A scientific breakthrough or mere coincidence? For now the experts are still divided, but if confirmed this could be a major breakthrough in the as yet unsolvable puzzle of earthquake prediction.
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Flights will become bumpier as global warming destabilises air currents at altitudes used by commercial airliners, climate scientists warned Monday.
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Turnout is expected to be about 15 percent! Also troubling; among the 192 candidates standing for the 43 new posts, only one in three have previously served on a police authority or worked for a force.
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From the French Revolution to the Arab Spring, high food prices have been cited as a factor behind mass protest movements. But can food prices actually help predict when social unrest is likely to break out?
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Participatory Violence Appraisal (PVA), used in Kenya and Chile, could have helped to anticipate the tipping points that led to last summer’s riots in cities across the United Kingdom, the researchers say
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Among those ‘personal’ activities that possibly earned demerits in the eyes of the State Department was his blogging, especially regarding the trove of leaked diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks in 2010.
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Bonuses for staff at the Met Office shot up by 30 per cent last year — despite accusations that they failed to warn the public early enough about last year’s Big Freeze.
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