Science

  • It’s Global Warming, Stupid

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    “It’s Global Warming, Stupid” All it took was a major catastrophe on the eastern seaboard, but we’re finally starting to talk about the effect of climate change on weather.  Love this cover on BloombergBusinessweek, and it’s been very reassuring to see more and more recent news stories making the connection between Hurricane Sandy and Climate…

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  • “Climategate” deflated, but the damage is done

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    “A lie can get halfway around the world while the truth is still putting its boots on.” Some media outlets have finally come around to admitting their mistake in the “Climategate” fiasco, but it may be too little, too late.  After the computer break-in that revealed supposedly damaging emails from scientists at the East Anglia…

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  • Elsewhere: When Fat-Free Makes No Sense

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    …or Why I NEVER Buy Reduced Fat Sour Cream!  From the always great Fooducate Blog: Regular’s Ingredients [3 of them]: Cultured pasteurized grade A cream and milk, enzymes. … Fat Free’s Ingredients [12]: Cultured Lowfat Milk, Modified Corn Starch,Whey Protein Concentrate, Propylene Glycol Monoester, Artificial Color, Gelatin, Sodium Phosphate, Agar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Citrate,…

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