BOOKS - Book Excerpt: The Convict Christ
Jens Soering on the central fact of faith that Jesus as a condemned criminal executed alongside two thieves .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id
CLIMATE - Global warming slowdown ‘does not invalidate climate change’
National science academies of the US and the UK say longer-term warming trend is still evident.worradirek/ShutterstockThe slowdown in rising global surface temperatures is not a sign that climate change is no longer happening, the national science academies of the US and the UK have said.Publishing a guide on the state of climate change science, the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society said the short-term slowdown this century did n ...
CLIMATE - Obama has a good transportation plan. Now we just need to raise the gas tax to pay for it.
If you can’t pass good legislation, at least promote good ideas.Manfred Steinbach/ThinkstockThe problems all started with Newt Gingrich. For decades, federal transportation funding had been a bastion of bipartisanship: The gasoline tax served as a user fee for our roads, 20 percent of the revenue went to mass transit and the rest to highways, and everyone kept the system running so their districts could get what they needed. Then, in 1994, Gingri ...
CLIMATE - Study: Global Warming Will Cause 180,000 More Rapes by 2099
Controversial new research predicts that over the coming century, rising temperatures will result in more violent crime.aijohn784/ThinkstockGlobal warming isn’t just going to melt the Arctic and flood our cities—it’s also going to make Americans more likely to kill each other.That’s the conclusion of a controversial new study that uses historic crime and temperature data to show that hotter weather leads to more murders, more rapes, more robberie ...
EARTH - Earthwatch: The earth moved (a little)
Just over a week ago teacups started to rattle across southwest Britain, when a magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck the Bristol Channel. In the UK such a quake is newsworthy: magnitude four quakes occur roughly once every three or four years. Magnitude fives meanwhile, occur approximately every twenty years – the last one being the magnitude 5.2 Market Rasen earthquake in Lincolnshire, which shook a large area and caused one chimney to collapse.Compa ...Enclosure: image/jpeg http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/20
ECONOMICS - Let's have a 5-way! Swapdom's peer-to-peer algorithm helps you trade stuff in a circle
Barter economies come into the 21st century with new trading website .. ...
EDUCATION - Explore history from your couch with Google Maps Gallery
Travel back in time and explore the geography of history from the comfort of your home with the new gallery of Google Maps .. ...
EDUCATION - NYC Outward Bound Schools Put Their Students in Control
Founded in 1987, NYC Outward Bound Schools has served over 60,000 students, teachers, administrators, and parents from over 300 schools and other youth-serving organizations throughout the City. Our educational approach challenges and supports students to do their best work, injects elements of adventure and discovery into schooling, grounds academic content in real-world issues and concerns, promotes teamwork as well as individual initiative .. ...
http://www.good.is/posts/nyc-outward-bound-schools-put-their
EDUCATION - Research in the News: Combination therapies combat HIV at cell junctions, Yale researchers find
A new Yale University study indicates that cell-to-cell transmission of HIV particles contributes to the development of full-blown AIDS and helps predict which anti-retroviral therapies will be most effective at keeping the disease at bay .. ...
http://news.yale.edu/2014/02/28/research-news-combination-th
EDUCATION - To teach scientific reproducibility, start young
The ability to duplicate an experiment and its results is a central tenet of the scientific method, but recent research has shown an alarming number of peer-reviewed papers are irreproducible .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-scientific-young.htm
ENVIRONMENT - Meet 'Farm to Girl' -- the world's first zero waste, closed loop, non-toxic skin care company
From ethical sourcing of organic ingredients to plastic-free packaging, this amazing company has thought of everything .. ...
ENVIRONMENT - Morewell mine fire: people offered free train trips to escape smoke
Public transport minister says return tickets to anywhere in Victoria are a goodwill gesture as residents complain about lack of action .. ...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/01/morewell-mine-f
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FASHION - Best of bizarre style: Paris Fashion Week
From poofy gowns to puzzling hats, take a look at our favorite designs from the ready-to-wear collections. .. ...
http://www.today.com/slideshow/todayphoto/best-of-bizarre-st
HOMES - Richard Rogers designs $50K flatpack homes for the homeless
The 300 square foot units are derided as looking like "monopoly hotels" but they offer a lot to people with little .. ...
MOVIES - Documentary Film Review: Global Spirit - The Search for God
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=25
PLANTS - Smoke in the water: Understanding the effects of smoke compounds on seed germination
Although seemingly destructive, wildfires help to maintain biodiversity and are an important element of many ecosystems throughout the world. Not only do fires discourage non-native and invasive species from becoming established, but the quick release of nutrients, heat, and compounds found in ash and smoke play an important role in the life cycle of the native flora. For plants that are adapted to ecosystems where fire is a regular occurrence—su ...
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-effects-compounds-seed
SCIENCE - People Are Awesome: This NASA Engineer Surprised a Student With a Video Reply to His Science Questions
You can post questions on NASA's website, but how many of us actually think they'll reply? Lucas Whiteley, a 4-year-old kindergartener from Yorkshire, England wrote and asked for help on a school science project. Now he's the rock star of his school (and he's feeling pretty inspired) because NASA Engineer Ted Garbeff emailed back answers to the questions and sent a video that's a "10-minute virtual tour of his Mountain View base in California. .. ...
http://www.good.is/posts/people-are-awesome-this-nasa-engine
URBAN - Ski town's fun new playground inspired by birds' nests & vintage ski culture
Rising out of surrounding trees and rock, this playful little area takes its design cues from local bird habitats and the town's skiing traditions .. ...
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