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Lambeth Conference: Queue for the Queen (Re-cycle of Life)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:32:32 GMT

Tomorrow the massed ranks of Anglicanism will decamp from the brutalist University of Kent campus in Canterbury, site of the Lambeth Conference, to London. There they will march through the streets to demand an end to world poverty and then - a bit of a non sequitur this - will repair to the genteel surroundings of the garden at Buckingham Palace for a tea party with the Queen. Openl...

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Lambeth Conference: The best bishop's kit a man can get (Re-cycle of Life)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:40:42 GMT

I think I know where the Bishop of Durham's episcopal vestments might have gone. Dr Tom Wright arrived in Canterbury to find his Sunday Best had gone astray and had to improvise for the opening service in the cathedral for the Lambeth Conference. There are too many beards in Anglicanism Now I learn that Cranmer Hall, the theological college in Durham, is cele...

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Drivers 'unaware of emission levels' (The Independent)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:29:24 GMT

Nearly three in four drivers do not know how much carbon dioxide their car emits, it was revealed today.

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Stugbags: Recycled Print Blankets (ecomonkey)

noreply@blogger.com (racheblue @ bAd) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:56:00 GMT

Here's a clever design idea from the Netherlands which recycles rubber print waste into bags and other funky carrying products. Stugbags salvage the rubber 'blankets' used as a backing for all sorts of graphic print items and which are then discarded by printers after use. A natural felt lining is added and hey presto - a new colourful, unique bag or laptop holder is born ready for you to carry your...

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Green Chic - Saving The Earth in Style Eco Book Review (Life Goggles)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:00:06 GMT

Green Chic - Saving The Earth in Style by Christie Matheson is a book for people who want to go green without giving up on great style. Being thoughtfully, consciously green makes a real difference in the fight against global warming. But did you know it’s also hip, classic and stylish? I like to thing [...]

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Fossils date Dry Valleys' origin (BBC News)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:19:32 GMT

Tiny fossils time the climate shift which gave rise to Antarctica's Dry Valleys, a landscape akin to Mars.

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Engineered beauty: Microsoft Photography Competition 2008 (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:06:35 GMT

Engineered beauty: Winners and a selection of runners-up in this year's engineering photography competition at the University of Cambridge

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Penguins wash ashore in Brazil, prompting concerns about their habitat (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:24:24 GMT

The discovery of hundreds of young penguins washing up along the Brazilian shoreline over the past month has sparked a scientific mystery over what may have led the birds thousands of miles astray

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Dolphin call tells calf who's mum (BBC News)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:10:52 GMT

Bottlenose dolphins whistle more to their newborns, perhaps to stop theft by other females, researchers say.

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Lonesome no longer? (Environment)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:26:00 GMT

Lonesome George, the rarest living creature , could soon have some company. The Charles Darwin Foundation, which coordinates scientific research on the Galapagos islands , says that George - a giant tortoise from Pinta island thought to be the last of his kind - has been "acting differently" recently. Then wardens noticed that one of the females that George shares his pen with had dug a nest and laid...

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Whose reason is it anyway? (New Scientist)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:21:05 GMT

The fruits of that reason have transformed our world and brought many benefits, but they have also brought problems, says bioethicist (full text available to subscribers)

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Comment: It's time for the Vatican to accept IVF (New Scientist)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:21:04 GMT

The Catholic church's demonising of the technologies that facilitate test-tube babies is making it look out of touch and irrelevant, says (full text available to subscribers)

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Editorial: No complacency on disasters (New Scientist)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:21:04 GMT

Reports of the demise of the human race have been greatly exaggerated but we should still plan for the worst-case scenario

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How humans dared to know (New Scientist)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:21:04 GMT

The recent passion for "Enlightenment values" owes a lot to the 18th century. But where do they come from and what do they mean today, asks (full text available to subscribers)

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No one really uses reason (New Scientist)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:21:04 GMT

If we had to think consciously about everything we did, we would never do anything at all, says neuroscientist Chris Frith (full text available to subscribers)

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Reason stands against values and morals (New Scientist)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:21:04 GMT

We can't assume that reason alone will tell us how to shape a moral and humane world, says , Archbishop of Canterbury (full text available to subscribers)

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Reason destroys itself (New Scientist)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:21:04 GMT

Do we know, for certain, that two plus two is four? Of course we don't. But we must be reasonable about it, says mathematician (full text available to subscribers)

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Editorial: Why the IMF can be bad for your health (New Scientist)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:21:04 GMT

The International Monetary Fund needs to measure the outcome of its interventions in more than just economic terms (full text available to subscribers)

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Controversial climate programme let off the hook (New Scientist)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:21:04 GMT

The misrepresented climate science, but rules on accuracy did not apply

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Seven reasons why people hate reason (New Scientist)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:21:03 GMT

When rational thinking is threatened by everyone from fundamentalists to pseudoscientists, what can you do but counterattack? sets the scene for our reason special report

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