Right-Wing Church Blames Tornado Devastation On Support For Gay Player

huffingtonpost.com 13 hours ago

A prominent member of the Westboro Baptist Church is drawing a link between the Oklahoma tornado's devastation and a local team's support for openly gay NBA star Jason Collins.

 
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WATCH: Tornado Victim Finds Dog During CBS Interview

huffingtonpost.com 14 hours ago

A CBS news segment provided a rare moment of good news stemming from Monday's devastating tornado when a storm victim found her dog during an on-air interview...

 
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10% of UK wildlife 'endangered'

bbc.co.uk 3 hours ago

A "stocktake" of UK nature suggests 60% of animal and plant species have declined in the past 50 years - and one in 10 could end up disappearing.

 
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China agrees to impose carbon targets by 2016

independent.co.uk 11 hours ago

The battle against global warming has received a transformational boost after China, the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, proposed to set a cap on its greenhouse gas emissions for the first...

 
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Leveled Schools Lacked Tornado Shelters Due To Haphazard Regulation

huffingtonpost.com 6 hours ago

The two elementary schools leveled by the deadly tornado that swept through the Oklahoma City area Monday lacked designated safe rooms designed to protect children and teachers, despite state warnings...

 
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Fifty-five beaches meet new rules

bbc.co.uk 3 hours ago

Fifty five beaches in England meet tough new EU standards on water quality to achieve Blue Flag awards.

 
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India bans captive dolphin shows, says they should be seen as ‘non-human persons’

treehugger.com 6 hours ago

In a bold move to protect the well-being of dolphins, India has moved to ban dolphin shows -- a push that helps elevate their status from creatures of mere curiosity to one that borders more closely...

 
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Oklahoma Senators Face Difficult Options On Disaster Relief

huffingtonpost.com 21 May

WASHINGTON -- As frantic rescue missions continued Monday in Oklahoma following the catastrophic tornadoes that ripped through the state, it appeared increasingly likely that residents who lost homes...

 
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» Learning How To Cope With Depression - Caregivers, Family & Friends

blogs.psychcentral.com 2 hours ago

Depression is one of those health conditions that usurps every part of a suffering individual’s life...

 
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What unconventional fuels tell us about the global energy system | Plugged In, Scientific American...

blogs.scientificamerican.com 5 hours ago

Several days ago I finished reading Charles C. Mann’s article in The Atlantic titled “What If We Never Run Out Of Oil?”, a long-form discussion of ...

 
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You Are Less Beautiful Than You Think

scientificamerican.com 18 hours ago

In April 15, 2013 Dove launched a 3-minute video entitled “Dove Real Beauty Sketches.” The video achieved instant popularity and has been watched millions of times -- a successful viral campaign...

 
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How To Enjoy Your Decision

scientificamerican.com 2 hours ago

Decisions can be hard. We may be haunted by the path not taken. [More]

 
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Shocking new theory: Humans hunted, ate Neanderthals

science.nbcnews.com 14 hours ago

By Larry O'HanlonDiscovery News Humans today eat gorillas and chimpanzees, so why would our prehistoric ancestors flinch at sitting down to a nicely roasted Neanderthal? That's the shocking new...

 
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LOOK: The Deadliest States For Tornadoes

huffingtonpost.com 9 hours ago

Recent extreme weather events seem to reach into unlikely corners of the U.S., but the massive tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., on Monday tore right through the edge of a region so often battered...

 
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3 Planets Performing Rare Night Sky Show: How to See It

news.yahoo.com 15 hours ago

Three planets are coming together in the evening sky at the moment, putting on a celestial show that won't be seen again for more than a decade.

 
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Why Did Penguins Stop Flying? The Answer Is Evolutionary

news.nationalgeographic.com 20 May

Scientists say they've learned why penguin wings, now used for swimming, no longer get the birds off the ground.

 
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Vitamin C can kill drug-resistant TB

sciencedaily.com 2 hours ago

In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture...

