Wildlife and
habitat
Europe shows that humans and large predators can share the same landscape
Protection Reinstated for Gray Wolves
Lone Gray Wolf Traveled 450 Miles to Grand Canyon, DNA Confirms
Nuclear should be in the energy mix for biodiversity
Can Technology Help Clean Up the Oceans?
Related: Study Gauges Plastic Levels in Oceans
Invasive species can dramatically alter landscapes, study shows
Wetlands More Vulnerable to Invasives as Climate Changes
Urban stream contamination increasing rapidly due to road salt
Cape Cod Mystery: A Surge of Stranded Turtles
More humpback whales getting spotted approaching New York City
The Jaws effect: Biting review finds shark policy based on movie myths
Grey seals in the dock over porpoise murder mystery
Birds sensed severe storms and fled before tornado outbreak
Virus causing mass duck die-offs on Cape Cod identified
In New Drainage Projects, Long-Buried Urban Streams See the Light Again
Solar tech could enable world's first underground park
Our Favorite Pictures of Cats You've Never Heard Of (NatGeo)
Discoveries about the natural world
Methods Uncover Sophisticated Meanings and Monkey Dialects
Crows are smarter than you think
The Strange Tale of a New Species of Lizard
Toxic nectar affects the behaviour of insect pollinators
Clues to Bees’ History, Tucked Away in Drawers
A vegetarian carnivorous plant
Bugs in Manhattan Compete With Rats for Food Refuse
Clues to Bees’ History, Tucked Away in Drawers
Ant larvae cannibalize eggs and cannibalism levels are influenced by relatedness and larval sex
New Family Tree Illuminates 'Big Bang' in Bird Evolution After Dinosaur Extinction
Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs may have nearly knocked off mammals, too
Did a massive volcanic eruption in India kill off the dinosaurs?
Also see: New, tighter timeline confirms ancient volcanism aligned with dinosaurs' extinction
Geophysicists challenge traditional theory underlying the origin of mid-plate volcanoes
Water vapor on Rosetta's target comet significantly different from that found on Earth
Mystery of Earth's Water Origin Solved
Also see: Rock circulating in mantle feeds world's oceans even today, evidence suggests
Weather and climate
Study provides first detailed look at how Greenland's ice is disappearing
Snow Is Down and Heat Is Up in the Arctic, Report Says
New study explains the role of oceans in global ‘warming hiatus’
Geoengineering our climate is not a 'quick fix'
Report claims consumers are uninformed regarding magnitude of livestock contribution to carbon emissions
Related: Growing beaver population affecting methane gas emissions
Related image: Earth's land mammals by weight
Greenhouse emissions similar to today’s may have triggered massive temperature rise in Earth’s past
Quiet 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season Comes to a Close
Why Do Thunderstorms Give Off Super-Intense Gamma Rays?
Super Typhoon Shoved Car-Size Boulders Onto Philippine Beaches
A beautiful time-lapse video by photographer Nicolaus Wegner
Environmental policy
Obama Bars Oil Industry From Alaska’s Bristol Bay
Energy
How Long Can the U.S. Oil Boom Last?
DoE Announces $12.5B in Loans for Advanced Nuclear
Nuclear should be in the energy mix for biodiversity
Abandoned wells can be 'super-emitters' of greenhouse gas
Rolling lab tracks methane to its source
The Energy Boom You Haven't Heard About: Wood Pellets
Better than shade: Rooftop material sheds heat into space
How Blu-ray Discs Can Improve Solar Panels
Water
Colorado River Delta greener after engineered pulse of water
E.P.A. Issues Rules on Disposal of Coal Ash to Protect Water Supply
Air
Air pollution down thanks to California's regulation of diesel trucks
Fine particulate air pollution linked with increased autism risk
Chemical concerns, radiation, waste management, recycling
Fuel Rods Are Removed From Damaged Fukushima Reactor
Agriculture and food, livestock and pets
Peanut component linked to cancer spread
Juice Cleanses: Separating Fact from Fiction
The Bulletproof Diet: simplistic, invalid and unscientific
Added sugars likely to have greater role than salt in high blood pressure, heart disease
What was the 'Paleo diet'? There was far more than one, study suggests
Also see: The palaeolithic diet and the unprovable links to our past
Food ingredient created that will make you feel fuller
New insights into origins of agriculture could help shape future of food
Healthy eaters, ignore glycemic index: Clinical trial shows no beneficial effects on heart disease, diabetes risk
A lot or a little? Wolves discriminate quantities better than dogs
Your Dog Really Is Listening to You
Reshaping the horse through millennia
Do you speak cow? Researchers listen in on 'conversations' between calves and their mothers
How blood donations can save animals' lives
Health and medicine, human behavior
Life expectancy increases globally as death toll falls from major diseases
Health Spending Rises Only Modestly -- Rate in 2013 was lowest since 1960
An Evolutionary Battle Against Bacteria
‘Superbugs’ Kill India’s Babies and Pose an Overseas Threat
Patients Don’t Understand Risks of Unnecessary Antibiotics, GW Study Shows
For First Time, Treatment Helps Patients With Worst Kind of Stroke, Study Says
Scientists discover treatment breakthrough for advanced bladder cancer
U.S. Ebola Vaccine Clears Safety Test
Related: Sperm can carry Ebola for 82 days: WHO
GMO Cattle Produce Serum to Fight Hantavirus -- Is Ebola Next?
