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They -- and the families caught in the maelstrom -- are the victims of this human-made disaster.

Peter Dreier: Banks Should Pay for the Foreclosure Crisis Peter Dreier 2011

They -- and the families caught in the maelstrom -- are the victims of this human-made disaster.

Peter Dreier: Banks Should Pay for the Foreclosure Crisis Peter Dreier 2011

Similar human-made gifts can be found at The Renegade Craft Fair, which holds several events around the country, as do Bazaar Bizarre and Maker Faire.

Deals 2010

Is the risk Natural or Human-made -- Natural risks, like cancer-causing radiation from the sun or the toxic effects of some herbal medicines, scare us less than human-made risks, like cancer-causing radiation from nuclear power or industrial pesticides on fruits and vegetables.

David Ropeik: Thinking, Fast and Slow... About Staying Alive -- What's Missing From Kahneman's Classic David Ropeik 2011

In their first study, the researchers randomly assigned individuals to view a slide show that either depicted scenes of human-made or natural environments.

Let Hunting Change the World 2009

"Yet prematurely plucking the leaf would not turn it into a human-made invention."

In Reversal, Court Rules Human Gene Can Be Patented Jess Bravin 2011

In some sense, that's an argument for human-made infrastructure that can even these variations out by moving water around, but extreme events also create risks for that infrastructure -- and could lead to an increased number of years in which the Yangzi Valley has no surplus water to give.

Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China's Water Woes Revisited: The State of Play in 2011 Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011

Jim Ottaviani's new science history graphic novel, T-Minus: The Race to the Moon, is a fast-paced, informative recounting of the events beginning with the launch of Sputnik, the first human-made satellite on Oct 4, 1957, to the first human landing on the moon on July 20, 1969.

Boing Boing 2009

In some sense, that's an argument for human-made infrastructure that can even these variations out by moving water around, but extreme events also create risks for that infrastructure -- and could lead to an increased number of years in which the Yangzi Valley has no surplus water to give.

Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China's Water Woes Revisited: The State of Play in 2011 Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011

Fears about nuclear energy show how humans weigh risks irrationally, writes David Ropeik: Radiation from nuclear power is human-made, and human-made risks evoke more fear than natural threats.

Wonkbook: Bernanke moves; WH opposes foreclosure moratorium; foreign money does enter campaigns Ezra Klein 2010