BBC NEWS | Europe | Vatican divorces from Italian law

BBC NEWS | Europe | Vatican divorces from Italian law: "With effect from New Year's Day, the Pope has decided that the Vatican will no longer automatically adopt laws passed by the Italian parliament."

DailyTech - Defying Predictions, Sea Level Rise Begins to Slow

DailyTech - Defying Predictions, Sea Level Rise Begins to Slow: "Satellite altimetry data indicates that the rate at which the world's oceans are rising has slowed significantly since 2005. Before the decrease, sea level had been rising by more than 3mm/year, which corresponds to an increase of about one foot per century. Since 2005, however, the rate has been closer to 2mm/year.

The decrease is significant as global climate models predict sea level rise to accelerate as atmospheric CO2 continues to increase. In the 1990s, when such acceleration appeared to be occurring, some scientists pointed to it as confirmation the models were operating correctly."

DailyTech - Princeton Physicist Calls Global Warming Science "Mistaken"

DailyTech - Princeton Physicist Calls Global Warming Science "Mistaken": "Noted energy expert and Princeton physicist Dr. Will Happer has sharply criticized global warming alarmism. Happer, author of over 200 scientific papers and a past director of energy research at the Department of Energy, called fears over global warming 'mistaken'.

'I have spent a long research career studying physics that is closely related to the greenhouse effect', said Happer. 'Fears about man-made global warming are unwarranted and are not based on good science.'

Dr. Happer views climate change as a predominately natural process. 'The earth's climate is changing now, as it always has. There is no evidence that the changes differ in any qualitative way from those of the past.'"

Secret of the Lusitania: Arms find challenges Allied claims it was solely a passenger ship | Mail Online

Secret of the Lusitania: Arms find challenges Allied claims it was solely a passenger ship | Mail Online: "Her sinking with the loss of almost 1,200 lives caused such outrage that it propelled the U.S. into the First World War.

But now divers have revealed a dark secret about the cargo carried by the Lusitania on its final journey in May 1915.

Munitions they found in the hold suggest that the Germans had been right all along in claiming the ship was carrying war materials and was a legitimate military target."