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Eco hysteria over polar bears unjustified: They are not in danger, insists Nunavut biologist who knows the animals The Edmonton Journal, Sun 31 Dec 2006 Page: A16 , Section: Opinion Byline: Lorne Gunter "No evidence exists that suggests that both [polar] bears and the conservation systems that regulate them will not adapt and respond to the new conditions. Polar bears have persisted through many similar climate cycles." There's a lot in that two-sentence statement from Dr. Mitch Taylor, polar bear biologist for the government of Nunavut, and one of the leading experts in the world on Ursus maritimus. First,...

Bill would ban people from smoking while children in the car BATON ROUGE, La. -- Parents would have to stub out their cigarettes while their kids are in the car, under a bill headed to the Senate for debate. The bill would prohibit anyone from lighting up a cigarette, cigar or pipe in a vehicle while a child required to be in a booster seat or car seat is riding along _ a child up to 60 pounds, or up to about eight years old. The House approved the bill in a 66-31 vote. Rep. Gary Smith, D-Norco, said he...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Co., April 26 /Christian Wire Service/ -- A third of homosexuals’ children become homosexual. That’s the major finding from the largest study of adult children of homosexuals. Children of transsexuals were also more apt to become homosexual or transsexual. At least 23 (30%) of 77 adult children of homosexuals were homosexual and 25 (32%) heterosexual. Of 10 adults with transsexual parents, at least one became transsexual and another homosexual. “Our society has been told by gays and professional associations that children were not more apt to become homosexual if their parents were. We’ve been told that genital mutilations...

A COMPLETELY blind British man had been shown to possess an apparent "sixth sense" which let him recognise emotions on people's faces, British scientists said in research released today. The 52-year-old was able to react to pictures of human faces showing emotions such as anger, happiness or fear, the researchers said. The man, identified only as "patient X", has suffered two strokes which damaged the brain areas that process visual signals, leaving him completely blind. However his eyes and optic nerves are intact, and brain scans showed that he appeared to somehow use a part of the brain not usually...

GLOUCESTER, Mass. - Hundreds of fishermen who say they have no faith in research that supports further limits on their catches rallied in a show of solidarity Thursday as New England fisheries officials moved toward enacting court-mandated restrictions. The New England Fisheries Management Council voted 13-3 to present eight options that could meet court demands to reduce commercial catches. The options include a combination of tighter regulations - including cuts in fishing days of up to 65 percent - closed fishing grounds, quotas and gear changes. The options will enter a public comment period, unless a federal judge grants a...