 
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The Canadian War on Science: A long, unexaggerated, devastating chronological indictment

scienceblogs.com 20 May

This is a brief chronology of the current Conservative Canadian government’s long campaign to undermine evidence-based scientific, environmental and technical decision-making...

 
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Breakthrough clean gold mining technique replaces cyanide with... cornstarch!

treehugger.com 9 hours ago

Mining gold's a dirty business. To extract gold from raw ore, a lot of cyanide is required, and wherever a lot of cyanide is found, there are also big environmental risks.

 
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Clouds in the head: New model of brain's thought processes

sciencedaily.com 3 hours ago

A new model of the brain's thought processes explains the apparently chaotic activity patterns of individual neurons...

 
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Bacterial spare parts filter antibiotic residue from groundwater

sciencedaily.com 2 hours ago

Researchers have developed and tested a solar-powered nano filter that is able to remove harmful carcinogens and antibiotics from water sources -- lakes and rivers -- at a significantly higher rate...

 
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Lost in translocation? How bird song could help save species

sciencedaily.com 2 hours ago

Translocation – or moving animals to safer places – is a vital tool for saving species from extinction...

 
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Weather conditions were ideal for tornado that slammed Oklahoma

latimes.com 1 hour ago

The city of Moore, Okla., was struck by a devastating tornado Monday because all the familiar ingredients were in place to spawn such a massive storm.

 
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H. pylori, smoking trends, and gastric cancer in US men

sciencedaily.com 2 hours ago

Trends in Helicobacter pylori and smoking explain a significant proportion of the decline of intestinal-type noncardia gastric adenocarcinoma incidence in US men between 1978 and 2008, and are...

 
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LOOK: Oklahoma Tornado Seen From Space

huffingtonpost.com 8 hours ago

While emergency services on the ground work to help survivors in the aftermath of the devastating 2-mile-wide tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., Monday afternoon, NASA has released images of a...

 
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WATCH: Mom's Emotional Reunion With Son After Tornado

huffingtonpost.com 13 hours ago

After the tornado hit Moore, Okla., on Monday, and severely damaged two elementary schools, fearful parents scrambled to search for their children...

 
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Prince Charles calls for war on animal poachers

guardian.co.uk 12 hours ago

Threats to wildlife must be treated as battle, Prince of Wales tells conservationists at St James's Palace conference

 
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Ethicists' behavior not more moral

sciencedaily.com 2 hours ago

Do ethicists engage in better moral behavior than other professors? The answer is no. Nor are they more likely than nonethicists to act according to values they espouse.

 
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Dear American Consumers: Please don’t start eating healthfully. Sincerely, the Food Industry | Guest...

blogs.scientificamerican.com 19 May

Dear Consumers: A disturbing trend has come to our attention. You, the people, are thinking more about health, and you’re starting to do something about it. ...

 
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Power of Okla. tornado surpassed Hiroshima bomb

cbsnews.com 9 hours ago

National Weather Service upgrades Okla tornado to its top-of-the-scale rating of EF-5, with winds estimated between 200-210 mph

 
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» 5 Simple Words that Could Ruin Your Relationship - World of Psychology

psychcentral.com 5 hours ago

This article from YourTango was written by Julie Orlov. Words are powerful. They can cut you, heal you, inspire you, and stop you from certain actions...

 
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NASA Funds 3D Pizza Printer

news.yahoo.com 8 hours ago

NASA has doled out a research grant to develop a prototype 3D printer for food, so astronauts may one day enjoy 3D-printed pizza on Mars.

 
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Better understanding of water's freezing behavior at nanoscale

sciencedaily.com 2 hours ago

The results of a new study provide direct computational evidence that nucleation of ice in small droplets is strongly size-dependent, an important conclusion in understanding water’s behavior at the...

 
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Microsoft reveals Xbox One entertainment console

foxnews.com 12 hours ago

Microsoft revealed the Xbox One, its next-generation entertainment console, during a presentation Tuesday at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash.

 
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