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...There is a common misperception about how methane gets into the atmosphere. It is actually through belching rather than the other end.' MICHAEL ABBERTON, a scientist at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research in the U.K., on cow belching as a major source of methane emissions that contribute to global climate change. Each cow belches around 100 to 200 liters of methane daily...
...with the BBC after its correspondent Andrew Gilligan said in 2003 that Campbell had "sexed up" a government dossier about Saddam Hussein's weapons capability still occludes his achievements. The row claimed several scalps at the BBC, including Gilligan's and the broadcaster's top two bosses. The government scientist David Kelly, unmasked as Gilligan's source, took his own life. "Campbell won his battle with the BBC," says veteran journalist turned p.r. man Michael Prescott, "but you look round after the battle and find you?re standing in a charred field." After a judicial inquiry cleared Campbell, he quickly...
...smelling increasingly of sulphur himself. His bitter dispute with the BBC after its correspondent Andrew Gilligan said in 2003 that Campbell had "sexed up" a government dossier about Saddam Hussein's weapons capability claimed scalps at the broadcaster, Gilligan's and the BBC's top two bosses. The government scientist David Kelly, unmasked as Gilligan's source, took his own life in June. When a judicial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Kelly's death vindicated Campbell, a wave of critical media coverage talked of a whitewash...
...Pilbeam, who has served as interim FAS dean for the past three months and is a former dean of undergraduate education, will be sticking around University Hall as well. Pilbeam, an informal consultant to Harvard administrators for decades, will act as senior adviser to Smith—a computer scientist who assumes the deanship with less administrative experience than recent predecessors...
...Computer scientist Michael D. Smith, who will take over as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences July 15, will pick Gross's successor. Gross said he expected Smith to make the choice after coming back from vacation next month...