June 5, 2012

Wildlife and habitat

Gray bats now found to carry white-nose syndrome

How EU farming policies led to a collapse in Europe's bird population

Plants Previously Thought to Be 'Stable' Found to Be Responding to Climate Change

DNA Evidence Shows That Marine Reserves Help to Sustain Fisheries

Light pollution transforming insect communities

Hot Nests Mean Baked Baby Leatherbacks

"Where have all the hummingbirds gone?"

Thousands of shellfish found dead in Peru

Dam’s Flow Limit Loosened to Feed Grand Canyon

Wind farms considering detection systems to prevent bird deaths
Birds blinded by the light of Philly's glass-clad buildings

Peru's Sea Institute in final report: Mass dolphin deaths unsolved

Killer Mice Gobbling Up Rare Island Birds

20 Years After Its Discovery, Mysterious Mammal Continues to Elude Scientists

Hunter pleads guilty to killing endangered Florida panther

Giant hairy spiders spark panic in northeast India


Discoveries about the natural world

Inbreeding 'threatens meerkats'

Top Ten New Species of 2011

For monogamous sparrows, it doesn't pay to stray (but they do it anyway)

Brightly Colored Female Bird Bills Indicate Good Health

Blowing in the Wind: How Hidden Flower Features Are Crucial for Bees

Got Nectar? To Hawkmoths, Humidity Is a Cue

Why don't mosquitoes die in the rain? They're too small

Researchers Engineer Rewriteable Digital Data Storage in the DNA of Living Bacteria

Evolution of Birds Is Result of a Drastic Change in How Dinosaurs Developed

Human-like spine morphology found in aquatic eel fossil

Giant Bugs Eaten Out of Existence by First Birds?

Prehistoric cold case links humans to Tasmanian megafauna extinctions
Fossil Ink Sacs Yield Jurassic Pigment—A First

Geological record shows air up there came from changes below

Potentially Civilization-Ending Super-Eruptions May Have Surprisingly Short Fuses

Faults Discovered Near Lake Tahoe Could Generate Earthquakes Ranging from 6.3 to 6.9

The Enigma 1,800 Miles Below Us


Weather and climate

Carbon dioxide emissions reach record high

Sierra Nevada 200-Year Megadroughts Confirmed

Greenland's Loss of Ice Mass During the Last 10 Years Unusually High Compared to...

Discovery of Historical Photos Sheds Light on Greenland Ice Loss

Warming turns tundra to forest
Algae, lichens, and mosses take up huge amounts of CO2 and nitrogen from atmosphere
Climate scientists say they have solved a riddle of rising sea
Sunscreen Particles to Cool Earth?


Environmental policy

Climate talks stall with nations 'wasting time'

Along a Utah Range, a New Skirmish Over Development or Conservation
EPA proposes new rules for muddy logging roads


Energy

New small solid oxide fuel cell reaches record efficiency

International Agency Calls for Action on Natural Gas Safety

Germany sets new solar-power record, equal to 20 nuclear plants at full capacity


Air

California Smog Threatens World's Oldest Trees

China tells US to stop reporting Beijing's bad air

Air pollution linked to chronic heart disease

Chemical concerns, waste management, recycling

Children Exposed to the Common Pollutant Naphthalene Show Signs of Chromosomal Damage

Phthalates in PVC floors taken up by the body in infants

PCB Exposure Linked to Increased Abdominal Fat

Team determines how estrogens persist in dairy wastewater

Toxic mercury, accumulating in the Arctic, springs from a hidden source

Last Ones Left in a Toxic Kansas Town

L.A. OKs ban on plastic bags at checkout


Agriculture and food, livestock and pets

Groundwater depletion in semiarid regions of Texas and California threatens US food security

Solar Desalination System for Arid Land Agriculture
California's egg-farm law prompts a push for national standards

Nearly 1,000 dogs now sick from jerky treats, FDA reports say

Study finds modern dog breeds genetically disconnected from ancient ancestors

   
Also see: Deeper Digging Needed to Decode a Best Friend’s Genetic Roots
   
Related: What-If and What-Is: The Role of Speculation in Science
Bigger refuges needed to delay pest resistance to biotech corn

Commonly used pesticide turns honey bees into 'picky eaters'

Battle Brewing Over Labeling of Genetically Modified Food

FDA appeals order to act on antibiotics in animal feed

A Trained Palate: Understanding Complexities of Taste, Smell Could Lead to Improved Diet

Some Fats May Harm the Brain More

Bananas Are as Beneficial as Sports Drinks, Study Suggests

Less Couch Time Equals Fewer Cookies

Will Dark Chocolate a Day Keep the Doctor Away?

