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I have to say, it has taken the death of one Maurice Strong for me to even notice the guy, and that's only  because of the way wingnuts...

Global - How to Save the World - Foreign Correspondent - ABC This special last night on the ABC was well worth watching.   Things I liked i...

I'm feeling oddly bereft of posting topics today.   I was going to note Peter Hartcher's story that even Liberals were questioning A...

The Paris climate talks won't solve global warming. Here's what they'll do instead. - Vox

We're in the middle of Brisbane's spring/early summer storm season, and I was impressed by this photo  from the Fairfax website bec...

I don't know what to make of Dastyari - a Labor Senator on side with the Bald One in the pointless "nanny State" enquiry th...

Published Thursday in the journal Science , the study details a tenfold increase in the abundance of single-cell coccolithophores between...

If wishes were horses | …and Then There's Physics Ridley's got another short "what's the problem?  AGW won't get dange...

*  And Then There's Physics has a crack at the "we can't stay under 2C now" pessimism, and I generally agree with him.  (...

I guess we've all seen or heard of the problem of excess skin on formerly obese people, but the SMH has a remarkable story about it thi...

Philip Nitschke burns medical certificate and says he will promote euthanasia | Australia news | The Guardian

So, I was in bed last night scrolling through the arXiv papers (I recommend the Android app for this, by the way - it's really good) whe...

Man stole brains from former insane asylum and put them on eBay | US news | The Guardian

Only In It For The Gold: Have We Missed the 2C Target Already? As I have noted before, there's a real "whiplash" problem goi...

Cut company tax rate to grow revenue? That's magical thinking | Greg Jericho | Australia news | The Guardian

AM - Scientists say new alloy could revolutionise manufacturing 26/11/2015 Rare that the creation of a new, useful alloy makes the news.  I...

I used to make fun of SoulCycle. Now I'm an addict. - Vox I guess we'll be seeing this in Australia soon enough, if it's not al...

A few things I wanted to add: *  one of the "retro" aspects of the film was some very clear product placement, of the kind that ...

Medal of Freedom Awarded to ‘a Class Act’ Group of 17 - The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama awarded the Presidential Medal ...

Dear Media, Stop Freaking Out About Donald Trump’s Polls | FiveThirtyEight