+Rich White I read the article,and what they are saying is that records and"near records" are being set. This means that in the past,similar events took place,so this event is nothing new. They mention 1920,the hottest year on record in the US. This was before millions of cars were on the roads,before air conditioning and many of the things that the"Scientists" blame "global warming" on. I noticed that it was mentioned that the buildings in the area were in sludge and debris flow areas,meaning that this isn't the first time that this has happened.

We do need to take better care of this world. I do my small part by recycling what I can. I reuse a lot of stuff too. 

+Noah Grady It's hard to predict the benefits of basic research.

Perhaps this research will help us to build less expensive, low power, long endurance aircraft that help us spot problems in crops before they fail, preventing famine.

Basic research is an investment in the future of humanity.

+Jim Chatman great, so you're just going to attack everyone that doesn't agree with you. Good luck with that. 

When I clicked on the link it did not take me to any test.  Or any blog about a test.  Is it gone?

"organisms routinely break these rules" does suggest that the "rules" might be presumptuous.  Remember that 99% of the human genome that was considered to be junk?  

It may be true that there are no limits to human knowledge.  Unfortunately, that applies to arrogance as well.

Siempre y cuando esté para ayudar a los más desprotegidos, y este método no se use como objeto de abuso de poder por determinadas clases que establecen burla y nepotismo sobre otras clases sociales y llenar así ratos de ocio o aburrimiento de algún gremio, siempre que no se haga sobre lo dicho anteriormente, me parece bien.

i'd be scared to death if someone could create an earthquake in his lab! 
and why did they try to scapegoat the scientists? should they know the structural integrity of the homes people died?, the heart or general health conditions of people who got scared to death?...
well, perhaps on the same basis, they should blame the politicians because they allowed people to live there in the first place, (ok, that was an ancient city if memory serves) and the home owners for not having a seismic certification and the list goes on.
sometimes people needs an escape goat, last time I knew they had the accused scientist drinking poison, now they dropped the charges, progress is being made on europe, while in Kansas they have rejected Charles Darwin...

fear

I haven't chosen anyone based on scent but I've avoided a few potential "mates" based on it.

Many Scientists play God, but not all of them.