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Americans Find Future Tech Both Fascinating and Frightening
2014-04-17 22:08:17| TechNewsWorld
The pace of technological change is getting faster, and many Americans are optimistic about the results, although a sizable minority are concerned, Pew Research has found. Nearly 60 percent think technological and scientific advances will make life in the future better, but 30 percent fear they will make life worse than it is today. Designer babies and robot caregivers sparked major anxiety.
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California May Have Hit Its Driest Point in 500 Years, and the Effects Are Frightening
2014-02-03 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: California is dry as a bone, and the effects are like something out of an apocalyptic film. Cities are running out of water. Communities are fighting over what little water there is. Local governments are imposing rationing coupled with steep fines. Fires are ravaging the state. Entire species and industries are threatened. For California, 2013 was the driest year since the state started measuring rainfall in 1849. Paleoclimatologist B. Lynn Ingram says that, according to the width of old tree...
Haunted real estate: Realtor recalls frightening experiences as a newbie
2013-10-28 11:15:55| Real Estate - Topix.net
If you have been in the real estate business for any length of time, sooner or later you will hear about a house that has a scary history.
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What leading scientists want you to know about today's frightening climate report
2013-09-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Atlantic: The polar icecaps are melting faster than we thought they would; seas are rising faster than we thought they would; extreme weather events are increasing. Have a nice day! Thats a less than scientifically rigorous summary of the findings of the Fifth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released this morning in Stockholm. Appearing exhausted after a nearly two sleepless days fine-tuning the language of the report, co-chair Thomas Stocker called climate change the greatest...
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"Scale can be frightening but it's worth the prize"
2013-09-26 15:17:00| BIFM News
Review of recent BIFM International special interest group event, 'Being European: Can FM create a joined-up model?'