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Thursday, September 22, 2011

This week's standout NBU stories and users

This week's standout NBU stories and users.

Italian Scientists on Trial Over Earthquake Deaths

(Newser) - Predicting earthquakes is shaky business at best, but that detail isn't stopping Italian officials from prosecuting a group of prominent scientists over their failure to do exactly that. Six scientists and one government official face charges of manslaughter for allegedly failing to provide adequate warning of imminent disaster to... More »

A Psychologist Studies Climate Change Denial

(Newser) - On his blog "Climate Change Denial", British psychologist George Marshall (not affiliated with the conservative "George C. Marshall Institute" pressure group which lobbied for "Star Wars" and against regulating second hand smoke, and currently spreads climate change "skepticism") explores the psychology of climate change denial. Marshall tries to answer the... More »

Dead Sea Awash In Nudity

(Newser) - From the pages of the West Australian: US photographer Spencer Tunick who has photographed naked human bodies over prominent landscapes and landmarks ranging from a Swiss glacier to the Sydney Opera House, on Saturday arranged 1,000 nudes in the Dead Sea. "In some places the work is a... More »

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How the Green Movement Lost Its Way-and the Public

(Newser) - Dan Moutal's "Mind of Dan" blog argues that the green movement has failed, by not inspiring the public, not explaning the gravity of our problems, and not getting political action. Putting aside the well funded climate denial industry, the clueless and greedy media, and the confused and preoccupied public, Moutal... More »

Detroit Axes 40% of Teachers

(Newser) - Amid burgeoning fiscal deficits in the city's education system , the Detroit Public School (DPS) district will eliminate more than 1,500 teachers by 2015. The cuts will produce $74 million in salaries savings and eliminate $15 million in pensions costs for the 2012 budget, and projects a small surplus by... More »

Man Is Shocked And The eel Was Not Electric

(Newser) - From the folks at The West Australian: A Chinese man enjoying a relaxing skin treatment where live eels are used to help clean the body, got the shock of his life. Apparently he felt a sharp pain and realized that one of the eels was no longer cleaning the... More »