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Last year costliest on record for natural disasters - environment - 16 January 2012 - N... - 1 views

www.newscientist.com/...sasters-spiralled-in-2011.html

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  • pjt111 taylor on 11 Feb 12
     
    This article shows insurance company data that indicates that costs from storms and floods are going up, but not so much from earthquakes, tsunamis or from temperature extremes. It connects with CS's inquiry on frequency of extreme climatic events and my project on using the insurance industry to get beyond political posturing.
Kendra Dawn

How facts backfire - The Boston Globe - 1 views

www.boston.com/...how_facts_backfire

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  • Kendra Dawn on 12 Feb 12
     
    Are facts enough? Humans tend to ignore facts they don't like. Sometimes facts that disprove the legitimacy of one's beliefs only cause one to believe more strongly in their original (and demonstrably false) opinion.
Felicia Sullivan

A conversation on TED.com: Why don't we have more "Kitchen" scientists? - 0 views

www.ted.com/...don_t_we_have_more_kitche.html

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shared by Felicia Sullivan on 10 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Felicia Sullivan on 10 Feb 12
     
    This TED conversation led by Yu-An Chen in Jersey City question why there are not more "kitchen scientists" and why isn't the practice of science more accessible?   The conversation runs for the next four days (Feb 9, 2012).
  • Rhoda Maurer on 10 Feb 12
     
    Thanks Felicia. I was not aware that TED had conversations until I followed your link; I was only aware of TED Talks.
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