'I can see dinosaurs from my back porch'

"'I can see dinosaurs from my back porch' * Track this topic * Print story * Post comment Palin-tology and the threat to science teaching By George Smith, Dick Destiny • Get more from this author Posted in Government, 26th September 2008 12:29 GMT GOP Veep...

Hunger in Africa blamed on western rejection of GM food

Environmentalists taking an anti-scientific stance to modern agriculture and in particular to GM crop use are causing hunger in Africa according to Sir David King - the UK government's former chief scientist. This...

The Audacity Of Liberal Defeatist Attitudes :: MAXINE

" By March or April 2008, the 6000 gold, silver and bronze medals for Beijing 2008 were ready. China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation in Shanghai, China, was the maker of the medals. /// The raw materials...

MI5 seeks gay spies in attempt to expand its recruiting base

M15, the British equivalent of the CIA, has instituted a new policy of actively seeking gay men and women as new recruits. The agency says its part of a wider mission to attract more diverse recruits from throughout society rather than just selecting people from Oxford or...

Monogamy's New Poster Boy - Bill Clinton

This is impossibly funny. "Bill Clinton made a plea yesterday for a new emphasis on monogamy as a key element in the battle against AIDS. The former U.S. president, not noted for his ability to keep his own marriage vows, said it was very important to change people's...

Surrogacy Still Stigmatized, Though Attitudes Changing Among Younger Women

" ScienceDaily (July 7, 2008) — Although younger people are becoming more positive towards surrogate mothers, current day attitudes to surrogacy are still broadly negative, a scientist will tell the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human...

One can never be "Too old or Too Gay"!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorHey, welcome to the Club, none of us want to get old, but you know, if appearances are all that matters, Gays certainly don't have a monopoly on shallowness. They say from...

Calgary: Tough Place to be Gay

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorHomo on the Range, where the Deer and the Antelope play seems to be a problem for this Oil and Cowboy town.A Gay presence is visible and seems to be viable as "June is Gay...

The toxic culture of the newsroom

Jay Rosen pointed me to a piece by Amy Gahran.  Is the newsroom its own worst enemy?"Most of what I do is help journalists and news orgs wrap their brains around the Internet. Generally I enjoy that work....

Globalisation - Making China More Westernised

"Scored yet?' That was the first question from several young adventurers crowded around a table at a bar in Lhasa, Tibet's colourful capital city. Between sips of yak butter tea, they trade jokes and swap tales about their latest sexual encounters. These twentysomethings on...

Feminists are Hot

It turns out that strong womyn are babes:"Busting stereotypes that peg feminists as ugly lesbians, a new study shows that having a feminist partner is linked with healthier, more romantic heterosexual relationships. The study, published online this week in the journal Sex...

Excess by Proxy: Virtual Sex and Drugs Causing Police Concern

I can see how lifestyle-tourists would be interested in a site like the one described below, but there are some things that a virtual experience just cannot provide. Using a more universal example, how would you go...

Women today prioritise financial freedom

"Financial independence is the single most important issue in the lives of women in Ireland today, according to the findings of an Irish Times/Behaviour & Attitudes social poll. A total of 65 per cent of women rank financial independence as a very important item in their...

Talking your way out of chronic conditions

"Talking therapies, by which people learn to change their attitudes towards illness, can help to relieve chronic conditions such as diabetes and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), scientists said yesterday. Research suggests that cognitive behavioural therapy, a technique by...

Karl Rove Not Ready to Help GOP, But Says Republicans Are in Good Position

"WASHINGTON — White House political adviser Karl Rove said Sunday he sees encouraging signs for the GOP in the public's strong negative opinions of Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton and...

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