Rosville

Stephen Hawking says universe not created by God

rosville — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:47:47 +0000

”God did not create the universe, the man who is arguably Britain’s most famous living scientist says in a forthcoming book.In the new work, The Grand Design, Professor Stephen Hawking argues that the Big Bang, rather than occurring following the intervention of a divine being, was inevitable due to the law of gravity.”

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani subjected to mock execution

rosville — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:10:57 +0000

”Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, was told on Saturday that she was to be hanged at dawn on Sunday, but the sentence was not carried out, it emerged tonight.”

Rich exoplanet system discovered

rosville — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:04:45 +0000

”Astronomers have discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets that orbit a star called HD 10180, which is much like our own Sun.
The star is 127 light years away, in the southern constellation of Hydrus.”

Read more at BBC Science here Read more at ESO here

Darwin’s house and laboratory denied world heritage status – for now

rosen — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:21:11 +0000

”Charles Darwin’s home, Down House in Kent, and the surrounding landscape where he carried out his great biological experiments, has been rejected, for the moment, as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).”

Record number of women stand for parliament

rosen — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:14:39 +0000

”A record number of women are running in Af ghanistan´scritical elections next month despite many being inundated with threatening phone calls, including death threats from insurgents.”

Romers situation i Europa allt svårare

rosen — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:50:04 +0000

”– Lösningen kan aldrig vara att jaga bort folk. EU måste ta tag i det här på högsta nivå. Det får inte ske i Europa år 2010 att man ger sig på människor som redan ligger på botten, säger Hans Caldaras, föreståndare för Romskt Kulturcentrum i Stockholm och mångårig förespråkare för romers rättigheter.”

äs mer på Europaportalen här

Voice of Chile’s trapped miners brings relief to surface

rosen — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:35:39 +0000

”The first audio contact with the men, who are expected to remain 670 metres (2,200ft) underground in the San José mine for another four months before they can be rescued.”

Read more in The Guardian here
BBC On air: The astonishing story of the Chilean miners here

Is there anything to do to support the trapped miners and their families?

Paul Krugman i stor Godmorgon, världen!-interview in English

rosen — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:03:25 +0000

”Godmorgon, världen” a radioprogramme from public service radio in Sweden has an interview with Paul Krugman.

You can listen to the interview here

Dark chocolate can be good for the heart, study says

rosen — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:45:53 +0000

”The Boston study, in a journal of the American Heart Association, looked at nearly 32,000 Swedish women aged between 48 and 83 over nine years.Dieticians say eating chocolate too often can be damaging and unhealthy.The study notes that one or two 19 to 30 gram servings of dark chocolate a week led to a 32% reduction in heart failure risk.This fell to 26% when one to three servings a month were eaten. But those who ate chocolate every day did not appear to reduce their risk of heart failure at all.”

Trovärdigheten i Sveriges FN-engagemang och vår militära alliansfrihet står på spel i Afghanistan.

rosen — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:58:01 +0000

”Men Sverige framhärdar trots att vi inte är bundna av Nato:s artikel 5. I stället har FN-mandatet blivit ett fikonlöv för fortsatt närvaro. Men ingen FN-resolution tvingar Sverige att delta, säkerhetsrådet uppmanar alla medlemstater att bidra till i princip samtliga FN-ledda fredsoperationer. Sverige har gjort ett politiskt val och valt bort de 18 riktiga, FN-ledda fredsoperationerna – som i massvåldtäkternas Kongo och massmordens Darfur. Det finns inte en enda svensk beväpnad soldat i FN-ledda operationer, de finns i stället i Nato i Afghanistan.”

Pierre Schori i ett debatt inlägg i DagensNyheter här