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John Wilkins - Scientific Realism

Duration: 5:51
Updated: 03 Sep 2014
author: Adam Ford

Scientific realism is, at the most general level, the view that the world described by science is the real world, as it is, independent of what we might take...

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7 - 4 - Part Four - Scientific Realism and the No Miracles Argument (0331)

Duration: 3:32
Updated: 30 Jul 2014
author: Long Luong

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Scientific Realism Day 05 - Clip02

Duration: 14:40
Updated: 14 Apr 2013
author: ucscmedia

Philosophy of Science Guest Lecture Series by Dr. Michael Arnold on 28th March 2012.

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MindChunk: Scientific Realism, AntiRealism, and Consciousness

Duration: 7:37
Updated: 06 Jun 2014

What makes a theoretical posit real? And what makes some posits fundamental to a scientific theory? Could consciousness be one of the fundamental elements of a scientific theory? Philosophy professors Richard Brown and Pete Mandik tackle these questions at greater length in Episode 3 of the SpaceTimeMind podcast. http://www.spacetimemind.com/blog/2014/4/14/episode-3-consciousness-explained-part-2-the-nature-of-explanation

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Realism and anti-realism I: Absolutism and relativism

Duration: 13:32
Updated: 24 Aug 2014
author: Jan Willem Lindemans

This is the first tutorial on the realism debate. "Realists" believe that some "reality" exists independently of our mind or our thinking about this reality....

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Carnap on the Scientific Realism Debate

Duration: 34:10
Updated: 26 Dec 2013
author: Brad Younger

Paul Dicken (Cambridge) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Carnap titled "Tolerance & Voluntarism". Abstract: Carnap's dissolution of the scientific realis...

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Cormac McCarthy on scientific realism

Duration: 0:19
Updated: 01 Nov 2014

Cormac McCarthy discusses science in this clip from the closing credits of "The Unbelievers" documentary film (2013).

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Kitcher Scientific Realism

Duration: 6:35
Updated: 24 Feb 2014

Kitcher's criticisms of van Fraassen's antirealism

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Scientific Realism Day05 - Clip01

Duration: 14:13
Updated: 14 Apr 2013
author: ucscmedia

Philosophy of Science Guest Lecture Series by Dr. Michael Arnold on 28th March 2012.

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Scientific realism and proofs of God

Duration: 5:04
Updated: 27 Mar 2013
author: James Coleman

This video looks at the parallels between scientific realism and proofs of God.

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Scientific Realism as an Historical Thesis - Prof Stathis Psillos

Duration: 52:01
Updated: 30 Aug 2014
author: DurhamUniversity

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"Scientific Realism and the Simulation Argument" by Adam Davis

Duration: 13:53
Updated: 24 Jul 2013
author: transfigurism

The 2012 conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association was held on 6 April 2012 from 9am to 5pm at the Salt Lake City Public Library in Salt Lake City, ...

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Is Maths Real? Lee Smolin, Peter Hacker, Hilary Lawson on Scientific Realism

Duration: 1:06
Updated: 05 Aug 2013
author: IAITV

Is Maths Real? Watch the full debate at: http://iai.tv/video/pythagoras-dream with Lee Smolin, Peter Hacker & Hilary Lawson on scientific realism and the rea...

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Scientific realism and the history of experimentation - Prof Theodore Arabatzis

Duration: 52:15
Updated: 18 Apr 2013
author: DurhamUniversity

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Scientific Realism Day 05 - Clip03

Duration: 14:41
Updated: 14 Apr 2013
author: ucscmedia

Philosophy of Science Guest Lecture Series by Dr. Michael Arnold on 28th March 2012.

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Scientific Realism Day 05 - Clip04

Duration: 9:55
Updated: 27 Apr 2012
author: ucscmedia

Philosophy of Science Guest Lecture Series by Dr. Michael Arnold on 28th March 2012.

