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class="page-heading trailblock hd"> <h2> Comment </h2> </div> </div> </span> <span class="trackable-component component-wrapper three-col" data-component="comp: Latest trailblock (pickable) : Latest pickable"> <div id="dcghku" class=" pickabletag auto-trail-list component"> <div class="bd"> <ul class="list"> <li class="strapped"> <div class="strap"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief">Cif belief</a> 22hr 51min ago </div> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2012/feb/25/parental-right-responsibility-child-religious" class="link-text">My baby's not a Christian or a Muslim. She's a Guardian reader</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> <span class="date">25 Feb 2012: </span> </span> <strong>Charlotte Simpson:</strong> But there's no Guardian-readers' academy, so I'll be happy to have values close to mine instilled by a CofE school instead </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2012/feb/25/parental-right-responsibility-child-religious#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-open" short-url="-p-35ypb" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </li> <li class="strapped"> <div class="strap"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot">George Monbiot's blog</a> 1 day ago </div> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2012/feb/24/christopher-booker-heartland-climate" class="link-text">Anything to declare, Mr Booker? 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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/grrlscientist/2012/feb/25/7#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-open" short-url="-p-35me3" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </li> <li class="strapped"> <div class="strap"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/grrlscientist">GrrlScientist</a> 1 day ago </div> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/grrlscientist/2012/feb/25/1" class="link-text">Twirl-a-squirrel champ</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> <span class="date">25 Feb 2012: </span> </span> <p>This Caturday morning video smile captures one of many squirrel-discouragement devices in action</p> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/grrlscientist/2012/feb/25/1#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-open" 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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/26/schmallenberg-virus-farms-england">Schmallenberg virus found on 74 farms in England</a></h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/26/schmallenberg-virus-farms-england" title="Opens in a new window" class="link-image"> <img alt="Schmallenberg virus " src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2012/2/26/1330234825777/Schmallenberg-virus--001.jpg" width="140" class="trail-image" height="84"/> </a> <p>Livestock virus which has caused birth defects and emerged in the Netherlands and Germany has now spread to the UK</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal live edge "> <div class="linktext"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/25/peter-gleick-leave-pacific-institute-heartland-leak">Peter Gleick on leave from Pacific Institute over Heartland leak</a></h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/25/peter-gleick-leave-pacific-institute-heartland-leak" title="Opens in a new window" class="link-image"> <img alt="Peter Gleick" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2012/2/21/1329850612994/Peter-Gleick-003.jpg" width="140" class="trail-image" height="84"/> </a> <p>Climate scientist on temporary leave of absence while investigated over leak of Heartland Institute documents</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal live odd "> <div class="linktext"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/24/heartland-emails-peter-gleick-climate-leak">Heartland emails show ease in which Gleick accessed sensitive files</a></h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/24/heartland-emails-peter-gleick-climate-leak" title="Opens in a new window" class="link-image"> <img alt="Peter Gleick" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2012/2/21/1329850612994/Peter-Gleick-003.jpg" width="140" class="trail-image" height="84"/> </a> <p>Email chain released by Heartland reveals Peter Gleick posed as a board member in order to ask to be put on mailing list</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal live edge "> <div class="linktext"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/24/mexican-scientists-test-heroin-vaccine">Mexican scientists successfully test vaccine that could cut heroin addiction</a></h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/24/mexican-scientists-test-heroin-vaccine" title="Opens in a new window" class="link-image"> <img alt="Drug addiction " src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2012/2/24/1330047816720/Drug-addiction--003.jpg" width="140" class="trail-image" height="84"/> </a> <p>Vaccine makes the body resistant to the pleasure effect of the drug and is now being prepared for tests on humans</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal live odd "> <div class="linktext"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/23/richard-dawkins-rowan-williams-bout">No knockout blows in Richard Dawkins v Rowan Williams bout</a></h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/23/richard-dawkins-rowan-williams-bout" title="Opens in a new 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RT <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095202/http://twitter.com/KarenLMasters" target="_new">@KarenLMasters</a> "A good observer should be right 90% of the time. A good theorist should be wrong 90% of the time." 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