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about atheism
- Comment of the Week: Responsibility, Sin, and Forgiveness
- You Might Be a Militant Atheist If...
- The Ten Commandments Hinder Rather than Helps Morality
- Book of the Week: Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul
- Should You Reveal Your Atheism to Family, Parents?
Brights
- YES–College Is STILL Worth It!
- 3 Curmudgeonly Insights into the Good Life
- Ignored = Excluded
- Does “Faith” Separate Us?
- Utahpia Travelblog: Machu Picchu
New Internationalist
- Corporates cashing in on mental-health diagnosis 21/05/2013
- Land Grabs - Hotspots 21/05/2013
- Haiti’s poor majority pushed to the margins 20/05/2013
- Cameroon's women call time on breast ironing 20/05/2013
- Kenya Occupy protesters charged over live pig protest 17/05/2013
open society
- Live Law: “Breaking In”—Storytelling from the Legal Edge
- The Rios Montt Trial: Human Rights Accountability in Guatemala (NYC Event)
- The Rios Montt Trial: Human Rights Accountability in Guatemala (Washington, D.C., Event)
- Promoting Postsecondary Success of Court-Involved Youth: Lessons from the NYEC Postsecondary Success Pilot
- News Digest: Citizens Call for Digital Rights to be “Non–Negotiable”
Reporters without borders
- Vietnam - “Decision 20” silences 16 foreign TV channels
- Support for Press Freedom Day debates in North Kivu
- Syria - Rights activists face terrorism charges - Free Award-Winning Journalist, Colleagues
- United States - Recommendations for a federal law protecting journalists' sources
- Azerbaijan - New legislative amendments further erode rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly
resilience
- Half of oil burnable in 2000-2050 to keep us within 2 degrees warming has been used up as we hit 400 ppm
- The Poisoned Chalice: Genetic Heritage, Future Demise
- Guerilla Gardeners Transform London, One Bus Stop at a Time
- What Kind of Example Is Canada Setting?
we fight censorship
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freetyhought blogs
- Beck and the Art of Quotemining
- Supreme Court to hear case on prayer at government meetings
- Awww. Bradlee Dean is Upset
- Now I’m a Nazi Sniper
- Put down the cell phone!
open culture
- Philosopher Daniel Dennett Presents Seven Tools For Critical Thinking
- Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek (1939-2013) Tells the Story of the Classic Song, ‘Riders on the Storm’
- Dream, A Short Documentary on the Art and Culture of Burning Man
- Watch Picasso Create Entire Paintings in Magnificent Time-Lapse Film (1956)
- Keith Moon’s Last Interview, 1978
open democracy
- The myth of resettlement in Delhi
- Not everyone can be a world citizen
- Problematic protection: the law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Afghanistan
- Sri Lanka's BBS: an old spectre in new garb?
- The foundation of human security in every society
- Washington and Caracas: hegemony vs maturity
- Four years on, genocide continues off the battlefield
- Europe after Europe: the other Europe in waiting
- The Great Tax Robbery - reviewed
- The incompetent many or the corrupt few?
think atheist
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orion
- Children of the Spirit
- Voices: Wet, Wild, and Weird #2
- City Mouse, City Flower: A Discussion of Urban Nature, May 16
games with words
- Citizen Science at GamesWithWords.org: The VerbCorner Project
- A Critical Period for Learning Language?
- Living in an Imperfect World: Psycholinguistics Edition
- Do You Speak Korean?
- Evolutionary Psychology, Proximate Causation, & Ultimate Causation
inside story
- The middle-aged mobile
- Gone solar
- Women behaving badly
- Benjamin Britten’s voice
- A welcome touch of modesty
- The go-between
- The “right to drink” in Alice Springs
- Triumph of the machine
- A landmark work of Australian history
- Can Malaysia find life after the National Front?
project syndicate
- Managing Syria’s Meltdown
- Reinvigorating Egypt’s Economy
guttmacher
- New Study Finds Little Progress in Meeting Demand for Contraception in the Poorest Countries
- New Guide Makes Data on Young People’s Sexual Health and Rights More Accessible
- In Tanzania, Unsafe Abortion Is a Leading Cause of Maternal Injury and Death
tomdispatch
- Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, What Comes After Hope
- Tomgram: Andy Kroll, A Democracy of the Wealthy
- Tomgram: David Vine, Baseworld Profiteering
- Tomgram: Nick Turse, Israel, Iran, and the Nuclear Freight Train
- Tomgram: Peter Van Buren, If the Government Does It, It's "Legal"
- Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Last Empire?
- Tomgram: Ellen Cantarow, Big Energy Means Big Pollution
- Tomgram: Eduardo Galeano, Not So Elementary, My Dear Watson
- Tomgram: Rosner and Markowitz, Your Body Is a Corporate Test Tube
- Tomgram: Todd Gitlin, The Tinsel Age of Journalism
secular news daily
- Justices Take Case on Prayer at Town Board Meetings
- Saudi religious police boss condemns Twitter users
Greta Cristina
- #mencallmethings: “fucking ugly. Kill yourself.”
- Some Thoughts on Secular Meditation and Depression/Anxiety
empirical zeal
- Solar planes are cool, but they’re not the future of flight
- The Universal laws behind growth patterns, or what Tetris can teach us about coffee stains
free software foundation
- Is It Ever a Good Thing to Use a Nonfree Program?
- Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory
- Free software advocacy internships: Apply by May 15th
- GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry
electronic privacy information centre
- EPIC Asks FTC to Investigate Snapchat
- Congress Seeks Answers on Google Glass Privacy Risks
- White House Supports Media Shield Law
Rosa Rubicondior
- No Theists in Foxholes
- More Evidence For a Human Ring Species
political research usa
- International Day Against Homophobia: Have You Seen God Loves Uganda?
- Crisis Pregnancy Centers Target Black Communities
Mark Buchanan
