Stabilising greenhouse gases at a level that would limit global warming to between 2°C and 4°C will cost between 0.2% and 3.0% of annual GDP, says the latest UN report on climate change.
That is up to $1830 billion
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Neuroscientists are mapping out a complete atlas of connectivity in the human brain, but what's emerging is a battle of scales.
Winning the ultimate battle: How humans could end war - science-in-society - 07 July 20... - 0 views
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Is warfare really an immutable part of our nature, or is it something we can overcome? Some researchers now suspect the latter
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"(AP) -- The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday."
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Such a treaty would succeed the Kyoto Protocol, which ends in 2012.
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China is projected to become the world's top emitter before 2010 according to the International Energy Agency. However, it and other developing countries argue that policies to battle climate change should not come in the way of their efforts to develop their economies
Use of DNA evidence is not an open and shut case, professor says - 0 views
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In his new book, "The Double Helix and the Law of Evidence" (Harvard University Press), Kaye focuses on the intersection of science and law, and emphasizes that DNA evidence is merely information. "There's a popular perception that with DNA, you get results," Kaye said. "You're either guilty or innocent, and the DNA speaks the truth. That goes too far. DNA is a tool. Perhaps in many cases it's open and shut, in other cases it's not. There's ambiguity."
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One of the book's key themes is that using science in court is hard to do right. "It requires lawyers and judges to understand a lot about the science," Kaye noted. "They don't have to be scientists or technicians, but they do have to know enough to understand what's going on and whether the statements that experts are making are well-founded. The lawyers need to be able to translate that information into a form that a judge or a jury can understand." Kaye also believes that lawyers need to better understand statistics and probability, an area that has traditionally been neglected in law school curricula. His book attempts to close this gap in understanding with several sections on genetic science and probability. The book also contends that scientists, too, have contributed to the false sense of certainty, when they are so often led by either side of one particular case to take an extreme position. Scientists need to approach their role as experts less as partisans and more as defenders of truth. Aiming to be a definitive history of the use of DNA evidence, "The Double Helix and the Law of Evidence" chronicles precedent-setting criminal trials, battles among factions of the scientific community and a multitude of issues with the use of probability and statistics related to DNA. From the Simpson trial to the search for the last Russian Tsar, Kaye tells the story of how DNA science has impacted society. He delves into the history of the application of DNA science and probability within the legal system and depicts its advances and setbacks.
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Whether used to clinch a guilty verdict or predict the end of a "CSI" episode, DNA evidence has given millions of people a sense of certainty -- but the outcomes of using DNA evidence have often been far from certain, according to David Kaye, Distinguished Professor of Law at Penn State.
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