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Panel on Scientific Realism

Duration: 54:29
Updated: 12 Jun 2014
author: Rotman Institute of Philosophy

Martin Curd Mathias Frisch Michel Ghins.

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Moral Realism: Arcadia University US275 Scientific Ethics

Duration: 10:15
Updated: 16 Aug 2014
author: John R. Hoffman

This mini-lecture examines the viewpoint of moral realists.

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One Giant Leap for Climate Realism

Duration: 1:33
Updated: 11 Dec 2014

Why would an Apollo Astronaut come out of retirement to jump off a cliff in Peru? For Apollo 7 astronaut Walt Cunningham, calling attention to the “sorry way” that climate science and policy have been distorted is an important reason. Walt came to the UN climate conference in Peru (COP 20) as part of the official CFACT delegation to issue a call for political leaders and the media to return to “scientific realism” on global warming. Cunningham was part of the three member Apollo VII crew which in 1968 became NASA’s first manned space mission after the loss of the three astronauts of Apollo I to a tragic fire on the ground. - See more at: http://www.cfact.org/2014/12/07/apollo-astronaut-takes-giant-leap-for-climate-realism-in-peru/#sthash.ZzpnVxd8.dpuf

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7 - 5 - Part Five - Scientific Anti-Realism Constructive Empiricism (0726)

Duration: 7:27
Updated: 27 May 2013
author: Long Luong

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Spiritual Realism in the Theology and Science Discourse

Duration: 103:47
Updated: 22 Dec 2013
author: Yale Divinity School

Convocation 2009 Taylor Lecture The Theology and Science Discourse on Anthropology III. The human Being in His/Her Relation to the Sustaining, Saving, and En...

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Climate Realist Marc Morano Debates Bill Nye the Science Guy on Global Warming

Duration: 10:46
Updated: 05 Dec 2012

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Semantic anti-realism and quantum theory Part1

Duration: 13:38
Updated: 04 Feb 2012
author: Sina Salek

Here we discuss that quantum theory, as the most accurate language designed to give a grasp of the natural phenomena, provides the best examples for an argum...

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Quo Vadis Selective Scientific Realism - Dr Peter Vickers

Duration: 53:27
Updated: 09 Jan 2014
author: DurhamUniversity

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Michela Massimi - Perspectival Realism (Nov. 8th 2013)

Duration: 88:40
Updated: 23 Apr 2014
author: Rotman Institute of Philosophy

In her talk, Massimi will review the problems and prospects of scientific perspectivism. Scientific perspectivism has been advocated as a philosophical view ...

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Science & the Preservation of Reliability

Duration: 45:34
Updated: 28 Feb 2015

Bryson Brown (Lethbridge) gives a talk at the Conference on Paraconsistent Reasoning in Science and Mathematics titled "On the Preservation of Reliability". Abstract: All models are wrong, but some are useful. C.S. Peirce examined several broad methods for arriving at beliefs in “On the Fixation of Belief”; the central theme of his essay is the importance of having a method that leads to stable agreement amongst the members of a society. Peirce argues that the scientific method meets this standard, generalizing Hobbes’ observation that Harvey’s hypothesis of the circulation of the blood is an important example of a once-controversial view that came to be accepted even by those who initially rejected it, and a demonstration of the special epistemic success of science, in contrast with other forms of inquiry. But stable agreements are sometimes overturned. The brilliant, wide-ranging successes of classical physics made the basic principles of Newton’s theory laws of nature in the eyes of physicists, philosophers and the educated public. Yet they have been superseded by new principles. This pattern of success followed by failure and replacement is the key premise of Laudan’s pessimistic induction argument against scientific realism. Yet we have confidence, often justified confidence, in many scientific inferences, including inferences that begin with models and theoretical principles known to be false. Though the equations used and descriptions of actual systems our models are applied to are false, the results of the calculations (even when only approximate) are considered reliable for many purposes, and with good reason. Thus models provided by orbital mechanics are used to place probes in desired orbits and even land on other planets, while atmospheric GCMs are used to estimate large-scale climate changes likely to occur given various scenarios for human GHG emissions. Neither the equations used nor the descriptions of the systems such models include are true; the results of the calculations (even assuming the calculations are exact) cannot reasonably be taken to be true, either. Yet we do rely on them, and with good reason. Many measurable physical quantities that models allow us to calculate values for turn out to be very close to the results of actual observations under a wide range of specifiable conditions. This paper develops a pragmatic view of theories, models and the inferences we use our models and theories to make. The preservation of reliability allows for the use of incompatible theories and principles in our inferences, along with contextually-determined levels of acceptable approximation, and conceptual shifts in how measurement results are interpreted in the light of the different principles relied on at different points. But it is also compatible with a modest scientific realism: the criteria by which we decide when a theory can be relied on generally include measurable parameters whose values, even though our understanding of them remains imperfect, reliably indicate when and to what extent a given theory is reliable and constitutes reliably settled science in a sense that Peirce might have found satisfying even without an accepted background theory in which we can explain both that reliability and its limits.

