Wildlife and habitat

Marine predators in trouble: UBC researchers
Brazil eases Amazon forest rules
Greatest Decrease in African Great Ape Populations in Areas With No Protection from Poaching
Polar bear 'cannibalism' pictured
Japanese Tsunami fund 'used for whaling'
WCS confirms the return of the Persian leopard In Afghanistan's central highlands
Feds propose caribou habitat safeguards in N Idaho
Family Planning on the Range: The Battle Over Bison Contraceptives
Farming crucial for threatened species in developing world
Scientists rediscover rarest US bumblebee
UK: Forestry sell-off plan overlooked benefits, panel says
Public identify whale 'dialects'
    Related: The Whale Song Project 

Discoveries about the natural world

Helping your fellow rat: Rodents show empathy-driven behavior
    More info: Research raises new questions about animal empathy
Fear affects predator-prey relationship: study

Ravens make 'hand' gestures using beaks, a first documented for a non-primate species
Researches find poop-throwing by chimps is a sign of intelligence
House-hunting honey bees work like complex brains: study
Like humans, the paper wasp has a special talent for learning faces
Baby turtles don't just go with the flow
Chemical Warfare of Stealthy Silverfish: Parasites Hide by Covering Themselves in Ants' Scent
They Call It 'Guppy Love': Biologists Solve an Evolution Mystery
Uncovering Da Vinci's rule of the trees
Research team finds new explanation for Cambrian explosion
20 Most Amazing Microscope Photos
Research study shows link between earthquakes and tropical cyclones
'Double tsunami' doubled Japan destruction
Magnetic Pole Reversal Happens All the (Geologic) Time
Rise of atmospheric oxygen more complicated than previously thought
Antarctic's hidden world revealed 

Weather and climate

New analysis shows pulling CO2 from the air would not be cost-effective in the foreseeable future
Carbon Emissions Show Biggest Jump Ever Recorded
    Also see: Global Carbon Emissions Reach Record 10 Billion Tons, Threatening 2 Degree Target
Three-Quarters of Climate Change Is Man-Made
Abrupt Permafrost Thaw Increases Climate Threat, Experts Say
Global winds could explain record rains, tornadoes
Ancient dry spells offer clues about the future of drought
Plunge in CO2 put the freeze on Antarctica 

Environmental policy

Urban ecology model 'needs to change' 

Energy

Solar Power Much Cheaper to Produce Than Most Analysts Realize, Study Finds
Can coal plants afford EPA's new air-toxics rule?
America set to become a net exporter of petroleum fuel products
Why the Fast Jet Stream Winds Cannot Contribute Much Renewable Energy After All
Researchers assess radioactivity released to the ocean from the Fukushima nuclear facility 

Chemical concerns, waste management, recycling

Legal Science Panel Links Teflon Chemical to High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy 
EPA Blames Fracking for Wyoming Groundwater Contamination

Agriculture and food, livestock and pets

New projection shows global food demand doubling by 2050 (If there is a faintly optimistic tone here perhaps that's partly because the study makes no allowance for possible loss of arable land as a result of climate change.)

Rice as a source of arsenic exposure
New study puts aquaculture eco-labels to the test 

Health and medicine, human behavior

Feds to allow use of Medicare data to rate doctors
Scientific Panel Finds Few Clear Environmental Links to Breast Cancer
Chronic pain in children and adolescents becoming more common
New Flu Strain Makes Health Experts Nervous
Low vitamin D levels may contribute to development of Type 2 diabetes
Why Does the Same Mutation Kill One Person but Not Another?
Evolution reveals missing link between DNA and protein shape
Medical marijuana could help patients reduce pain with opiates, study finds
    Related: Why Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Traffic Deaths
Penn geneticists help show bitter taste perception is not just about flavors
Kids born just a few weeks early at risk of behavioural problems
What's Behind A Temper Tantrum? Scientists Deconstruct The Screams
Changes in London taxi drivers' brains driven by acquiring 'the Knowledge', study shows
Human brains unlikely to evolve into a 'supermind' as price to pay would be too high
What we want to see on TV: Handsome politicians 

Education

Middle-class elementary students ask for help more often than their working-class peers 

Law

Is Child Sexual Abuse on the Rise?
Concerns about teen sexting overblown, according to new UNH research
High court to hear suit over Cheney event arrest
Researcher finds snooping smartphone software 

Archeology, art and history

Trail of 'Stone Breadcrumbs' Reveals the Identity of One of the First Human Groups to Leave Africa
77,000-year-old evidence for early 'bedding', use of medicinal plants 

Bronze age man’s lunch: a spoonful of nettle stew
Neandertals’ may have been first to build with bones
What is it about Roman concrete that keeps the Pantheon and the Colosseum still standing? 

National security, defense

National security expert warns of Asian space race
New material's capability to increase weapons' explosive force demonstrated at Navy test range 

Astronomy and cosmology, spaceflight

Four reasons why the quantum vacuum may explain dark matter
Record massive black holes discovered lurking in monster galaxies
Astronomers reveal a rapidly spinning core inside old stars
The Habitable Exoplanets Catalog, a new online database of habitable worlds
Giant super-earths made of diamond are possible
A tale of tails, and a cosmic puzzle
Solar storms could sandblast the moon 

Physics, chemistry and materials science, mathematics

Proton beam experiments open new areas of research
Patterns Seen in Spider Silk and Melodies Connected 

Technology and engineering, robotics

New '3-D' Transistors Promising Future Chips, Lighter Laptops

Computers and software, the Internet

Adobe confirms zero-day danger in Reader and Acrobat

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