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| Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them.... hosted.ap.org |
Hope for Copenhagen The panel begins by looking at how COP 15, the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, will work and whether the summit has been killed off before it has even begun. (2:00) Alun Anderson, a former editor of New Scientist magazine, looks at how changes in the Arctic suggest we have already left things too late. He has just finished a book about the crisis called After the Ice. (8:10)Environment editor John Vidal recently returned from a journey to witness climate change first-hand. He started by looking at glaciers in the Himalayas and headed down rivers to Bangladesh. (11:39) John met some of those whose lives are already affected by climate change.Saleemul Huq, head of climate change at the International Institute for Environment and Development, suggests ways to help mitigate the problems. From our Washington DC studio, US environment correspondent Suzanne Goldenberg tells us how far she thinks President Obama is willing to go to help save the global ecosystem. (19:04)Suzanne also speaks to James Hansen from the Nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies who, surprisingly, wants the Copenhagen summit to fail. He explains why. Jonathan Watts in Beijing tells us about China's green ambitions and what other developing countries are looking to get out of the talks. (29:12)The programme ends by sketching what a successful summit might look like. (38:08)Post your comments below.Join our Facebook group. Listen back through our archive.Follow the podcast on our Science Weekly Twitter feed and receive updates on all breaking science news stories from Guardian Science.Subscribe free via iTunes to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the non-iTunes URL feed).Alok JhaAndy DuckworthSuzanne GoldenbergJonathan Watts guardian.co.uk |
Findings: Carpe Diem? Maybe Tomorrow Recovering procrastinators of pleasure should try a simple New Year’s resolution: Have fun ... now! feeds.nytimes.com |
Most promiscuous bird 'exposed' The highly sexed saltmarsh sparrow is the world's most promiscuous bird, say scientists. news.bbc.co.uk |
15 whales die beached in NZ, 33 coaxed to sea WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Rescuers in New Zealand managed to coax 33 beached whales back out into deep waters Sunday, but another 15 of the pod died, a conservation official said.... hosted.ap.org |