News tagged with public conscience
Growth in military contracting blurs lines of accountability
The thriving use of private military contractors in place of citizen-soldiers allows nations to externalize the costs of war and outsource accountability during wartime, according to sociologist Katherine McCoy, writing in ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Australia's Barrier Reef to get Google treatment
Australian scientists mapping the Great Barrier Reef will broadcast their findings in partnership with Google, emulating its "Street View" to spotlight the impact of climate change.
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Science overturns view of humans as naturally 'nasty'
Biological research increasingly debunks the view of humanity as competitive, aggressive and brutish, a leading specialist in primate behavior told a major science conference Monday.
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Fixing the economy the scientific way
Here are two facts that might seem unrelated: (1) Most Americans cannot name a living scientist. (2) Over the last two years, by far the most pressing problems in the country have been the economy and the cost of health ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 03, 2011 |
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Save the world from climate change -- by computer
Computer gamers who like a challenge can now take on one of the toughest around: saving the entire planet, this time from climate change.
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Contraception could be free under health care law
Fifty years after the pill, another birth control revolution may be on the horizon: free contraception for women in the U.S., thanks to the new health care law.
Oct 31, 2010 |
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Revealing the metabolic activity of microbial communities
Microbial communities are performing important functions all around us - from the earth in our flowerpots to the human gut. Now researchers have developed a method for studying the metabolic functions of microbial ...
May 11, 2010 |
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Research corroborates mindfulness meditation effective in Marriage and Family Therapy curriculum
Virginia Tech is one of few universities to integrate mindfulness meditation into its Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) program curriculum, according to Eric McCollum, professor of human development and MFT ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Decision on Google library likely to change publishing indelibly
Google has been busy. The Internet giant has been copying and storing millions of the world's out-of-print and out-of-copyright books in a vast online archive. It could all be just a mouse click away from your computer screen ...
Mar 19, 2010 |
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UN climate chief quits, leaves talks hanging
(AP) -- The sharp-tongued U.N. official who shepherded troubled climate talks for nearly four years announced his resignation Thursday, leaving an uncertain path to a new treaty on global warming.
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Google search engine's future in China is unclear
(AP) -- Google Inc. is enjoying an avalanche of good will because of its threat to leave China over e-mail hacking attacks against dissidents.
Jan 15, 2010 |
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