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Scientist at Work Blog: A Forest Denizen at Risk
NY Times:Slow lorises in the deep dark of the Vietnamese forest are probably wise to avoid the scientist who wanders by...
Weather conditions were ideal for tornado that slammed Oklahoma
LA Times:The powerful twister that hit Moore was a result of the right atmospheric conditions, as well as bad luck: It was the third time since 1999 that the town has been struck by a powerful tornado.The city of Moore, Okla.
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Heinrich Rohrer, Physicist Who Won Nobel, Dies at 79
NY Times:Dr. Rohrer helped invent the scanning tunneling microscope, which made it possible to see individual atoms and...
F.A.A.’s Concerns Hold Up Use of Wildfire Drones
NY Times:While federal firefighters explore the use of drones to map a wildfire’s size and speed, safety requirements of...
From Neanderthal Molar, Scientists Infer Early Weaning
NY Times:Patterns of barium in the fossil tooth of a child indicate that breast-feeding ended after 1.2 years, researchers say — much sooner than in modern nonindustrial populations.
Arianna Huffington
Oklahoma schools lacked consistent tornado shelter rules huff.to/10jLJzr
david carr
Houses in Okla blow away because they were not designed against big twisters. nyti.ms/11Y2fYZ @jswatz reports
Sam Sifton
Why was there no safe room in that school in Oklahoma, or in many of the homes? @jswatz reports: nyti.ms/1a3QVZ7.
Letters: A Tornado-Prone Area’s Latest Tragedy
Readers offer suggestions for reducing the death toll from natural disasters.
Op-Ed Contributor: After the Tornado in Oklahoma, a War Zone
That’s the thing with a tornado — even when you know it’s coming, you’re helpless, because you don’t know precisely where it will hit.
Op-Ed Contributor: The View From an Oklahoma Basement
Constance Squires
NY Times Opinion
There’s a certain excitement to tornado season, until a storm like this touches down.
In Oklahoma, Many Massacres Aren't Man-made
Adam Banner
Huffingon Post Blog
I was born and bred in Oklahoma. I make my living as an Oklahoma criminal defense attorney. Tornadoes have been a part of my entire life. Hell, my high school mascot was a "red tornado."
Our Commitment to Boreal Forest Protection: Stronger Than Resolute
Todd Paglia
Huffingon Post Blog
While Resolute has proven unwilling to act in good faith, the other signatories of the historic CBFA remain committed to finding solutions for the Boreal. So am I.