We Only Think We Know the Truth About Salt (commentary)
High blood caffeine levels in older adults linked to avoidance of Alzheimer's disease

Health and medicine, human behavior

Many hospitals, doctors offer cash discount for medical bills
Calcium supplements linked to significantly increased heart attack risk

Fever during pregnancy more than doubles risk of autism or developmental delay

Can Aspirin, Other NSAIDs Lower Skin Cancer Risk?

Researchers find link between premature births and severe mental disorders

Laxative for Adults Is Popular as Children’s Remedy
Rising number of US children are swallowing small, colorful detergent packs

   
Update: P&G to redesign detergent pack to deter kids after 100s sickened
Children's body fat linked to Vitamin D insufficiency in mothers

   
Related: Older Adults May Need More Vitamin D to Prevent Mobility Difficulties
                   Too Much Vitamin D Can Be as Unhealthy as Too Little, Study Suggests
Open-fire cooking may affect child cognitive development

Today's environment influences behavior generations later: research

Persistent Sensory Experience Is Good for Aging Brain

Raising HDL Levels May Not Lower Heart Attack Risk

21st Century Bloodletting Reduces Cardiovascular Risk

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Clearly Linked to Gut Bacteria

Exercising in your 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond

Exercise & Healthy Diet Extends Life Expectancy in Women in Their 70s

How does exercise affect nerve pain?

The Special Scent of Age: Body Odor Gives Away Age

No new neurons in the human olfactory bulb

Crowding causes cells to produce an orderly matrix of molecules

New device allows pacemaker patients to safely undergo MRIs

Anthropologists find American heads are getting larger


Brain scans prove Freud right: Guilt plays key role in depression

Spatial configuration can spark deja vu, psychology study reveals

Evil Eyebrows and Pointy Chin of a Cartoon Villain Make Our ‘threat’ Instinct Kick in


Law

Shots Fired, Pinpointed and Argued Over

Scotland Yard deploys mobile fingerprint devices

Registry tallies over 2,000 wrongful convictions since 1989


Archeology, anthropology, art and history

Ancient Suburb Near St. Louis Could Be Lost Forever
Stone Age art gets animated-Ancient cave paintings depict moving animals
Trapped dental 'calculus' holds clues to ancient human diets and health
Ancient jugs hold the secret to practical mathematics in Biblical times
Climate Change Led to Collapse of Ancient Indus Civilization, Study Finds

Study reveals trade patterns for crucial substance played key role in Maya collapse

Oldest art even older

   
Also see: Earliest music instruments found
Is Tudor England a Myth?
How religion promotes confidence about paternity
Time found to be fixed to terrain for Papua New Guinea tribe

National security, defense

From a ferry, a Chinese fast-attack boat
Probe finds 'flood' of fake military parts from China in U.S. equipment

Obama Ordered Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran

Cyber-attack that collected private data from countries such as Israel and Iran uncovered


Astronomy and cosmology, spaceflight

Team claims to have found evidence Lake Cheko is impact crater for Tunguska Event

In tree rings, Japanese scientists find 8th-century mystery

Newfound space rock will buzz Earth in February, astronomers report
Soviet Moon Lander discovered water on the Moon in 1976

Why Earth Is Not an Ice Ball: Possible Explanation for Faint Young Sun Paradox

Nomad planets of the galaxy

NASA gets 2 military spy telescopes as big as, more powerful than Hubble Space Telescope
NASA to Hunt Black Holes with New Space Telescope

Every black hole contains a new universe?

Hubble Sees a Spiral Within a Spiral

What questions are keeping astronomers up at night?


Computers and software, the Internet

Leap 3D System Offers Amazing Gesture-Based Control of Your Computer for Just $70
Microsoft's privacy-by-default in IE10 sparks opposition

Of note

Amelia Earhart Distress Call Details Emerge

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