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...Your article asks what the cause of the bigger-families phenomenon might be. The answer is simple and relates to a basic aspect of of human nature. In the U.S. and here in Australia, the rich are anxious to maintain their position in society and are worried about being outnumbered by groups viewed as beneath them. This desire may be subconscious, but they feel they have much to lose unless they maintain the status quo. Dr. Rebecca Fanany, Vermont South...
Recent major studies from Australia and Canada have also concluded that miscarriages and induced abortions raise the odds of premature birth and low birth weight - but only modestly. (Those studies were able to distinguish women who had miscarried from women who had intentionally ended their pregnancies.) Many other studies have found no clear link at all. Perhaps that's because different study populations, taken from all over the world, involve different risk factors for premature birth; or it may be simply that the sample sizes in some studies were too small to pick up relatively small differences between women...
...More importantly, with the exception of a confused statement from Japan, not one of the allies that had generally stood with the U.S. the past two weeks - Australia, Russia, Canada - rose in its defense. The near-total isolation of the U.S. on climate change - which had been building since its rejection of the Kyoto Protocol nearly a decade ago - was now obvious, apparently even to the U.S. Dobiansky turned to speak. "We've listened very closely to many of our colleagues here during these two weeks, but especially to what has been said in this hall today," she said...
...looking at rich, robust, inside information, it's going to be the U.K., the U.S., Australia. If you're looking at places where you can get spontaneous, rapid feedback, Brazil is an excellent place for that. There's a willingness to try stuff. And that's what makes it a little more interesting and exciting. So I can make good money and have...
...Despite the scientific work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlighting the urgency of deep and rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S. - along with Japan, Australia and Canada - has resolutely opposed a European push for the Bali delegates to discuss targeted emissions cuts. That opposition isn't surprising, because the Bush Administration has never hidden its opposition to mandatory cuts. But observers here say the U.S. obstructive role has been more egregious, stymieing attempts to craft meaningful action on everything from deforestation to measures to help developing nations manage their carbon output. "The U.S. has been fingered...