Survey Says: War Is the Irrational Choice

All these news stories, and more, are available at: news.sciencemag.org Today's news from Science Wednesday, 16 February 2011 Rising Temperatures Bringing Bigger Floods Study suggests that CO2 emissions have boosted risk of intense precipitation and consequent flooding http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/rising-temperatures-bringing-big.html?etoc Live @ AAAS - Sara Seager on Planetary Science Sara Seager on the search for planets outside the solar system http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/live-aaas---sara-seager-on-plane.html?etoc Live @ AAAS - Tom Kunz on Bats and the Atmosphere Tom Kunz will discuss the emerging field of aeroecology http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/live-aaas---tom-kunz-on-bats-and.html?etoc Live @ AAAS - Andrew Schwartz on Robotics Dr. Andrew Schwartz talks about his work using brain activity to drive prosthetics http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/live-aaas---andrew-schwartz-on-r.html?etoc ScienceShot: Ancient 'Seaweed' Rewrites History Chinese fossils suggest earlier rise for complex life http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/scienceshot-ancient-seaweed-rewr.html?etoc Live @ AAAS - Ian Baldwin on "Talking Trees" Ian Baldwin will discuss his studies of how plants use chemical signals to fend off hungry insects or attract helpful pollinators http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/live-aaas---ian-baldwin-on-plant.html?etoc Foreign Scientists Will Move to Front of U.K. Visa Line Fleshing out the details of its controversial new immigration cap, the UK Border Agency announced today that it will give priority to scientists and engineers. This represents a partial... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/foreign-scientists-will-move-to.html?etoc India May Join U.S. MoonRise Mission NEW DELIHI—India hopes to join the United States on a sample return mission to the moon, according to K. Radhakrishnan, chair of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/india-may-join-us-moonrise-mission.html?etoc Live @ AAAS - Bill Foster on Electing Scientists to Office At noon on Thursday, 17 February, Live @ AAAS will host a live chat here with former Representative Bill Foster, a physicist who is speaking at the AAAS meeting about... http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/live-aaas---bill-foster-on-scien.html?etoc Survey Says: War Is the Irrational Choice New study suggests that we don't weigh costs and benefits when we choose violent action http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/survey-says-war-is-the-irrationa.html?etoc The Genetics of Long-Distance Flying Researchers discover first gene linked to migratory behavior in birds http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/the-genetics-of-long-distance-fl.html?etoc ScienceShot: A Spider That Likes Stinky Socks Arachnid's curious fetish may help it catch mosquitoes http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/scienceshot-a-spider-that-likes.html?etoc Video: World's Fastest Moving Carnivorous Plant Hungry bladderworts engulf prey in less than a millisecond http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/video-worlds-fastest-moving.html?etoc Proposed Rise for Oceans' Agency Budget as Satellite Costs Mount Although 2012 budget documents for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) are still being vetted by the Department of Commerce and the White House, the big picture has... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/proposed-rise-for-oceans-agency.html?etoc Frustrated Researchers to Petition NIH to Change Rule on Resubmitting Grants A draft petition urging National Institutes of Health (NIH) leaders to rescind a recent rule limiting the number of times a grant application can be submitted is generating a... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/frustrated-researchers-to-petition.html?etoc Unsubscribe or edit your subscriptions for this service at: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/alerts/main Written requests to unsubscribe may be sent to: AAAS / Science, 1200 New York Avenue NW, Washington DC 20005, U.S.A.

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