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Fine Arthur "Structural Realism, Then and Now"

Duration: 57:35
Updated: 19 Aug 2014
author: Institut Henri Poincaré

Résumé Henri Poincaré worried that the ephemeral nature of scientific théories could be seen as amounting to the "bankruptcy of science". Recently his defens...

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Race Realism = Real Racism

Duration: 24:41
Updated: 06 Sep 2014
author: The Peach

The second (and hopefully, last) long-ass response to HeyRuka and the "race realist" nimrods. HeyRuka's video which does not allow ratings and comments pendi...

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The Return of Liberal Realism: The IR Enlightenment and the Ends of IR Theory

Duration: 38:19
Updated: 13 Jul 2014
author: Centre for International Policy Studies uOttawa

Michael Williams is Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. His research interests are in Internati...

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A New View of Science: Title Search Realism

Duration: 84:20
Updated: 15 Aug 2014
author: UMBCtube

Global Climate Change: Science, Polity, and Authority Lecture by Naomi Oreskes, Provost, Sixth College, University of California, San Diego. C.P. Snow worrie...

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Bas van Fraassen: The Semantic Approach to Science, After 50 Years

Duration: 89:19
Updated: 31 Jul 2014
author: Rotman Institute of Philosophy

The 1960s saw many revolutions, worldwide, and some of that epoch's revolutionary spirit manifested itself in philosophy of science, with strong reactions ag...

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Carnap on Realism & Instrumentalism

Duration: 49:27
Updated: 29 Jul 2014
author: Brad Younger

Michael Friedman (Stanford) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Carnap titled "Carnap's Logico-Mathematical Neutrality between Realism and Instrumentalism"....

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Introduction to Critical Realism Part Two: Critical Naturalism and Applied Critical Realism

Duration: 56:10
Updated: 06 Jul 2014
author: Gary Hawke

The second part of: An Introduction to Critical Realism, recorded during a live session at the Institute for Education, hosted by Gary Hawke of Alethic Coach...

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Sam Harris: Science can ground moral realism

Duration: 45:05
Updated: 05 Nov 2014

This is a response to Sam Harris in this debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg7p1BjP2dA Additional Reading: The Fact-Value Dichotomy - http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/40104278.pdf

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James Fodor - The Shaky Foundations of Science: An Overview of the Big Issues

