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Every entrepreneur makes mistakes when starting out. Some are fixable, some don’t matter that much in the long run. Some really bug you and can’t be fixed and you just have to learn to live with them for a while

New findings published Tuesday appear to undermine a controversial study - oft-cited by those who downplay the human impacts of climate change - that claimed variations in cloud cover are driving temperature changes across the globe. The analysis confirms - as most atmospheric scientists have long held - that the reverse is true: Clouds change in response to temperature changes.

Nitrogen-rich forest bedrock -- the geologic rock formation located under forest soil -- may aid trees in better sequestering carbon, according to a recent study that offers a new understanding on why some forests store greenhouse gases more efficiently than others. While geologic rock isn't a carbon sink itself, it plays an important role in helping the soil and trees above absorb CO 2 , say the study's authors, who published their findings last week in Nature . But a lack of research on nitrogen has left it largely ignored by climate scientists and policymakers scrambling to identify carbon sinks that mitigate carbon dioxide pollution from large emitters.

“Economics: supply and demand.” That’s Father Guido Sarducci... [More]

By Gerard Wynn and Stuart McDill 500 MILES OFF THE NORTH POLE (Reuters) - As polar bears stalked their ship, scientists drilled into the Arctic sea ice this week to try and figure out why it's disappearing so fast. [More]

By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Firefighters were gaining ground [More]

In a move that’s probably long overdue, the U.S. [More]

Beauty is not just in the eye of the beholder--it is also in the eyes of the beholder’s friends.

From LEGOs to Japanese noodles, companies are letting users control their brand--and grow it.

Groupon Delaying IPO . The high-profile initial public offering of Groupon is now thought to be delayed because of highly unfavorable market conditions.

At first glance--and even after deep scrutiny--the names on a new memorial to those killed on September 11, 2001, seem randomly arrayed. The names are not arranged alphabetically nor, for the most part, are they presented in labeled groups. But the memorial's layout is anything but random

Story begins below the infographic. [More]

If you want to be absolutely secure, you should make up a different password for every single Web site you visit. Each password should have at least 16 characters, and it should contain a scramble of letters, numbers, and punctuation; it should contain no recognizable words.

Nobody seems to think much about passwords.

Not to be outdone by the East Coast, we are fighting through our own natural disasters here in Texas. [More]