A two-minute delay in cutting umbilical cord leads to a better developent of newborns during first days
Are Midwives Safer Than Doctors? (opinion)
A Natural Fix for A.D.H.D. (opinion)
Natural remedies that claim to “boost your immune system” don’t work, and it’s a good thing they don’t
Top-Selling Eye Vitamins Found Not to Match Scientific Evidence
Georgia State/CDC study: US taxpayers bear financial burden of smoking-related disease
HHS announces 35 U.S. Ebola-ready treatment centers
Alcohol interferes with body's ability to regulate sleep
How Exercise Changes Our DNA
When you lose weight, where does the fat go? Most of the mass is breathed out as CO2, study shows
Meth users face substantially higher risk for getting Parkinson's disease
Elderly brains learn, but maybe too much
Ability to balance on one leg may reflect brain health, stroke risk
Teen Invents Device To Protect His Grandfather From Alzheimer’s-Related Wandering
US Birth Rate Hits All-Time Low
More than half of all children in US will likely live with an unmarried mother
The Divorce Surge Is Over, but the Myth Lives On
It Doesn’t Add Up: People Who Say They Are Good at Math, But Aren’t
Herd mentality: Are we programmed to make bad decisions?
Law
Executions, new death sentences drop to lowest numbers in decades
Mental illness is the wrong scapegoat after mass shootings, experts say
Gun Proliferation Fuels Homicide Rates in the Americas
Firearm violence trends in the 21st century
Obama Offers New Standards on Police Gear in Wake of Ferguson Protests
Once again: police work is NOT getting more dangerous
83 Phila. officers honored for acts of unsung bravery
Sued by Google, a State Attorney General Retreats
Hackers Using Lingo of Wall St. Breach Health Care Companies’ Email
Oops: After Threatening Hacker With 440 Years, Prosecutors Settle for a Misdemeanor
Archeology, anthropology, art and history
Ancient dental plaque: a 'whey' into our milk drinking past?
Prehistoric conflict hastened human brain's capacity for collaboration, study says
Affluence, not political complexity, explains rise of moralizing world religions
Genetic ancestry of different ethnic groups varies across the United States
Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism Is Even Older Than We Thought
Evidence of Viking/Norse Metalworking in Arctic Canada
Images in Roman mosaics meant to dispel the envious
WikiLeaks publishes CIA's review of its "High Value Target" assassination programme
Amid Details on Torture, Data on 26 Who Were Held in Error
5 dangerous fantasies warping our foreign policy in the Middle East (opinion)
Astronomy and cosmology, spaceflight
Researchers learn more about the possible role of gamma ray bursts on life extinction in the universe
Star Trek-like invisible shield found thousands of miles above Earth
Spacecraft Bound for Pluto Prepares for Its Close Encounter
Ripples in Space-Time Could Reveal 'Strange Stars'
‘Mirage Earth’ exoplanets may have burned away chances for life
Interstellar mystery of why stars form solved by supercomputer simulations
Physics, chemistry and materials science, mathematics
Engineers create 'superomniphobic' texture capable of repelling all liquids
Shape entropy links nanostructures with emergent macroscopic behavior in natural and engineered systems
The mysterious 'action at a distance' between liquid containers
Pb islands in a sea of graphene magnetise the material of the future
Related: One atom thick, graphene is the thinnest material known and may be the strongest
Europe shows that humans and large predators can share the same landscape
Protection Reinstated for Gray Wolves
Lone Gray Wolf Traveled 450 Miles to Grand Canyon, DNA Confirms
Nuclear should be in the energy mix for biodiversity
Can Technology Help Clean Up the Oceans?