Duration: 62:34
Updated: 02 Dec 2014

Many people think about science in a fairly simplistic way: collect evidence, formulate a theory, test the theory. By this method, it is claimed, science can achieve objective, rational knowledge about the workings of reality. In this presentation I will question the validity of this understanding of science. I will consider some of the key controversies in philosophy of science, including the problem of induction, the theory-ladenness of observation, the nature of scientific explanation, theory choice, and scientific realism, giving an overview of some of the main questions and arguments from major thinkers like Popper, Quine, Kuhn, Hempel, and Feyerabend. I will argue that philosophy of science paints a much richer and messier picture of the relationship between science and truth than many people commonly imagine, and that a familiarity with the key issues in the philosophy of science is vital for a proper understanding of the power and limits of scientific thinking. Slides to the presentation available here: http://www.slideshare.net/adam_ford/the-shaky-foundations-of-science-slides-james-fodor Video / Slides / Abstract: http://2014.scifuture.org/abstract-the-shaky-foundations-of-science-an-overview-of-the-big-issues-james-fodor/ Conference Program: http://2014.scifuture.org/program/ Subscribe to this Channel: http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheRationalFuture Science, Technology & the Future: http://scifuture.org Humanity+: http://humanityplus.org

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Thomas Kuhn as a Perspectival Realist

Duration: 44:47
Updated: 21 Feb 2014
author: Brad Younger

Ronald Giere gives a talk on Thomas Kuhn and his influential work in the philosophy of science. This talk was part of a conference celebrating the 50th anniv...

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Kerbal Space Program (0.23.5) - Realism Overhaul 039 - To Mars! Part 2

Duration: 32:14
Updated: 01 Sep 2014
author: Tyler Raiz

I try to get my first interplanetary probe in this series, packed with scientific instruments and goo, out to Mars. The mods installed are those in the Reali...

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Non-Dual Conscious Realism ~ Neil Theise

Duration: 36:25
Updated: 21 Mar 2015

We propose a generalized theory of “Non-Dual Conscious Realism” addressing the fundamental issue of consciousness. This theoretical framework posits the universing arising from an undifferentiated, non-dual field of pure conscious awareness. From within this universal consciousness emanate the complementary phenomena of Planck scale quantum vacuum and quantum foam, generating space and time, matter and energy. Through successive, recursive, creative interactions, phenomena and entities at each level of scale self-organize into emergent phenomena and entities at each next higher scale, comprising the entire cosmos. These triadic principles of complementarity, recursion, and creative interactivity (wherein “sentience” is the special case of the biological) are reflected throughout all scales. Though emergentist/materialist positions predominate in contemporary discourse regarding consciousness, the primacy of this non-dual conscious reality, which we emphasize is the deepest possible “panpsychist” perspective, is not contradicted by any known scientific phenomena. Also, unlike most emergentist positions, it is inclusive of the inextricable linkage between observer and observed, subject and object, decisively revealed by quantum mechanics. Indeed, at all levels of scale above the quantum realm, quantum-like effects – such as uncertainty, complementarity, superposition, entanglement, non-locality - reflecting such interconnectivity are recognized. Corollaries of Non-Dual Conscious Realism include that: materiality is not implicit in the universe, but is entirely a scale dependent phenomenon; the “hard problem” of qualia is subsumed by confirmation that all phenomena of the universe are qualia within consciousness; neural correlates of consciousness are not how consciousness is created, but are, rather, the ways in which the nervous systems (human or other) transduce consciousness into adaptive, species-specific perceptions and behaviors. Individual consciousness and associated qualia are part of the universal, non-dual conscious reality. Neil Theise, MD Professor of Pathology and of Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Neil Theise, MD is a practicing pathologist at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he is Professor of Pathology and of Medicine. He is considered a thought leader in fields of liver diseases, liver stem cells, and adult stem cell plasticity. In recent years, interests in complexity theory applications to biology have led to novel insights regarding stem cell biology, non-Western models of the body, science-spirituality dialogue, and consciousness studies. With Menas Kafatos he is formulating a panpsychist approach to the relationship between consciousness and the universe. He is a Senior Student at the Village Zendo in NYC.

