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Volcanoes More Dangerous to Earth than Nuclear Bombs

By PravdaSeptember 2, 20101 commentEnvironmentantilles, april, atlantis, catania, crete-mycenaean, eruption, etna, Europe, eyyafyatlayokudlya, Hiroshima, Iceland, indonesian volcano, kamchatka peninsula, krakatau, martinique, mediterranean, minoan civilization, mont pele, peak sarychev, pompeii, santorini, sergei balmasov, sergei fedorov, soufriere, st vincent, tambora volcano, traffic jams, vesuvius, volcanic activity, volcanologist

Many still remember traffic jams in Europe, caused by the April eruption of Eyyafyatlayokudlya. Scientists around the world genuinely fear the catastrophic consequences of volcanic activity.

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How Do You Feel About Science?

By Guest PostJuly 19, 2010Culture, Scienceberkeley lab, davinci, eurobarometer, euroScience, euroscience session, Iceland, italy, london school of economics, martin bauer, nigerians, open forum, pascal, Technology, torino

You’re standing at the edge of watery abyss. What comes to your mind first? The beauty? The amount of electricity? How unimportant you are? How much money you could make with a visitor center?

How you answer says a lot about how you think, and as pollsters are beginning to wonder, how you might feel about science.

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