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Top 10 Everything of 2014. Arts & Entertainment Top 10 Best Movies By Richard Corliss Top 10 Worst Movies By TIME Staff Top 10 Best Movie Performances Top 10 TV Shows By James Poniewozik Top 10 TV Episodes Top 10 Best Songs Top 10 Worst Songs Top 10 Best Albums Top 10 Fiction Books By Lev Grossman Top 10 Nonfiction Books By Daniel D’Addario Top 10 YA Books By Ashley Ross.

Top 10 Everything of 2014

Comes and Goes. 2015 Presents. What Did We Learn in State of the Future Report? March 23, 2014 - Last week I reported on the imminent release of The Millennium Project's State of the Future 2014. The Millennium Project has been around since 1996 and serves as a central clearing house for ideas about the future from 3,500 contributors whose backgrounds include academics, government, business, NGOs and think tanks.

The 2014 State of the Future represents a distillation of current thoughts. What are they? The outlook for the next decade is more positive than negative based on an analysis of 30 factors, among them, health, freedom, education, environment and wealth. The report summarizes the 15 global challenges in a diagram which I have reproduced here. In addressing the primary challenge which is climate change and sustainable development the report provides an honest current assessment. But if we carry on at current trends GHG emissions will hit 56 gigatons by 2020.

The World Changing Ideas Of 2014. Forecasting the future is never easy.

The World Changing Ideas Of 2014

We were, of course, supposed to have flying cars by now--and yet here we all are, still stuck in traffic on the ground. But lack of personal aerial-transportation options aside, we are living in a world in which the pace of innovation and scientific discovery makes reality seem more and more like science fiction. In the next year, those lines will get even more blurred: Think electronic pills that beam your vitals to your doctor, a drone swooping from the sky to save lives in a disaster, or even a fundamental rethinking of how businesses relate to society.

One thing that's certain: The world will look very different a year from now. House Votes to Bar EPA From Getting Advice From Scientists. A bill passed through the US House of Representatives is designed to prevent qualified, independent scientists from advising the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

House Votes to Bar EPA From Getting Advice From Scientists

They will be replaced with industry affiliated choices, who may or may not have relevant scientific expertise, but whose paychecks benefit from telling the EPA what their employers want to hear. The EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established in 1978 to ensure the EPA uses the most up to date and relevant scientific research for its decision making and that the EPA’s programs reflect this advice. It has served in this role, most often uncontroversially, through 36 years and six presidents. If the new bill passes the Senate and wins presidential approval, however, that is about to change.

It’s hard to be against “balance”, which no doubt helped Rep Chris Stewart (R-Utah) gather 229-191 support for his bill H.R. 1422 to overhaul the way appointments to the SAB are made. Le peuple qui manque. FDA's proposed e-cigarette regulations: Everything you need to know. A Word With The Creator Of The Autoblow 2. In another crowdfunding first, a former lawyer has decided to go the Adam & Eve route and create what one would euphemistically call an onahole.

A Word With The Creator Of The Autoblow 2

The product, called the Autoblow 2, is designed to allow the ingress of the male member and, with the help of a judicious drubbing, bring the male to issue. The team is crowdfunding and has been making sex toys in China for many years. They’ve raised $35,000 of their $45,000 goal, a very good sign. But why would someone make this? And is this the future of hardware startups? 2014 Calendar of World Religion sacred times.

2014 UCS Editorial Cartoon Calendar – Union of Concerned Scientists Online Store. For the 2014 UCS Editorial Cartoon Calendar, we’ve chosen some of our best cartoons from the past seven contests.

2014 UCS Editorial Cartoon Calendar – Union of Concerned Scientists Online Store

Shed Light on Corporate Political Spending - Union of Concerned Scientists. Union of Concerned Scientists Skip to main content Shine a Light on Corporate Political Spending Recent UCS research found that many companies obstruct climate action through their trade and business associations with no disclosure and accountability to policy makers, the public, or even their own shareholders.

Shed Light on Corporate Political Spending - Union of Concerned Scientists

Given the enormous influence trade groups can have over policy decisions, this lack of disclosure is dangerous. It allows corporations to delay or block policies to address climate change—and even allows them to publicly misrepresent climate science—with little to no scrutiny. The public deserves to know who is influencing policies that affect our health and safety. The SEC rule would require publicly traded companies to disclose more about their political spending, including their support for trade and business associations. International Society for Astrological Research. Kavli Prize Science Forum. WEBCAST - "Science and Global Health: The Role of Basic Science" September 3, 2012 Summary 2012 Kavli Prize Science Forum Opening Speaker Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway.

Kavli Prize Science Forum

The Kavli Prize. CleanTech Future Conference III.