Tag: science
member name: Sean Kennedy
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July 20, 2006 10:57 PM EDT --
Despite strong bipartisan support, President Bush issued his very first presidential veto to thwart greater federal funding for stem cell research.
With the stroke of his pen, substantial funding for . . .
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July 16, 2006 03:23 AM EDT --
If you believe the coal and oil industries, global warming isn't a genuine concern. Those industries have spent millions of dollars to keep the public skeptical about the issue.
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January 26, 2006 01:29 AM EST --
Despite the best attempts by 'big energy' interests, there is no longer a reasonable ideological debate on the subject of global warming. In fact, there isn't even a valid scientific debate . . .
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April 12, 2006 01:48 AM EDT --
The news for the soft drink industry hasn't been good. With links to childhood obesity and tooth decay, soft drink sales are down for the first time in 20 years. And sales of bottled water, juices . . .
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April 19, 2006 01:41 AM EDT --
In what sounds like something straight out of a science fiction film, the Chinese government is attempting to artificially create rain in the hope that it will clear polluted air from Beijing, the result . . .
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April 13, 2006 11:19 PM EDT --
The debate over stem cell research has been a wedge issue in the U.S. for the past couple of years. People have staked out their positions on the issue, and most are quite passionate about their feelings. . . .
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September 10, 2006 01:38 PM EDT --
I was talking to a friend recently, on the second anniversary of her father's death. She's still having a hard time coming to grips with his passing, and questions life and death.
To that effect . . .
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July 23, 2006 06:06 PM EDT --
To ensure that all Americans are entirely clear about the president's stance on embryonic stem cell research, his press secretary clarified that position earlier this week.
On Tuesday, White House . . .
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June 18, 2006 02:16 AM EDT --
As gas prices have increased, so have sales of hybrid vehicles. But many potential car buyers are waiting for the next generation of alternative fuel vehicles -- the hydrogen powered car. Yet auto manufacturers . . .
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January 26, 2006 01:17 AM EST --
Last fall, during a House debate on easing federal restrictions for funding stem cell research, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said that using leftover embryos from fertility clinics amounts to the "dismemberment . . .
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June 27, 2006 01:42 AM EDT --
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will determine whether the Bush administration is required to regulate carbon dioxide in an effort to combat global warming.
A coalition of 12 states . . .
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October 17, 2006 05:41 PM EDT --
Issuing a major policy shift, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending that adults up to the age of 64, and all adolescents, be routinely tested for the AIDS virus. The new . . .
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June 22, 2006 05:47 PM EDT --
For a limited few, namely those with a political or economic agenda, there is still a debate about global warming. President Bush likes to say that all of the evidence isn't in yet. Oh yeah, well how's . . .
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October 01, 2006 02:44 PM EDT --
Issuing a major policy shift, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending that adults up to the age of 64, and all adolescents, be routinely tested for the AIDS virus. The new . . .
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