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Could You Go Four Years Without Video Games? What Would It Take?

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 11/19/2007
recognition that the urge you feel to do something important isn't going to be satisfied this way. after you realize that it's hard to play again, and sometimes you miss it. (see comment)
19

Rutgers Gets Blitzed

Comment in News (3 diggs, 0 replies) - on 11/19/2007
same story at my undergrad and grad school (see comment)
2

Impact of [ACT] and [Bed] Nets on Malaria Burden in Zanzibar

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 11/08/2007
This journal and it's related journals from the Public Library of Science are superb and very accessible. Well worth a look... (see comment)
1

Chile: Pressure from scientists results in budget increase

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 11/06/2007
Apologies, but the original news item is in spanish. I submitted this because although it's a serious subject, my mental image of protesting scientists was amusing and I thought it was worth sharing the inspiration. (see comment)
21

Most ready for 'green sacrifices'

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 11/05/2007
With freedom comes responsibility. (see comment)
3

Comet bursts into brightness

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 11/01/2007
hmm, i didn't realize i was accessing this from behind a IP that subscribes to the magazine. my mistake. (see comment)
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Top Digger Banned From Digg

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/31/2007
not in northeast scotland! (see comment)
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"A New Debate" Science debate between Presidential Candidates??

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/31/2007
Also from the Washington Post and Newsweek website... http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvo ... (see comment)
2

What is veropedia?

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/31/2007
An interesting project, but somehow it feels less... free. (Apologies to rhino20049, who deserves credit for the original submission. I couldn't access his website, so I decided to submit.) (see comment)
1

Ad Sales on the Eastern Front

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/31/2007
There are already a few submissions on this topic, but I felt Newsweek had a unique take such that it was worth submitting separately. For what it's worth, I dugg those articles already submitted that I thought were good. (see comment)
1

Lesbian nematodes

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/31/2007
I'm not sure I like the content of this particular blog post... it isn't the science that bothers me or the notion of homosexuality... I guess I feel like a potentially interesting result is being sensationalized. The author mentions that the result has a … (see comment)
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Comet bursts into brightness

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/31/2007
I normally wouldn't submit this article since it's not really very different from related articles alread on Digg, but the first comment after the article on the nature news website makes it unique .... "Three years ago, it was a lunar eclipse. Now this. … (see comment)
2

You can't control irrational people

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/31/2007
Perhaps instead of retracting portions of his paper, Homer Jacobson should've written an addendum clarifying his statements and resolving the attempts to distort his work. (see comment)
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White House adviser linked to cuts in climate-change report

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/31/2007
With questions of political interference in science being floated about, shouldn't the Office of Science and Technology Policy release the original written testimony be made available? (see comment)
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Hemorrhage - "Wore Me" Music Video

Comment in Videos (2 diggs, 1 reply) - on 10/30/2007
my hair does that all the time... changes color and frizzes out instantaneously... drives me nuts. where are you based? the images of the US make me homesick, and the science graphics make me feel guilty for not working while i'm in lab! sounded good a … (see comment)
46

Al Di Gets Dark With Arch Enemy: Video Interview

Comment in Videos (2 diggs, 1 reply) - on 10/30/2007
Strange indeed; I'm not sure the interviewees knew what to do! (see comment)
251

history shows that the scaremongers are usually wrong

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/30/2007
actually it's scientists that participate in the peer-review process for research publications and grants, not the "globalist elite" the process for obtaining grants is extremely challenging and competitive, and there are few ways to cheat the system in … (see comment)
5

Uninsured Americans: Fact, Fiction, and Misleading Truths

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/30/2007
I agree, beatle42, this article misrepresents the problem. $50-75K/yr is nothing when compared to the costs for treating chronic illness or a serious injury. And why is it acceptable to deny health-insurance to non-citizens? (see comment)
3

Scientists call for more assessment of biofuels

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/29/2007
Article in spanish. This article follows a trend that has developed lately; that is, are biofuels going to help make a difference in avoiding problems of associated with climate change? Perhaps not on their own, but surely they can help in a transition … (see comment)
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For INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT practitioners, this is your site.

Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 10/29/2007
Thanks! (see comment)
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