The Daily Populous

Saturday July 21st, 2018 evening edition

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Australia’s richest person, mining magnate Gina Rinehart, has been revealed as a key funder of the rightwing thinktank the Institute of Public Affairs – a consistent promoter of climate science scepticism.

The IPA has close ties to the Liberal party and IPA fellows regularly appear in the media.

According to Forbes, Rinehart was the seventh-richest woman in the world in 2017 and Australia’s richest person, with current wealth estimated to be $17.6bn.

The IPA has a long history of publishing books and sponsoring speaking tours of prominent climate science deniers.

Prof Ian Plimer, another prominent geologist who rejects climate change science, sits on the board of Hancock Prospecting subsidiary Roy Hill Holdings.

An IPA-sponsored climate study that claimed most global warming was natural was heavily promoted among conservative media outlets around the world.

Climate scientists who reviewed the paper, which had appeared in a journal, described the work as “junk science”. »

Dogs really can smell your emotional state

Authored by mnn.com

For the study, D'Aniello and colleagues had human volunteers watch videos that elicited strong emotional responses, and then collected samples of their sweat.

Incredibly, the dogs adopted behaviors and stress responses consistent with the emotions that were experienced by the human volunteers.

Dogs acted fearful themselves, seeking out more reassurance from their owners while making less contact with strangers. »

On Its 10-Year Anniversary 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Creators Give An Oral History of the Finale

Authored by newsweek.com

To celebrate the anniversary, Newsweek spoke with four people integral to the four-part finale, including the series’ creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who would go on to create a sequel series, The Legend of Korra.

“By the time we made it to the series finale, Mike and I had been living with this story for something like five years.

DiMARTINO: We didn't have time to address it in the finale, and a lot of viewers were upset about that. »

Half of young people recover from schizophrenia

Authored by sciencenordic.com

But now, new Norwegian research suggests that more than half of the study participants are doing well.

After four years of treatment, 55 per cent of the young people were partially or fully recovered, and fully ten per cent of those who are fully recovered no longer use medication.

All the study participants were recruited within five months of being hospitalized or starting outpatient treatment for first-episode mental disorders. »

Anti-Trump protests outside White House continue into fifth night

Authored by thehill.com
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A former adviser to Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBernie Sanders: Trump 'so tough' on child separations but not on Putin Anti-Trump protests outside White House continue into fifth night Opera singers perform outside White House during fourth day of protests MORE brought a hip hop band and dancers to the White House for the fifth night of a multi-day protest on Friday.

Footage captured from the Friday protest shows protesters standing along the White House fence holding signs that read "Treason" as the group performs.

A few high-profile names, including Alyssa Milano and Stormy Daniels's attorney, Michael Avenatti, as well as Rep. Joaquin Castro Joaquin CastroAnti-Trump protests outside White House continue into fifth night Opera singers perform outside White House during fourth day of protests Protests erupt outside of White House as Trump returns from Putin summit MORE (D-Texas), joined the protest earlier this week. »