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The Data behind the Climate Change Fight back (Graphic)

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Scientists are fighting back over climate change. Get the data behind the latest battle - and see how we visualized it.

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No Second chances for sexual predators

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I am neither sympathetic toward nor inclined to help sexual offenders. But we appear to be piling on, so that those who successfully change their thinking and their behavior might never get going again. When so many politicians, including the governor, exploit an issue such as this, that's when I really get the creeps.

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The Definition of Insanity

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It’s time for change in the video game industry. Graphics are getting better, gameplay is evolving, and expectations are rising. The following games need to take that next step to stay relevant in the ever changing gaming landscape.

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How Job Seekers Are Using Social Media for Real Results

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 8th, 2010

Whether you’re looking for your first job, exploring a career change, or just setting yourself up for future success, social media sites have proven themselves as important platforms for facilitating connections, demonstrating passions and interests, and ultimately landing you the job you actually want.

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Humans driving extinction faster than species can evolve

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Conservationists say rate of new species slower than diversity loss caused by the destruction of habitats and climate change.

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10 Jobs You Wish You Had

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We live in a country where, according to the statistics, adults somewhere between the ages of 18 to mid-thirties change careers an average of ten times. Most of us out there have daydreamed one time or another about having a different, and killer job … and if you deny this fact, you’re indeed a liar.

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Is Avatar’s Sex Scene Oscar-Worthy?

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If "Underworld II" and "Watchmen" didn't get the Oscar for awkward sex-scene, will Cameron's erotic space-romp change the trend?

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Dreadfully Few Women Are Open Source Developers

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But instead of just whining about it, some organizations are actually doing something. A refreshing change.

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Despite New Policy, Pentagon Still Wary of the Tubes

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The Pentagon last week issued a new open door policy on social media last week. So how did an Air Force network administrator find out about the change? Not through their chain of command, but by reading about it on Danger Room.

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Darwin Deniers Add Warming to Targets

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Critics of evolution are gaining ground by linking the issue to climate change, arguing that dissenting views on both should be taught in public schools.

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The Impact of Food Waste On Climate Change [INFOGRAPHIC]

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New research this week estimates that food wasted by the US and Europe could feed the world three times over. Food waste contributes to excess consumption of freshwater and fossil fuels which, along with methane and CO2 emissions from rotting food, impacts global climate change.

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Climategate 2? More ‘private e-mails’ go public

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Undaunted by a rash of scandals over the science underpinning climate change, top climate researchers are plotting to respond with what one scientist involved said needs to be "an outlandishly aggressively partisan approach"; to gut the credibility of skeptics.

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Is the sky falling on global warming?

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Todd Stern, America's Special Envoy for Climate Change — and people wonder where to begin cutting government — warned that those interested in "undermining action on climate change" will seize on "whatever tidbit they can find." Tidbits like specious science, and the absence of warming?

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Ten Companies Reinventing Our Energy Infrastructure

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Any one technology is unlikely to solve the looming climate change and peak oil problems, but working together within the larger system, they could tilt the globe away from catastrophe and towards a sustainable future.pa href="http://digg.com/environment/Ten_Companies_Reinventing_Our_Energy_Infrastructure"Digg/a | a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/energycogallery/"Original/a/p

How to calculate your carbon footprint

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Our modern industrial society emits an unprecedented amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, contributing to global climate change. How much do we as individuals contribute to global warming.pa href="http://digg.com/environment/How_to_calculate_your_carbon_footprint_3"Digg/a | a href="http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-04-18/bay-area/17145628_1_carbon-footprint-carbon-calculators-households"Original/a/p