| Clams befouling Tahoe invade Adirondack lake in NY By MARY ESCH 2010-09-03T18:12:35ZBOLTON LANDING, N.Y. (AP) -- A thumbnail-sized clam blamed for clouding the azure bays of Lake Tahoe high in the Sierra Nevada has now turned up in a mountain-ringed Adirondack lake renowned for its limpid, spring-fed waters.... hosted.ap.org |
Richard Dawkins' unedited speech at 'Protest the Pope' march in London Richard Dawkins takes the piss out of Pope Ratzinger in London on SaturdayIf you, like I, could not attend the "Protest the Pope" rally in London this past weekend, you'll want to see this. This amateur video captures Richard Dawkins' short but empassioned response to Pope Ratzinger's weak attempt to confuse the public by claiming that Hitler was an atheist, and it was his supposed atheism that led to the Holocaust. Of course, Ratzinger conveniently ignores the fact that Hitler made no secret of his Roman Catholicism and in fact, Hitler used remarkably Catholic-sounding arguments to defend his indefensible actions.GrrlScientistguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Carlos Gias on research funding cuts Carlos Gias, a stem-cell researcher at University College London, tells Jeevan Vasagar why he is considering moving away from the UK to further his careerJeevan Vasagar guardian.co.uk |
Video | Becoming a gorilla Ape actor Peter Elliott walks us through gorilla behaviour, vocalisations and gait guardian.co.uk |
[news] Initialization of ice-sheet forecasts viewed as an inverse Robin problem To begin any forecast of how the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica will contribute to sea level, we first need to know the present-day shape and flow of the ice. This provides a starting point for computer models that predict how the ice will flow in future. This approach is similar in spirit to short-term weather forecasting, where an assessment of the present-day weather patterns forms the ... antarctica.ac.uk |