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There are 4 links today-
The beauty of the Arizona Desert-
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/secret-sandstone-terrain-in-desert-captured-685193
The wildlife of Bhutan-
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/wwf-footage-of-snow-leopard-reveals-684497
and the pests and wild animals found on Costa Rica's coffee farms-
http://scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/the-problem-with-coffee-pests/?ref=science
Finally, over 5000 researchers have joined a boycott of Elsevier's journals in protest at the publisher's behaviour- specifically the way Elsevier profits by selling the rights to see scientific papers. Since the company receives the copyrights and much of the copy editing for nothing- courtessy of the scientists involved and the reviewers, the fact that they (and other academic journal publishers) charge such high prices to view those papers has long been a bone of contention. Not least since the research published was often government- or charity- funded. A fuller account is given in the IHT here-
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/science/researchers-boycott-elsevier-journal-publisher.html?ref=science
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