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"Confronting Climate Change: A Scientific Expert Panel Report"Written by an expert panel organized by Sigma Xi, the scientific honor society, and sponsored by the UN Foundation. The Academy eBriefing is an overview of the issues covered in the report, which provides a road map for preventing catastrophic global warming and for responding to inevitable changes in Earth's biosphere. Brief video

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by TikaI cannot say that I was born an optimist, but I am neither a cynic. I am opinionated and suspicious, which helps me a lot when I have to do my science. With global warming, I am no skeptic. I champion the reasoning that we humans are at fault; science dictates this.I remember when Al Gore ran for president. Of course he lost unfairly: there was some malfunction of some sort in Florida,

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From The New York Times: “We have to be alert for diseases like typhoid, those transmitted by rats and respiratory infections,” said Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari. “Hopefully, there will be no dysentery.”He urged people to try to keep clean to avoid spreading disease. “We knowit’s hard for the residents under the circumstances, but they have to,”he said.Note how the reporter confused the

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by TikaIts flooding season again folks. Seem like its getting worse. Most of my life growing up has been spent outside of Indonesia, but I did manage to spend some time in Jakarta during my awkward pre-teen years. That was some years ago: the 1980's.Whenever it rained, I would really have trouble getting the "bajaj" man to take me home from school. The bajaj is now an almost extinct, if not

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by TikaAnswering a friend's comment on a previous post:"... Religion isn't all bad - and Dawkins does I think admit that."By this book I do believe that Dawkins think that religion is all bad. He states in the chapter "What's wrong with religion":"Fundamentalism religion is hell-bent on ruining the scientific education of countless thousands of innocent, well-meaning, eager young minds.

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by TikaWhat is the difference between science and religion? Are they compatible with one another? Personally, people, both scientists and religious people get confused when I say to them: yes I am a Muslim but I am also a student of science and evolution. Some people get hostile when I mention that I study Darwin's theory of evolution. I remember receiving death threats because of this link to

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by TikaThe vapid version of this post has appeared in the Dec 19, 2006 issue of The Jakarta Post.The Question of Indonesia, Islam and the Modern WorldYes, the issue of polygamy is very hot nowadays in Indonesia since the recent second marriage of a very prominent Islamic cleric many thought led an exemplary purist family life.I am a Muslim, non-antagonistic, pacifist stay at home mom, with side

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