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Ida grows into hurricane near Mexico's Carib coast

San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats as Ida strengthened into a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun.

Are CSIRO scientists still being gagged?

Deltoid (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Back in 2006 it was revealed that scientists at the CSIRO had been forbidden from commenting on some impacts of climate change : JANINE COHEN: Kevin Hennessy is the coordinator of the CSIRO's Climate Impact Group. One of his jobs is to talk about the potential impacts of climate change. But there are some likely impacts of climate change that are clearly a no-go zone. Some scientists believe that...

Ida hurricane watch for Mexico's Caribbean coast

Examiner (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats amid warnings that Tropical Storm Ida could become a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun.

Ida grows into hurricane near Mexico's Caribbean coast

Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats amid warnings that Tropical Storm Ida could become a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun.

Are Cougars Really Extinct in Ontario, Canada?

Green Options (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

The Eastern Cougar has become somewhat like big foot in some parts of Ontario, particularly Southern Ontario; while they once thrived in that region, the last documented living cougar in Ontario was recorded in 1938. Around this stage the Eastern Cougar was moved to the extinct list in the province of Ontario in Canada; however, a number of reported and confirmed sightings over the past decade have...

Yurt Living: Window Shopping

Green Options (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Seems yurt manufacturers have been surveying customer comments. Good thing, as that’s how progressive changes occurred at the Colorado Yurt Company . They recently added a new design because customers relayed their preference to open their windows from inside. This is good news for yurt dwellers without an exterior walking deck and with a raised platform. For those, it’s go outside with...

Chevy Volt Batteries In Cold Weather

FuturePundit (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

A Fortune Magazine article by Alex Taylor points toqualifiers on claims of the performance of the forthcoming Chevy Volt pluggable hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). Read the whole article. But I found the part about batteries most interesting. That's not all. Also under scrutiny is GM's oft-repeated assertion that the Volt will have an all-electric range of 40 miles. Critics point out that the car needs...

World’s Most Elusive and Endangered Cat Caught on Film

Green Options (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Researchers in Malaysian Borneo have captured the world’s most elusive and endangered cat on film. The beautiful Bornean bay cat, Catopuma badia , is so rare; a live cat was not even photographed until 1998! Read more of this story »

The Corporation Part 14

Greg Laden's Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

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Ida strengthens, heads to Gulf Coast

CNN (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Tropical storm Ida could regain hurricane status Saturday night as it heads toward the Gulf Coast.

Ida strengthens, expected to become hurricane by Sunday

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Fueling on the warm Caribbean Sea, Tropical Storm Ida gained speed and strength and was expected to become a hurricane Saturday night or Sunday morning as it moved north on a path that could threaten Florida Panhandle and other Gulf Coast states by next week.

11/8/2009 -- W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback

Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Hovering on extinction's edge, West Africa's last giraffes make a surprising comeback

• West Africa's last giraffes make surprise comeback - Examiner
• West Africa's last giraffes make surprise comeback - Miami Herald
• See the 5 articles on the same subject

Indiana U. at APHA: Studies about health education for people with ID, stability balls at work

Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

The first study examines a curriculum used to help people with intellectual disabilities make good decisions about their health and fitness. People with ID are living more and more independently yet they aren't taught about personal health. The second study examines how the use of a stability ball for an office chair affects leg muscles. It also looks at the influence of handedness.

Sad news about Warren DeLano

Open Science (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

I just heard the sad news about Warren DeLano, one of the giants of open source scientific software (and the author of PyMOL). Warren passed away suddenly a few days ago. Like everyone else, I’m stunned and saddened by this news. For those of you who don’t know, PyMOL is a fantastic piece [...]

Quote of the moment: Robert F. Kennedy, on what matters in economies

Millard Fillmore's Bathtub (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Cribbing completely from Harry Clarke (with a few corrections in the text): RFK said this in 1968. In a speech I heard today it was quoted and it stirred me. Too much and for too long, we seem to have surrendered personal excellence and community value in the mere accumulation of material things. Our Gross National Product, [...]

Watch The Box Online | Download The Box Movie Free

trangleso | 13 hours ago

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Typhoon Mirinae Already Scaring Philippines Before Halloween

mamun2336 | 10/30/2009

Another typhoon in the northern Philippines really is something to be scared about, and Mirinae is expected to make landfall there in the mid-morning hours on Halloween, October 31. Mirinae will be the fourth major storm to hit the Philippines in one month bringing more rain to an already flood-weary region. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite is already hard at work analyzing...

• Typhoon Mirinae is already scaring Philippine residents before Halloween - Physorg
• Typhoon Mirinae Already Scaring Philippines Before Halloween - Red Orbit

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frankryan2009 | 10/29/2009

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