- Blind on purpose: equilibrium as a conceptual filter in economics
- The European transactions tax -- an act of pure hope?
- The real worry over Europe...
francis-sgambelluri’s mind
- My Belief (4)
- Untitled
grist
- Utilities for dummies: How they work and why that needs to change
- “Miracle garden” brings life, and food, to the urban wasteland
local
- archive
- atheist
IIED
- In Our World: 17 May (forest food, city resilience, climatic effects and more)
- Myanmar: Could an unusual yam help the march of community forestry?
- Mali – A pathway out of crisis
climate commission
- We’re on the road: upcoming community forums
- Australian innovators leading in solar technology
- Three months in the Climate Commission
climate institute au
- Crikey Clarifier Why is the EU carbon scheme hitting our budget
- Coalition short on climate action details
open climate network
- Domestic Ambition: A Key Ingredient to Tackling Climate Change
- Fast-Start Finance: Where Do We Stand at the End of 2012?
- Analysis
- Delivering the Clean Energy Economy: Why Policy Matters
- Achieving the Benefits of a Green Economy through Clean Energy
climate central
- Tornadoes Rake Okla., Kansas as Storm Threat Continues
- Warming Causing Rockies, Everest to Lose Ice and Snow
- Study Projects Steep Increase in NYC Heat-Related Deaths
the climate group
- Record wind capacity added worldwide in 2012, led by Asia
- Scientists warn that slowing climate change headlines should not mean slowing climate action
- BT to launch Net Good framework that will "raise the bar for sustainable practice"
- In the headlines: 10,000 renewable energy jobs could be created on the Scottish islands and Iceland becomes the 100th country nation to deploy wind power
centre for policy development
- NSW Fabian Society | What is the future for social democracy?
- Pushing our luck: authors and chapters announced!
- Radio National Drive budget special | 14 May 2013
- ABC The Drum budget special | 14 May 2013
- The Conversation | 2 May 2013
- ABC Media Watch | 13 May 2013
institute for policy studies
- Video: Syria Crisis Becoming Increasingly Sectarian
- Right-Wing Think Tank: Hispanics Welfare Queens Like Blacks
- This Week in OtherWords: May 15, 2013
- Video: Drums Beat for U.S. Military Intervention in Syria, but Israel Finds a Weakened Assad "Convenient"
Discover
- Where Do Thoughts Occur?
- "You'll Do": Lack of Choosiness in Female Strawberry Poison Dart Frogs
- The Zen Master of Statistics
- 10,000 hours may gain you little if you have no talent
WRI
- What Exporting U.S. Natural Gas Means for the Climate
- Walking the Talk: WRI Uses Fiber Analysis to Test Office Paper Products
- Strengthening Ownership and Effectiveness of Climate Finance
- Indonesia Extends its Forest Moratorium: What Comes Next?
WWF
- Total to keep out of Virunga World Heritage Site
- WWF presses Total for protection of World Heritage Sites
- WWF tool measures cumulative impact of hydropower, mining projects in Amazon
- Deer finding documents success of prey recovery program for endangered Amur tigers and leopards
ocean health index
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new scientist
- Why we need to stop military killer robots now
- The festival year starts here
- B vitamins may slow the advance of Alzheimer's
- Why penguins dumped flight for flippers
- 'Self-aiming' rifle turns novices into expert snipers
- Today on New Scientist
Stockholm Resilience centre
- Pushed to the limits
- New Rockefeller programme on social innovation
- A southern comfort
- Then came the flood
Science and religion
- May 21, 2013
- Does Saying No to a Request for a Donation Make Us More Likely to Say Yes the Next Time?
- May 17, 2013
- May 16, 2013
- What Determines Whether We Tend to Use Singular or Plural First-Person Pronouns to Refer to Ourselves?
science blogs
- Science, Racism and Political Correctness [We Beasties]
- Does parasite load really matter? [Greg Laden's Blog]
fields of science
- The Even Earlier Discovery of Antibiotic Resistance
- Citizen Science at GamesWithWords.org: The VerbCorner Project
- Open letter to a new president
- The Earlier discovery of Antibiotic Resistance
- Religion is halfway between a fact and an opinion - according to kids and adults
ecoearth
- Feds again delay San Onofre nuke restart decision 21/05/2013 Associated Press: Michael R. Blood
- Drop in US underground water levels has accelerated: USGS 21/05/2013 Reuters: Deborah Zabarenko
- 200 mph winds, 12 miles of devastation: What makes a tornado? 21/05/2013 Independent: None Given
- With U.S. Awash in Oil, Nat'l Interest Argument for Keystone Weakens 21/05/2013 InsideClimate: John H. Cushman Jr.
- Climate change pushes farmers in India to the tipping point – in pictures 21/05/2013 Guardian: None Given
Nature
- Co-discoverer of ozone hole dies
- Italy may rein in rogue stem-cell therapy
- US Senate approves Moniz for energy post and advances EPA nominee
- Scientists join journal editors to fight impact-factor abuse
- Laser images hint at archaeological discoveries
ime
- Life-long learning and development from the Institution
- President’s Review of 2011
- New Bloodhound education centre aims to encourage engineers of the future
science reports
- A Novel Electrochemical Membrane Bioreactor as a Potential Net Energy Producer for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment
- Controlled Scalable Synthesis of Uniform, High-Quality Monolayer and Few-layer MoS2 Films
- Plasmon-Enhanced Light Harvesting of Chlorophylls on Near-Percolating Silver Films via One-Photon Anti-Stokes Upconversion
- Rapid single cell detection of Staphylococcus aureus by aptamer-conjugated gold nanoparticles
- Hydroxylated derivatives of dimethoxy-1,4-benzoquinone as redox switchable earth-alkaline metal ligands and radical scavengers
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Closing yield gaps through nutrient and water management : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

