largely backed or directed by the government there, commit the bulk of the China-based cyberattacks stealing critical data from U.S. companies and government agencies, according to U.S. ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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What about the boys?
Both boys and girls have issues, but boys seem to be the ones getting the raw deal. According to Judith Kleinfeld, professor of psychology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the US, issues affecting boys are more serious ...
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Study: Parenthood makes moms more liberal, dads more conservative
Parenthood is pushing mothers and fathers in opposite directions on political issues associated with social welfare, from health care to education, according to new research from North Carolina State University.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Saving labor: Political scientist says our system of improving factory conditions around the world is broken
The existence of harsh labor conditions in factories around the world is a pressing moral issue. But to improve those conditions, we should regard it as a logistical issue, too.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Gates discussing new nuclear reactor with China
(AP) -- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed Wednesday he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new and safer kind of nuclear reactor.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Report blames petroleum industry for 25% of toxic pollutants
The US petroleum industry accounted for a quarter of toxic pollutants recorded across North America in 2005 by a government-backed environmental watchdog, an annual report said on Wednesday.
Jun 11, 2009 |
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The Free Software Foundation takes aim at Gmail
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Free Software Foundation is at it again, promoting their laudable, if potentially unrealistic, goal to have all software released under a free software license. Their latest target for information freebies ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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