March 2012
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The Test Tube with David Suzuki →
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Barack Obama Just Went After The Wealthy... →
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Watchleftish:
VIDEO: THE CROW VENDING MACHINE - Joshua Klein explains the origins of the project on Ted Talks (LinkTV)
Fascinating…many animals are heading towards extinction, while crows are thriving in today’s world. They are usually found within 1/2 mile of humans, and are extremely clever and resourceful…this video demonstrates that.
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New tool for breaking the epigenetic code →
oldowan:
For the last dozen years, scientists have known that minuscule strings of genetic material called small RNA are critically important to our genetic makeup. But finding out what they do hasn’t been easy. Now a scientist from Michigan Technological University and his team have developed a way to turn off small RNAs and find out just how important they can be.
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Concerned for Conservation: An open letter to... →
mothernaturenetwork:
mad-as-a-marine-biologist:
Dear Tumblr,
We are writing to ask you to consider adding a ‘Conservation’ or ‘Environment’ featured tag.
We’re not outright asking. We know that featured tags are those that have a certain amount of traffic, but please consider the following:
1. The field of conservation is wide-ranging. As a result related content is tagged under a mix of...
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yobaba: " ... this makes me want to throw up ... " →
yobaba:
‘I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute; where no Catholic prelate would tell the President — should he be Catholic — how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote.’ ~ John Kennedy
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Not mentioned by pRick Santorum is…
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GOP will weaken Medicare if they kill Affordable... →
by Raymond Gellner
February 29, 2012
From the article: In her White House blog on Wednesday, Deputy White House Chief of Staff Nancy-Ann DeParle reinforced the need to stop Republican lawmakers in their attempts to disband the Affordable Care Act’s Independent Payment Advisor Board (IPAB), stating that the GOP alternative will significantly weaken Medicare and make insurance companies the...
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As Republicans Claim Wall Street Reform Is Killing... →
anticapitalist:
As House Republicans and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce team up for their latest assault on the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, specifically a rule reining in banks’ risky trading, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has released its latest Quarterly Banking Profile, which shows that GOP claims regarding Dodd-Frank killing America’s banks have little truth behind...
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February 2012
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13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by the... →
mamitah:beautifulbrwn:
“On Saturday, February 18, 2012, the Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York presented the first Spirit of Freedom award to Jada Williams, a 13-year old city of Rochester student. Miss Williams wrote an essay on her impressions of Frederick Douglass’ first autobiography the Narrative of the Life. This was part of an essay contest, but her essay was never entered. It...
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BACAWWWWWWWWWW!!!
rhamphotheca:
CAWWWWW.
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SAVE THE DANUBE – STOP DESTRUCTION! →
www-outerspacepi:
Petition to protect the “Amazon of Europe”
Danube’s most valuable and best preserved floodplain system along its entire 2,850 kilometers length is threatened with destruction: the “Kopački Rit” in Croatia. A major project to regulate this unique region is currently in the final stage of decision. If the project becomes reality, the natural Danube will be transformed into a...
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““In 1989 when I first climbed Everest there was a lot of snow and ice but now...”
– ‘Super sherpa’ says climate change may make Mount Everest unclimbable, via Rawstory (via climateadaptation)
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