Academy affirms hockey-stick graph

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The US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) reports that global temperatures over the past millennium are showing a sharp rise that makes the otherwise flattish line looking graph look like a hockey stick. Climatic groups have claimed it an evidence of dangerous global warming sceptics, especially in the United States and Canada, have questioned the study's merit and statistical methodology.

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Back to school

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A growing number of professional physical scientists are going back to university to begin new careers in biology. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is facilitating about 20 mid-career scientists each year to go back into the classroom under a unique grant program called K25s that allow researchers to spend up to five years learning the discipline of their choice.

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Climate researcher takes academy hot seat

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The U.S. National Academy of Sciences has nominated Ralph Cicerone as its next president. Once elected, he will serve a six-year term from July 2005 and he will be the first climate change-scientist to become its president.

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