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What can the scientific community do to better educate the public about the affects of climate change? We speak to a pair of scientists who are participating in the "Climate Conversations" series at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center.

Protesters are expected to fill and surround the Capitol in Madison, Wis., again, Monday to protest Gov. Scott Walker's plan to increase health care and pension contributions by public employees.

Demonstrators angered by the governor's budget-repair bill, which would eliminate most of the collective bargaining rights for public employees, are expected to overflow the state Capitol for a seventh consecutive day Monday.

But Gov. Scott Walker reiterated Sunday that he wouldn't compromise on the issue that had mobilized them, a bill that would eliminate most of public employees' collective bargaining rights.

Demonstrators are keeping up their nearly weeklong protests in Madison, Wis., amid anger about a plan by Republican Gov. Scott Walker to take away collective bargaining rights for many public employees. Legislators have abandoned the Capitol, and so has the governor, turning the building into something of a giant performance space.

Demonstrations are under way in Morocco, called by a coalition of youth groups, labor unions and human rights organizations and demanding a new constitution that would bring greater democracy in the North African kingdom.

Everything, especially the news, is moving faster and faster. At this increasingly accelerated pace, is it inevitable that noteworthy events will rush lickety-split into each other, overwhelming us? Or will we just tune it all out?

There’s a sports saying that goes “go big or go home.” That appears to be the City of San Diego’s philosophy when it comes to locking in redevelopment money.

Soldiers targeted mourners who were part of a funeral procession moving toward a central square in the capital, which was the scene of a bloody crackdown the day before. Protesters at Friday prayers chanted against the king as recent violence has shifted public anger toward the nation's highest authorities.

Some moon craft house instruments from a handful of countries — an example of international scientific collaboration. But how valuable is science in the diplomatic sphere? Biologist Nina Fedoroff, former science adviser to both Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton, talks about her time in Washington.