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SETI’s Paradox and the Great Silence websnapr

"One reason our SETI searches may be turning up nothing is that everywhere in the cosmos, civilizations exist that are much like ours. [...] They are listening rather than transmitting."
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http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061204_mm_anthropic_debate.html

Why Are We Here? Theoreticians Debate the Fundamentals websnapr

"The idea known as the anthropic principle states that human existence is possible only if fundamental constants such as the speed of light or the strength of gravity are not higher or lower than
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http://www.physorg.com/news83924839.html

Cosmologists expose flaws in anthropic reasoning websnapr

"In their recent paper, “Why Anthropic Reasoning Cannot Predict Lambda” Starkman and Trotta find that different ways of defining the probability of observers in different universes leads to vastl
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http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10445&feedid=online-news_rss20

Climate change special: State of denial websnapr

"If the acrimony were to become so intense that American scientists were forced to stop helping in the preparation of IPCC reports, it could seriously dent the organisation and rob the world of s
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1892517,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=18

Water for millions at risk as glaciers melt away websnapr

"A survey has revealed that the rate of melting across the world has sharply accelerated in recent years, placing even previously stable glaciers in jeopardy." Wake up, world, things are loo
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