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Jurisprudence: Realist School

Duration: 23:16
Updated: 17 Aug 2014
author: Indian Law School

(in Hindi) (in Hindi) (in Hindi) (in Hindi) (in Hindi) (in Hindi) Characterstics of Realist School: American v/s Scandinavian Realism: Criticism: - undermine...

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Philosophy of Science Lecture #7: Realism and Conventionalism

Duration: 39:44
Updated: 11 Dec 2014

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John Derbyshire and James Watson: Black Crime and Crimes Against Science

Duration: 20:36
Updated: 29 Aug 2014
author: Libertarian Realist

John Derbyshire's Race Realism and James Watson's Scientific Heroism "There is no firm reason to anticipate that the intellectual capacities of peoples geogr...

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All About - Realism

Duration: 2:31
Updated: 19 Mar 2015

What is Realism? A documentary report all about Realism for the blind and visually impaired or for homework/assignment. Realism, Realistic, or Realists may refer to:*Realism (arts), the general attempt to depict subjects truthfully*Realism art movement, 19th century painting movement*Realism (international relations), the view that world politics are driven by competitive self-interest*Realism (theatre), 19th century theatre movement focused on bringing fidelity of real life to texts and performances*Literary realism, a literary movement stressing the depiction of contemporary life and society as it exists or existed*Philosophical realism, belief that reality exists independently of observers*Moral realism or ethical realism, a non-nihilist view of morality that claims ethical sentences express propositions made true by objective features of the world, independent of subjective opinion*Scientific realism, the doctrine that certain objects or theories in science are real*Depressive realism, a theory that individuals suffering from clinical depression have a more accurate view of reality*Ethnographic realism, a writing style that narrates the author's anthropological observations as if they were first-hand*Legal realism, a jurisprudence emphasizing the substantive results of the law*Tactical realism, a genre of combat simulations in computer gaming*Magic realism, a literary genre*Realism theory, the belief that cognitive biases are not "errors", but rather methods of dealing with the "real world"*Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, art movement Intro/Outro music: Discovery Hit/Chucky the Construction Worker - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under CC-BY-3.0 Text derived from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism Text to Speech powered by tts-api.com Images are Public Domain or CC-BY-3.0: Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Millet_-_Gleaners_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(arts) Gustave_Courbet_-_Bonjour_Monsieur_Courbet_-_Mus%C3%A9e_Fabre.jpg from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(arts) Magnetic-fields-realism.jpg from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(The_Magnetic_Fields_album) Naive_realism.jpg from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C3%AFve_realism

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For Real Segment on "Dailies" (for Reelz Channel)

Duration: 3:13
Updated: 30 Oct 2014

We produced fun pop-culture-vs-science signature segments called "For Real?" for Dailies, an entertainment news program on Reelz Channel. Each segment explored the scientific realism of popular new movie releases, which included (at the time) Into the Wild, Fred Claus, Beowulf, I Am Legend, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, and many more.

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John Wilkins - Map & Territory

Duration: 5:06
Updated: 17 Aug 2014

Also see 'Scientific Realism': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8MMPkA9LgI "Our Theories Die in our Stead" - Popper - Subscribe to this Channel: http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheRationalFuture Science, Technology & the Future: http://scifuture.org Humanity+: http://humanityplus.org

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6.4. INTROPHIL - Scientific Realism and the No Miracles Argument

Duration: 3:32
Updated: 23 May 2014

Week six of the University of Edinburgh's "Introduction to Philosophy" (INTROPHIL) open online course. Dr Michela Massimi School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences University of Edinburgh Licence: CC-BY-NC http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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6.5. INTROPHIL - Scientific Anti Realism Constructive Empiricism

Duration: 7:27
Updated: 05 Jun 2014
author: Open Education Edinburgh

Week six of the University of Edinburgh's "Introduction to Philosophy" (INTROPHIL) open online course. Dr Michela Massimi School of Philosophy, Psychology an...

