3 Ways Climate Change Will Hit Your Pocketbook. Hard.

Mindy Lubber in Climate Change 6 days ago

Climate change isn't just an environmental issue: it's an economic one. Here are three ways that a warmer climate will sucker-punch your wallet.

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Obama Budget 2014: The Most Significant Health Care Cut You Know Nothing About

Mike Miesen in Health 6 days ago

The Obama administration proposed a massive cut to the way the U.S. helps fund training future doctors. If this cut goes through, will the nation face health crises down the road?

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Want National Institutes Of Health Research Funding? Better Hope Your Disease is Marketable

Brooke Horton in Science 6 days ago

Increased research funding is proportional to patient advocacy ... and how sympathetic those patients seem. This concept of "deservedness" puts stigmatized diseases at a funding disadvantage.

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Texas Tornadoes Kill 6: Are More Coming?

Mayura Iyer in Storms 6 days ago

On Wednesday night, tornadoes ripped through north Texas as part of a weather system that killed at least six and injured more than 100 others.

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Climate Change: Still Don't Believe it is Happening? Well 97% of Climate Scientists Disagree With You

Aubrey Bloomfield in Climate Change 6 days ago

A new survey of peer-reviewed scientific literature has found that of 4,000 papers on climate change over the past 20 years, 97% agreed that it is happening and is caused by human activity.