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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...details in the 2007 report have already withstood the most intense scrutiny. The fact that climate change evidence that was "very likely" a few years ago has now been declared likelier still by the comprehensive Met Office report suggests that the evidence for human-caused climate change is getting better all the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Report: The Case for Global Warming Stronger Than Ever | 3/12/2010 | See Source »

...Proteins don’t have a moral valence. They have functions that are either adaptive or not and it just functions differently in different settings,” Goldstein said. “Now that we understand the settings better and are consequently in a better position to understand how to treat and modulate, the protein may be providing some protective function and important biological functions that we previously didn’t appreciate...

Author: By Shalini Pammal, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Role Found For Disease Protein | 3/12/2010 | See Source »

Welcome to your House! Now that your homes have been determined, you have to set about the task of convincing others (and possibly yourself) that your House is in fact the best. What better way to persuade someone of your House's superiority then to spew a list of famous alumni molded by your House? Here are some of the coolest alumni that we could find from each house. Let the historic notables duke...

Author: By George T. Fournier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Famous Alumni: Your House's Claim to Fame | 3/12/2010 | See Source »

...third set, this one guy started cheering, and I started playing better,” Nguyen said. “Just getting [my] energy pumped up and back on track...

Author: By Charlie Cabot, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Close Match Goes Harvard's Way | 3/12/2010 | See Source »

...Universal suffrage seems to hover constantly on the Hong Kong horizon, which is why, this time, the pan-democrats have to ask themselves whether even some small reform is better than no reform. Should they strike a compromise or make battle? Five legislators chose to do battle: in January, they resigned in the hope of forcing what they call a "de facto referendum" when they run again for their seats in the resulting by-elections. But the plan is rash and has proved unpopular. The other pan-democrats distanced themselves from the plan, while the pro-Beijing parties threatened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Hong Kong Getting Any Closer to Real Democracy? | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

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