BBC News – Charlie Hebdo: Gun attack on French magazine kills 12

BBC News - Charlie Hebdo: Gun attack on French magazine kills 12.

Photo of Palin’s son standing on dog draws sharp reaction | Toronto Star

Photo of Palin’s son standing on dog draws sharp reaction | Toronto Star.

NASA finds good news on forests and carbon dioxide — ScienceDaily

NASA finds good news on forests and carbon dioxide -- ScienceDaily.

Neanderthal Fade Away

Neanderthal Fade Away.

BBC News – New fanged frog ‘gives birth to tadpoles’

BBC News - New fanged frog 'gives birth to tadpoles'.

BBC News – Health of oceans ‘declining fast’

An ironic problem!  It makes sense to bring problems to public attention, but what if the act of bringing them to attention gives those receiving the alarm, especially now that news has a global forum, an implicit licence to wait to see whether others are responding before investing anything?

What if we are all waiting for such evidence?

What if the idea of appealing to one another as moral/rational agents assumes something about us that is not true?

BBC News - Health of oceans 'declining fast'.

BBC – Future – Ageing: The girls who never grow older

BBC - Future - Ageing: The girls who never grow older.

BBC News – Paralysed man walks again after cell transplant

BBC News - Paralysed man walks again after cell transplant.

BBC News – Most cancer types ‘just bad luck’

BBC News - Most cancer types 'just bad luck'.

BBC News – Bad maths in Piketty’s capitalism critique?

BBC News - Bad maths in Piketty's capitalism critique?.