Related: Study Gauges Plastic Levels in Oceans
Invasive species can dramatically alter landscapes, study shows
Wetlands More Vulnerable to Invasives as Climate Changes
Urban stream contamination increasing rapidly due to road salt
Cape Cod Mystery: A Surge of Stranded Turtles
More humpback whales getting spotted approaching New York City
The Jaws effect: Biting review finds shark policy based on movie myths
Grey seals in the dock over porpoise murder mystery
Birds sensed severe storms and fled before tornado outbreak
Virus causing mass duck die-offs on Cape Cod identified
In New Drainage Projects, Long-Buried Urban Streams See the Light Again
Solar tech could enable world's first underground park
Our Favorite Pictures of Cats You've Never Heard Of (NatGeo)
Discoveries about the natural world
Methods Uncover Sophisticated Meanings and Monkey Dialects
Crows are smarter than you think
The Strange Tale of a New Species of Lizard
Toxic nectar affects the behaviour of insect pollinators
Clues to Bees’ History, Tucked Away in Drawers
A vegetarian carnivorous plant
Bugs in Manhattan Compete With Rats for Food Refuse
Clues to Bees’ History, Tucked Away in Drawers
Ant larvae cannibalize eggs and cannibalism levels are influenced by relatedness and larval sex
New Family Tree Illuminates 'Big Bang' in Bird Evolution After Dinosaur Extinction
Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs may have nearly knocked off mammals, too
Did a massive volcanic eruption in India kill off the dinosaurs?
Also see: New, tighter timeline confirms ancient volcanism aligned with dinosaurs' extinction
Geophysicists challenge traditional theory underlying the origin of mid-plate volcanoes
Water vapor on Rosetta's target comet significantly different from that found on Earth
Mystery of Earth's Water Origin Solved
Also see: Rock circulating in mantle feeds world's oceans even today, evidence suggests
Weather and climate
Study provides first detailed look at how Greenland's ice is disappearing
Study provides first detailed look
at how Greenland’s ice is vanishing - See more at:
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NOAA
establishes ‘tipping points’ for sea level rise related
floodingSnow Is Down and Heat Is Up in the Arctic, Report Says
New study explains the role of oceans in global ‘warming hiatus’
Geoengineering our climate is not a 'quick fix'
Report claims consumers are uninformed regarding magnitude of livestock contribution to carbon emissions
Related: Growing beaver population affecting methane gas emissions
Related image: Earth's land mammals by weight
Greenhouse emissions similar to today’s may have triggered massive temperature rise in Earth’s past
Quiet 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season Comes to a Close
Why Do Thunderstorms Give Off Super-Intense Gamma Rays?
Super Typhoon Shoved Car-Size Boulders Onto Philippine Beaches
A beautiful time-lapse video by photographer Nicolaus Wegner
Environmental policy
Obama Bars Oil Industry From Alaska’s Bristol Bay
Energy
How Long Can the U.S. Oil Boom Last?
DoE Announces $12.5B in Loans for Advanced Nuclear
Nuclear should be in the energy mix for biodiversity
Abandoned wells can be 'super-emitters' of greenhouse gas
Rolling lab tracks methane to its source
The Energy Boom You Haven't Heard About: Wood Pellets
Better than shade: Rooftop material sheds heat into space
How Blu-ray Discs Can Improve Solar Panels
Water
Colorado River Delta greener after engineered pulse of water
E.P.A. Issues Rules on Disposal of Coal Ash to Protect Water Supply
Air
Air pollution down thanks to California's regulation of diesel trucks
Fine particulate air pollution linked with increased autism risk
Chemical concerns, radiation, waste management, recycling
Fuel Rods Are Removed From Damaged Fukushima Reactor
Agriculture and food, livestock and pets
Peanut component linked to cancer spread
Juice Cleanses: Separating Fact from Fiction
The Bulletproof Diet: simplistic, invalid and unscientific
Added sugars likely to have greater role than salt in high blood pressure, heart disease
What was the 'Paleo diet'? There was far more than one, study suggests
Also see: The palaeolithic diet and the unprovable links to our past
Food ingredient created that will make you feel fuller
New insights into origins of agriculture could help shape future of food
Healthy eaters, ignore glycemic index: Clinical trial shows no beneficial effects on heart disease, diabetes risk
A lot or a little? Wolves discriminate quantities better than dogs
Your Dog Really Is Listening to You
Reshaping the horse through millennia
Do you speak cow? Researchers listen in on 'conversations' between calves and their mothers
How blood donations can save animals' lives
Health and medicine, human behavior
Life expectancy increases globally as death toll falls from major diseases
Health Spending Rises Only Modestly -- Rate in 2013 was lowest since 1960
An Evolutionary Battle Against Bacteria
‘Superbugs’ Kill India’s Babies and Pose an Overseas Threat
Patients Don’t Understand Risks of Unnecessary Antibiotics, GW Study Shows
For First Time, Treatment Helps Patients With Worst Kind of Stroke, Study Says
Scientists discover treatment breakthrough for advanced bladder cancer
U.S. Ebola Vaccine Clears Safety Test
Related: Sperm can carry Ebola for 82 days: WHO
GMO Cattle Produce Serum to Fight Hantavirus -- Is Ebola Next?