Posted on 12/10/2012 by Colin Mackay

Closing yield gaps through nutrient and water management : Nature : Nature Publishing Group.

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The Gray Tsunami | Aging | DISCOVER Magazine

Posted on 21/09/2012 by Colin Mackay

The Gray Tsunami | Aging | DISCOVER Magazine.

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Population and Society Course, IIT Kanpur Social Sciences Video Tutorials, A. K. Sharma

Posted on 20/09/2012 by Colin Mackay

Population and Society Course, IIT Kanpur Social Sciences Video Tutorials, A. K. Sharma.

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‘Something there is that doesn’t love a border’ | openDemocracy

Posted on 07/08/2012 by Colin Mackay

‘Something there is that doesn’t love a border’ | openDemocracy.

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Nine Population Strategies to Stop Short of Nine Billion by Robert Engelman – The Globalist

Posted on 18/07/2012 by Colin Mackay

Nine Population Strategies to Stop Short of Nine Billion by Robert Engelman – The Globalist.

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Tuvalunacy, or the real thing? | Inside Story

Posted on 17/07/2012 by Colin Mackay

Tuvalunacy, or the real thing? | Inside Story.

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Population Council | Family Planning Programs for the 21st Century: Rationale and Design

Posted on 05/07/2012 by Colin Mackay

Population Council | Family Planning Programs for the 21st Century: Rationale and Design.

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Think Before You Breed – NYTimes.com

Posted on 19/06/2012 by Colin Mackay

Think Before You Breed – NYTimes.com.

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Procreation vs. Overpopulation : The New Yorker

Posted on 28/04/2012 by Colin Mackay

Procreation vs. Overpopulation : The New Yorker.

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Center for Research on Population and Security

Posted on 09/04/2012 by Colin Mackay

Center for Research on Population and Security.

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Excerpts from: The Life and Death of NSSM 200: How the Destruction of Political Will Doomed a US Population Policy

Posted on 09/04/2012 by Colin Mackay

Excerpts from: The Life and Death of NSSM 200: How the Destruction of Political Will Doomed a US Population Policy.

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Can the Earth cope? – Horizon: How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? – BBC – YouTube

Posted on 10/03/2012 by Colin Mackay

via Can the Earth cope? – Horizon: How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? – BBC – YouTube.

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More Reasons Why We are Reaching Limits to Growth | Our Finite World

Posted on 27/01/2012 by Colin Mackay

More Reasons Why We are Reaching Limits to Growth | Our Finite World.

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Bongaarts: 7 billion and counting . . .

Posted on 08/11/2011 by Colin Mackay

Bongaarts: 7 billion and counting . . ..

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“Just Go!” A final slap for the unwanted: Britain’s deportation shame | openDemocracy

Posted on 06/11/2011 by Colin Mackay

“Just Go!” A final slap for the unwanted: Britain’s deportation shame | openDemocracy.

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World Population: 7 billion, and counting – FRANCE 24

Posted on 05/11/2011 by Colin Mackay

World Population: 7 billion, and counting – FRANCE 24.

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David Suzuki Foundation E-Newsletter

Posted on 05/11/2011 by Colin Mackay

David Suzuki Foundation E-Newsletter.

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The Birth Control Solution – NYTimes.com

Posted on 04/11/2011 by Colin Mackay

The Birth Control Solution – NYTimes.com.

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