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Naturalism Part 4: Webcam video from July 10, 2013 3:17 PM

Duration: 28:57
Updated: 10 Apr 2014
author: Tuffer Hammons

Naturalism Part IV: Critiques of Scientific Atheism Continued: (6) C.S. Lewis argument in MIRACLES; (7) Naturalism doesn't support Scientific Realism (and th...

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In this photo taken Wednesday, April 8, 2015, decomposed bodies of civilians reportedly killed by Boko Haram lie around on the ground in Gwoza, Nigeria.

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Grisly discovery in Nigerian town: Hundreds of decomposed corpses

CNN

28 Apr 2015

Kano, Nigeria (CNN)Hundreds of decomposed corpses were discovered buried in shallow graves in the streets of the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak this past weekend, according to local officials and a resident. The town had recently been freed from the Boko Haram terror group in a joint Nigerian-Chadian military operation ... Mustapha said the bodies were buried in 20 clearly marked mass graves ... ....

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File - Chief Justice William Rehnquist administering the oath of office to President George H. W. Bush during Inaugural ceremonies at the United States Capitol. January 20, 1989.

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Clinton Cash Was First Bush Sr.'s Billions

WorldNews.com

27 Apr 2015

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "Secrecy, once accepted, becomes addictive." -Edward Teller. Buried deep in the collapse of the Soviet Union is George H.W. Bush's successful attempt to obtain the maximum amount of Soviet weapons-grade uranium ... The White House also decided that the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) would be the sole agent authorized to buy the uranium from Russia ... Years before U.S ... and Russia ... 261....

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A man walks past a burning police vehicle, Monday, April 27, 2015, during unrest following the funeral of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.

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'This is not the justice we seek': sorrow in Baltimore as grief turns into riots

The Guardian

28 Apr 2015

Amid fires and looting, some say protesters are hurting their own community but others believe unrest after custody death of Freddie Gray is just the beginning. Firefighters battle a blaze amid riots in Baltimore. Photograph. TNS /Landov / Barcroft Media/TNS /Landov / Barcroft Media. Paul Lewis, Jon Swaine and Ben Jacobs in Baltimore. Tuesday 28 April 2015 09.17 BST Last modified on Tuesday 28 April 2015 09.38 BST ... Related ... Photograph ... ....

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An Indonesian police vehicle carries Australian death row prisoners, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran during their transfer at a prison in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 4, 2015.

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Indonesia executes drug smugglers by firing squad

Al Jazeera

28 Apr 2015

Indonesia has executed eight out of nine drug convicts despite last-ditch appeals by Australia's foreign minister for a stay of execution so that claims of corruption during the trials of two Australian prisoners could be investigated. The executions were carried out by firing squad at midnight 17.00 GMT) at Besi prison on Nusakambangan Island on Tuesday, after the inmates were given 72-hour notice ... Source. Agencies. ....

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A resident carries his belongings retrieved from the ruins of his home after Saturday's earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Tuesday, April 28, 2015.

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Nepal struggles to cope with international aid

CNN

28 Apr 2015

(CNN)Countries around the world have launched massive aid operations to help victims of the Nepal earthquake, but distribution of aid faces challenges as Nepal is still trying to come to terms with the scale of the disaster. With over 4,400 dead, 8,000 injured and 8 million people across Nepal affected, numerous aid groups and at least 16 nations have rushed to send supplies and workers to the stricken country. JUST WATCHED ... Replay ... 1 ... 2....

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Federal Judge Rules Punitive Damages Claims Can Stand in Lawsuit over Boston Scientific Pelvic Mesh Device (Parker Waichman LLP)

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29 Apr 2015

Parker Waichman LLP) Federal Judge Rules Punitive Damages Claims Can Stand in Lawsuit over Boston Scientific Pelvic Mesh Device ... A federal judge has ruled that punitive damage claims can stand in a product liability lawsuit against device maker Boston Scientific over its pelvic mesh products ... Boston Scientific asked Judge Joseph Goodwin of the U.S ... Last year Boston Scientific lost two pelvic mesh trials....