A two-minute delay in cutting umbilical cord leads to a better developent of newborns during first days
Are Midwives Safer Than Doctors? (opinion)
A Natural Fix for A.D.H.D. (opinion)
Natural remedies that claim to “boost your immune system” don’t work, and it’s a good thing they don’t
Top-Selling Eye Vitamins Found Not to Match Scientific Evidence
Georgia State/CDC study: US taxpayers bear financial burden of smoking-related disease
HHS announces 35 U.S. Ebola-ready treatment centers
Alcohol interferes with body's ability to regulate sleep
How Exercise Changes Our DNA
When you lose weight, where does the fat go? Most of the mass is breathed out as CO2, study shows
Meth users face substantially higher risk for getting Parkinson's disease
Elderly brains learn, but maybe too much
Ability to balance on one leg may reflect brain health, stroke risk
Teen Invents Device To Protect His Grandfather From Alzheimer’s-Related Wandering
US Birth Rate Hits All-Time Low
More than half of all children in US will likely live with an unmarried mother
The Divorce Surge Is Over, but the Myth Lives On
It Doesn’t Add Up: People Who Say They Are Good at Math, But Aren’t
Herd mentality: Are we programmed to make bad decisions?
Law
Executions, new death sentences drop to lowest numbers in decades
Mental illness is the wrong scapegoat after mass shootings, experts say
Gun Proliferation Fuels Homicide Rates in the Americas
Firearm violence trends in the 21st century
Obama Offers New Standards on Police Gear in Wake of Ferguson Protests
Once again: police work is NOT getting more dangerous
83 Phila. officers honored for acts of unsung bravery
Sued by Google, a State Attorney General Retreats
Hackers Using Lingo of Wall St. Breach Health Care Companies’ Email
Oops: After Threatening Hacker With 440 Years, Prosecutors Settle for a Misdemeanor
Archeology, anthropology, art and history
Ancient dental plaque: a 'whey' into our milk drinking past?
Prehistoric conflict hastened human brain's capacity for collaboration, study says
Affluence, not political complexity, explains rise of moralizing world religions
Genetic ancestry of different ethnic groups varies across the United States
Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism Is Even Older Than We Thought
Evidence of Viking/Norse Metalworking in Arctic Canada
Images in Roman mosaics meant to dispel the envious
Atom-thick CCD could capture images
National security, defenseWikiLeaks publishes CIA's review of its "High Value Target" assassination programme
Amid Details on Torture, Data on 26 Who Were Held in Error
5 dangerous fantasies warping our foreign policy in the Middle East (opinion)
Astronomy and cosmology, spaceflight
Researchers learn more about the possible role of gamma ray bursts on life extinction in the universe
Star Trek-like invisible shield found thousands of miles above Earth
Spacecraft Bound for Pluto Prepares for Its Close Encounter
Ripples in Space-Time Could Reveal 'Strange Stars'
‘Mirage Earth’ exoplanets may have burned away chances for life
Interstellar mystery of why stars form solved by supercomputer simulations
Physics, chemistry and materials science, mathematics
Engineers create 'superomniphobic' texture capable of repelling all liquids
Shape entropy links nanostructures with emergent macroscopic behavior in natural and engineered systems
The mysterious 'action at a distance' between liquid containers
Pb islands in a sea of graphene magnetise the material of the future
Related: One atom thick, graphene is the thinnest material known and may be the strongest
Atom-thick CCD could capture images
Atom-thick CCD could capture images
Atom-thick CCD could capture images
Atom-thick CCD could capture images
Atom-thick CCD could capture images
Atom-thick CCD could capture images
Atom-thick CCD could capture images
Atom-thick CCD could capture images
Atom-thick CCD could capture images
Atom-thick
CCD could capture imagesTechnology and engineering, robotics
Invisible 3-D Shape That Can Be Seen, Felt
Near-collisions between drones, airliners surge, new FAA reports show
Computers and software, the Internet
In one aspect of vision, computers catch up to primate brain
Google is replacing the CAPTCHA with a simple checkbox
Instant-start computers possible with new breakthrough
Using Social Media For Large Behavioral Studies Is Fast and Cheap, But Fraught With Biases and Distortion
Of note
San Francisco: City Passes Historic Retail Workers Bill Of Rights
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