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TV weatherman caught promoting false information about climate change

‘Forecast the Facts’ calls out 47 well-known TV weatherman for deliberately misleading the public on climate change. [...]

Biology plays role in political choices, study finds

New research suggests that political perspective may be based on extremely basic brain processes, meaning we may be born with a predisposition to our political leanings. [...]

U.S. appeals WTO ruling on dolphin-safe tuna label

Mexico is challenging the U.S.’s rule that dolphins cannot be purposefully chased to ensnare schools of tuna. [...]

Hiber-Nation ’12: Diversions

Winter shut-in life got you down? All out of back episodes of ‘Downton Abbey’ (or ‘Melrose Place’) on Netflix Watch Instant? Try hunkering down with a diversion of the old-fashioned, non-electronic variety. [...]

Scientists find new plant in Fiji

Scientists have discovered a new flowering plant belonging to the scarce Medinilla group on Fiji’s Kadavu island. [...]

Gabrielle Giffords resigning to focus on recovery

Shot in the head in a shooting spree in Tucson a year ago, the congresswoman said she will step down this week from the U.S. Congress to focus on recovery. [...]

Japan seeks UN nuclear agency presence in Fukushima

Japan is asking the UN’s nuclear agency to set up a permanent office to monitor efforts to contain the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. [...]

Stranded baby seals worry Dutch rescuers

Over the first 2 weeks of 2012, more than 100 pups were picked up, swelling ranks at a seal rehabilitation center to a record of 351 infant mammals. [...]

Conspiracy theories abound after crash of Russian probe

The probe’s failure to reach its destination and the lack of impact data when it crashed back to Earth have put conspiracy buffs on alert. [...]

British woman claims new Antarctic solo record

Felicity Aston, claims to be the first woman to cross Antarctica on her own, after skiing more than 1,700 kilometers across the ice in 59 days. [...]