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Med device firm braces for $119M in settlements

Boston Herald

29 Apr 2015

Boston Scientific Corp., the state’s largest locally owned medical device company, cited legal expenses and currency rate fluctuations as it reported a first-quarter loss yesterday and cut its sales outlook for the year ... In all, more than 24,000 suits and claims have been filed by women who have said that Boston Scientific’s transvaginal mesh products, used to treat incontinence, caused pain or internal damage....

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Canada-Israeli Conference for developing mutually beneficial technological and economic cooperation: CATA partnered event; Register today (CATAAlliance - Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance)

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29 Apr 2015

An intimate setting will offer attendees of this unique Conference the chance to network on a one-to-one basis with those behind several of the world's leading high-tech start-ups, as well as a handful of top scientific and entrepreneurial minds....

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Weed Scientists Offer New Definition for “Superweed”

Seattle Post

29 Apr 2015

Use of superweed has snowballed in recent years, along with considerable misinformation that isn’t supported by scientific facts ... To date, there is no scientific evidence to indicate that crop to weed gene transfer is contributing to the herbicide resistance issues faced by farmers ... The Weed Science Society of America, a nonprofit scientific society, ......

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Pioneers of HIV structural biology win an award

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29 Apr 2015

World-renowned scientists -- Prof. Mariusz Jaskolski of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, and Dr. Alexander Wlodawer of the National Cancer Institute, USA -- are the first winners of the Poland-U.S. Science Award granted jointly by the Foundation for Polish Science and the American Association for the Advancement of Science , the world's largest scientific association. ....

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Speakers debate proposed CWM landfill at siting conference

Buffalo News

29 Apr 2015

YOUNGSTOWN – Scientific topics occupied much of the time Tuesday, first day of the state’s conference on CWM Chemical Services’ proposed new hazardous waste landfill in Porter ... Read More ....

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Speakers debate proposed CWM landfill at siting conference in Youngstown

Buffalo News

29 Apr 2015

YOUNGSTOWN – Scientific topics occupied much of the time Tuesday, the first day of the state’s conference on CWM Chemical Services’ proposed new hazardous waste landfill in... Read More ....

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Subterranean Atmospheres May Act As Daily Methane Sinks

Big News Network

29 Apr 2015

London, 27 Apr (Prensa Latina) In recent years, methane (CH4) has received increasing scientific attention because it is the most abundant non-CO2 atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) and controls ... ....

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Boston Scientific trades flat after reporting Q1 and settlement of lawsuits

Big News Network

29 Apr 2015

Rank. #10 Company. Boston Scientific CEO. Michael Mahoney Fiscal 2013 revenue. $7.14 billion Two announcements from the states largest locally-owned medical device firm the settlement of ... ....

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Quarterly sales flat at Boston Scientific but lawsuits resolved

Big News Network

29 Apr 2015

Meeting expectations, medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. reported earning an adjusted 21 cents per share Tuesday morning. The company also reported reaching a conditional settlement on ... ....

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Saudi- NAUSS Organizes Care and Counseling Role Facing Takfiri Thought Forum

Big News Network

29 Apr 2015

(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) The Scientific Forum on 'Care and Counseling's Role in Facing Takfiri Thought' started its works, whereas it is being organized by the Faculty of Social ... ....

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Gluten-free diets reveal more about Western anxieties than they do about the protein

Big News Network

29 Apr 2015

To put it another way, the next person you meet who goes on about the dangers of gluten is - scientifically speaking - not on solid ground. The non-coeliacs who avoid gluten, in fact, ... ....

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Vatican Final Declaration from conference on climate change

Big News Network

29 Apr 2015

World leaders meeting at the Vatican for a conference on climate change have issued a final statement today, declaring that "human-induced climate change is a scientific reality" and ... ....

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