Another million Syrians have smuggled themselves into Europe, where many live uncertain lives in holding centers as they await decisions on asylum petitions.
A precise number of saved lives is uncertain because the study is based on statistical modeling that depends on certain assumptions.
Broodbank is especially gripping on the Neanderthals, who ate peas, acorns, ostrich eggs and tortoises, built weapons but not boats, and lived "brief, hard lives of uncertain cognitive depth".
It made me realise there's a kind of green imperialism where we are just screwing up a lot of lives for uncertain benefit and a sense of personal virtue.
To the extent that people's lives are uncertain the research we do in science education needs to be responsive to contingencies and attentive to the unfolding aspects of life.
Today, a disparate population of 65 million souls forced to flee armed conflicts and natural disasters in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, live transient lives with uncertain futures as displaced people far from their homelands.
Already, over 30,000 people have fled to neighboring Haiti, in fear for their lives and uncertain of their status and ability to return to their homes in the Dominican Republic.
Families are separated, lives are uncertain, older siblings are stopped and frisked by police, and children experience harassment starting at a young age and become resentful of authority figures, whether they are teachers or police officers.
Acknowledging and affirming how the individual in such a variety of spheres lives an uncertain future and confronts his or her personal impending death can pave the way for personal growth.
As much as half of the world?s poorest people (the 1.2 billion people who live on less than $1 a day) are farmers who live in uncertain climates and grow food crops such as cassava and sorghum.
