David Kelly post mortem to be kept secret for 70 years as doctors accuse Lord Hutton of concealing vital information | Mail Online

David Kelly post mortem to be kept secret for 70 years as doctors accuse Lord Hutton of concealing vital information | Mail Online: "Vital evidence which could solve the mystery of the death of Government weapons inspector Dr David Kelly will be kept under wraps for up to 70 years.

In a draconian – and highly unusual – order, Lord Hutton, the peer who chaired the controversial inquiry into the Dr Kelly scandal, has secretly barred the release of all medical records, including the results of the post mortem, and unpublished evidence.

The move, which will stoke fresh speculation about the true circumstances of Dr Kelly’s death, comes just days before Tony Blair appears before the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War.

It is also bound to revive claims of an establishment cover-up and fresh questions about the verdict that Dr Kelly killed himself."

Climate change chief says sorry for hot air claim over melting glaciers | Mail Online

Climate change chief says sorry for hot air claim over melting glaciers | Mail Online: "The head of the UN's climate change body has been forced to make a humiliating apology over claims the Himalayan glaciers could vanish within 25 years.
Last week it emerged there was no evidence for the warning from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
After a global outcry, Dr Rajendra Pachauri - chairman of the IPCC - has issued an unprecedented apology."

UN climate panel blunders again over Himalayan glaciers - Times Online

UN climate panel blunders again over Himalayan glaciers - Times Online: "Taxpayers are funding research into a scientific claim about glaciers that any ice researcher should immediately recognise as bogus. The revelation comes just a week after The Sunday Times highlighted serious scientific flaws in the IPCC's 2007 benchmark report on the likely impacts of global warming."

The Dynamic Duo: Imagination Knowledge | Psychology Today

The Dynamic Duo: Imagination Knowledge | Psychology Today: "Isn't it great when a study confirms what you already suspected? There's a significant correlation between robust daydreaming and superior intelligence."

Daily pint of blueberry juice 'could help stop memory loss', study suggests - Telegraph

Daily pint of blueberry juice 'could help stop memory loss', study suggests - Telegraph: "A daily pint of blueberry juice could help reduce memory loss, according to scientists"

Johann Hari: The age of the killer robot is no longer a sci-fi fantasy - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent

Johann Hari: The age of the killer robot is no longer a sci-fi fantasy - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent: "When the US invaded Iraq in 2003, they had no robots as part of their force. By the end of 2005, they had 2,400. Today, they have 12,000, carrying out 33,000 missions a year. A report by the US Joint Forces Command says autonomous robots will be the norm on the battlefield within 20 years."

BBC News - Green tea 'may block lung cancer'

BBC News - Green tea 'may block lung cancer': "Drinking green tea may offer some protection against lung cancer, say experts who studied the disease at a medical university in Taiwan."

Uranium Is So Last Century — Enter Thorium, the New Green Nuke | Magazine

Uranium Is So Last Century — Enter Thorium, the New Green Nuke | Magazine

BBC News - Turning wood into bones

BBC News - Turning wood into bones: "A novel - and natural - way of creating new bones for humans could be just a few years away."

Cambridge University offers place to 14-year-old | Education | The Guardian

Cambridge University offers place to 14-year-old | Education | The Guardian: "A 14-year-old maths prodigy is on the verge of breaking a 237-year-old record by becoming the youngest Cambridge University undergraduate since William Pitt the Younger."

NASA Shows Quiet Sun Means Cooling of Earth's Upper Atmosphere -- HAMPTON, Va., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

NASA Shows Quiet Sun Means Cooling of Earth's Upper Atmosphere -- HAMPTON, Va., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --: "New measurements from a NASA satellite show a dramatic cooling in the upper atmosphere that correlates with the declining phase of the current solar cycle."

Freeze Challenges Power Supply

Freeze Challenges Power Supply: "Most parts of China were seized by a sustained cold snap Wednesday, when the minimum temperature hit a 40-year low in Beijing and a rare snowstorm in the central Hubei Province kept all school children at home."

Heavy snow continues as temperatures set to plunge minus 20C - Herald Scotland | News | Politics

Heavy snow continues as temperatures set to plunge minus 20C - Herald Scotland | News | Politics: "The prolonged Arctic blast is now the worst cold spell seen in Scotland for almost 50 years, according to the First Minister."

The real Frankenstein experiment: One man's mission to create a living mind inside a machine | Mail Online

The real Frankenstein experiment: One man's mission to create a living mind inside a machine | Mail Online: "In fact, he believes that he will have a computer sufficiently powerful to deal with all the data and simulate a human brain before the end of this decade."

Study Claims Antidepressants, Placebos Near Equally Effective - ABC News

Study Claims Antidepressants, Placebos Near Equally Effective - ABC News: "A new analysis found that commonly prescribed antidepressants had little effect on people with cases of mild to severe depression compared to those treated with placebos."

Going smoke-free may raise diabetes risk - baltimoresun.com

Going smoke-free may raise diabetes risk - baltimoresun.com: "People who quit smoking tend to gain weight, and those extra pounds can put a person at increased diabetes risk. In fact, the diabetes risk was higher for people who gave up cigarettes than for those who continued to smoke - but only within the first couple of years of quitting, according to the research appearing in today's Annals of Internal Medicine.

After that, the diabetes risk decreased and almost disappeared after 10 years, researchers found."

NZ's cyber spies win new powers - national | Stuff.co.nz

NZ's cyber spies win new powers - national | Stuff.co.nz: "The measures are the largest expansion of police and SIS surveillance capabilities for decades, and mean that all mobile calls and texts, email, internet surfing and online shopping, chatting and social networking can be monitored anywhere in New Zealand."

Gulf petro-powers to launch currency in latest threat to dollar hegemony - Telegraph

Gulf petro-powers to launch currency in latest threat to dollar hegemony - Telegraph: "“The US dollar has failed. We need to delink,” said Nahed Taher, chief executive of Bahrain’s Gulf One Investment Bank."

Solution to killer superbug found in Norway - Yahoo! News

Solution to killer superbug found in Norway - Yahoo! News: "Norway's public health system fought back with an aggressive program that made it the most infection-free country in the world. A key part of that program was cutting back severely on the use of antibiotics."

Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict - Telegraph

Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict - Telegraph: "Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict"