Wildlife and habitat
Extinctions during human era worse than thought
Has the passing of the passenger pigeon taught us anything? (opinion)
100,000 Elephants Killed by Poachers in Just Three Years, Landmark Analysis Finds
Related: N.J. outlaws ivory trafficking
We’ve killed off half the world’s animals since 1970
More info: Has Half of World's Wildlife Been Lost in Past 40 Years?
California blue whales bounce back to near historic numbers
Japan starts Pacific 'research' whaling
Overfishing is wiping out bluefin tuna — so the US is cracking down
Invertebrate populations have dropped by 45 percent in the last four decades
Monarch Butterflies Fall 90% From 1990 Levels, Should Be Declared 'Threatened,'
More info: Monarch Butterfly's Reign Threatened by Milkweed Decline
For Polar Bears, a Climate Change Twist
Global change: Trees continue to grow at a faster rate
Wildlife activists say new U.S. lynx protections fall short
Atop Food Chain, Ospreys Ingest Many Poisons, Revealing Environmental Dangers
Invasive 'Jumping' Earthworm Found in the Midwest
Genetic Engineering to the Rescue Against Invasive Species?
Related: A Call to Fight Malaria One Mosquito at a Time by Altering DNA
Researchers find Asian camel crickets now common in US homes
US plans wide seismic testing of sea floor
Splat! Why Some Snakes Are Easy Roadkill
If You're Scared of Snakes, Don't Watch This (video)
Speed Limits Could Save Rarest Dragonfly
Whales and Dolphins Squeal With Delight, Study Finds
It’s Sharks Vs. Robots in this Woods Hole Video
Shark Week is once again making things up
Discoveries about the natural world
Chimps with tools: Wild ape culture caught on camera
Cockatoos can learn how to make and use wooden tools from each other
Powerful Trap-jaw Ants are Gaining Ground in the Southeastern United States
Deep sea 'mushroom' may be new branch of life
Dwindling wind may tip predator-prey balance
Fish spits water like we throw spears
'Just right' plant growth may make river deltas resilient
Newly discovered patterns in evolution may help scientists make accurate short-term predictions
Evolving With a Little Help From Our Friends -- Can the microbiome cause speciation?
How Hummingbirds Evolved to Detect Sweetness
Little penguins forage together: 40% of studied penguins synchronized underwater movements
Plants may use newly discovered language to communicate
City Spiders Are Bigger, More Fertile Than Country Cousins
Galápagos Hawks Hand Down Lice Like Family Heirlooms, Study Finds
Zombie ant fungi manipulate hosts to die on the 'doorstep' of the colony
Turtle Moms 'Talk' to Their Young
Life Found 800 Meters Down in Antarctic Subglacial Lake
Short lives, violent deaths: Two CT-scanned Siberian mammoth calves yield trove of insights
Impact that doomed the dinosaurs helped the forests bloom
Siberian Discovery Suggests Almost All Dinosaurs Were Feathered
Also see: New Find Hints at More Feathered Dinosaurs
Spinosaurus fossil: 'Giant swimming dinosaur' unearthed
More info: A Nomad’s Find Helps Solve the Mystery of the Spinosaurus
Found: An ancient flying lizard with a massive, sail-shaped crest
Dreadnoughtus, a 130,000-Pound Dinosaur That Wasn’t Done Growing
Did Bacteria Drive the Origin of Animals?
An Icy Answer to the Mystery of the Moving Death Valley Stones
A simple explanation for awe-inspiring sandstone arches (!)
Half Of Our Planet's Water May Be Older Than The Sun
New molecule found in space connotes life origins
Weather and climate
13 Misconceptions About Global Warming (video)
New Reports Offer Clearest Picture Yet of Rising Greenhouse Gas Emissions
U.N. Draft Report Lists Unchecked Emissions’ Risks
Human-Related Climate Change Led to Extreme Heat, Scientists Say
Over 500 gas plumes found to be bubbling up in the ocean along the eastern US coast
Different depths reveal ocean warming trends
Has Earth's Missing Heat Been Found?
Antarctic sea-level rising faster than global rate
Tornado Clusters Linked to Climate Change
Related: Tornadoes occurring earlier in “Tornado Alley”
99.999% certainty humans are driving global warming: new study Extreme weather conditions increasing – study finds
Ocean warming could drive heavy rain bands toward the poles
National Weather Service backtracking some on El Nino forecast
Environmental policy
Extinctions during human era worse than thought
Has the passing of the passenger pigeon taught us anything? (opinion)
100,000 Elephants Killed by Poachers in Just Three Years, Landmark Analysis Finds
Related: N.J. outlaws ivory trafficking
We’ve killed off half the world’s animals since 1970
More info: Has Half of World's Wildlife Been Lost in Past 40 Years?
California blue whales bounce back to near historic numbers
Japan starts Pacific 'research' whaling
Overfishing is wiping out bluefin tuna — so the US is cracking down
Invertebrate populations have dropped by 45 percent in the last four decades
Monarch Butterflies Fall 90% From 1990 Levels, Should Be Declared 'Threatened,'
More info: Monarch Butterfly's Reign Threatened by Milkweed Decline
For Polar Bears, a Climate Change Twist
Global change: Trees continue to grow at a faster rate
Wildlife activists say new U.S. lynx protections fall short
Atop Food Chain, Ospreys Ingest Many Poisons, Revealing Environmental Dangers
Invasive 'Jumping' Earthworm Found in the Midwest
Genetic Engineering to the Rescue Against Invasive Species?
Related: A Call to Fight Malaria One Mosquito at a Time by Altering DNA
Researchers find Asian camel crickets now common in US homes
US plans wide seismic testing of sea floor
Splat! Why Some Snakes Are Easy Roadkill
If You're Scared of Snakes, Don't Watch This (video)
Speed Limits Could Save Rarest Dragonfly
Whales and Dolphins Squeal With Delight, Study Finds
It’s Sharks Vs. Robots in this Woods Hole Video
Shark Week is once again making things up
Discoveries about the natural world
Chimps with tools: Wild ape culture caught on camera
Cockatoos can learn how to make and use wooden tools from each other
Powerful Trap-jaw Ants are Gaining Ground in the Southeastern United States
Deep sea 'mushroom' may be new branch of life
Dwindling wind may tip predator-prey balance
Fish spits water like we throw spears
'Just right' plant growth may make river deltas resilient
Newly discovered patterns in evolution may help scientists make accurate short-term predictions
Evolving With a Little Help From Our Friends -- Can the microbiome cause speciation?
How Hummingbirds Evolved to Detect Sweetness
Little penguins forage together: 40% of studied penguins synchronized underwater movements
Plants may use newly discovered language to communicate
City Spiders Are Bigger, More Fertile Than Country Cousins
Galápagos Hawks Hand Down Lice Like Family Heirlooms, Study Finds
Zombie ant fungi manipulate hosts to die on the 'doorstep' of the colony
Turtle Moms 'Talk' to Their Young
Life Found 800 Meters Down in Antarctic Subglacial Lake
Short lives, violent deaths: Two CT-scanned Siberian mammoth calves yield trove of insights
Impact that doomed the dinosaurs helped the forests bloom
Siberian Discovery Suggests Almost All Dinosaurs Were Feathered
Also see: New Find Hints at More Feathered Dinosaurs
Spinosaurus fossil: 'Giant swimming dinosaur' unearthed
More info: A Nomad’s Find Helps Solve the Mystery of the Spinosaurus
Found: An ancient flying lizard with a massive, sail-shaped crest
Dreadnoughtus, a 130,000-Pound Dinosaur That Wasn’t Done Growing
Did Bacteria Drive the Origin of Animals?
An Icy Answer to the Mystery of the Moving Death Valley Stones
A simple explanation for awe-inspiring sandstone arches (!)
Half Of Our Planet's Water May Be Older Than The Sun
New molecule found in space connotes life origins
Weather and climate
13 Misconceptions About Global Warming (video)
New Reports Offer Clearest Picture Yet of Rising Greenhouse Gas Emissions
U.N. Draft Report Lists Unchecked Emissions’ Risks
Human-Related Climate Change Led to Extreme Heat, Scientists Say
Over 500 gas plumes found to be bubbling up in the ocean along the eastern US coast
Different depths reveal ocean warming trends
Has Earth's Missing Heat Been Found?
Antarctic sea-level rising faster than global rate
Tornado Clusters Linked to Climate Change
Related: Tornadoes occurring earlier in “Tornado Alley”
99.999% certainty humans are driving global warming: new study Extreme weather conditions increasing – study finds
Ocean warming could drive heavy rain bands toward the poles
National Weather Service backtracking some on El Nino forecast
Environmental policy
Fixing Climate Change May Add No Costs, Report Says
EPA blasts ‘myths’ on water jurisdiction rule
Energy
Solar power is growing so fast that older energy companies are trying to stop it
Stanford-led study assesses the environmental costs and benefits of fracking
How LEDs Are Going To Change The Way We Look At Cities
Advances in battery chemistry and hydrogen production
More info: Stanford scientists develop water splitter that runs on ordinary AAA battery
Related: First Water-Based Nuclear Battery to Generate Electrical Energy
More Efficient Fuel Cells for Cars
Geothermal energy has success in Nevada, wants to spread to the rest of the West
Water
Gas Leaks from Faulty Wells Linked to Contamination in Some Groundwater
If You Think the Water Crisis Can't Get Worse, Wait Until the Aquifers Are Drained
Chemical concerns, radiation, waste management, recycling
NASA finds unexpectedly high levels of banned ozone-depleting chemical
Nuclear Waste Is Allowed Above Ground Indefinitely
Secret human testing in the 50s and 60s: Victims in St. Louis speak, demand answers
Recycling old batteries into solar cells
Pennsylvania: Shale drillers’ landfill records don’t match those of DEP
Giant Garbage Patches Help Redefine Ocean Boundaries
Related: This water wheel is the most promising solution to ocean plastic
California Bans Plastic Bags
No charges in toxic tea incident at Utah eatery
Are tattoos safe?
Study may help explain link between uranium exposure and skin cancer
Agriculture and food, livestock and pets
Researchers develop a method to produce ammonia starting only with air and water
Coming soon: Genetically edited fruit?
Invasive insect threatens iconic Florida citrus
Also see: Can Genetic Engineering Save the Florida Orange?
Three 16 Year Old Girls Win Top Prize At Google Science Fair For Agricultural Research
More info: Diazotroph Bacteria as a Cereal Crop Growth Promoter (video)
Unilever Becomes The First Major Egg User To Stop Killing Male Baby Chickens
New research reveals how wild rabbits were genetically transformed into tame rabbits
Scientists unlock the genetic secrets of bread wheat
Ancient peach stones offer clues to fruit’s origins
Dirt and Corn? Test Reveals Hidden Coffee Ingredients
Report: Chicken on Menu at 2014 Food Safety Summit was Contaminated
Five daily portions of fruit and vegetables may be enough to lower risk of death
Coke and Pepsi concede that maybe soda is bad for you
Training Your Brain to Prefer Healthy Foods
Diet Soda May Alter Our Gut Microbes And Raise The Risk Of Diabetes
Comparison of Named Diet Programs Finds Little Difference in Weight Loss Outcomes
Health and medicine, human behavior
Medicare: Not Such a Budget-Buster Anymore
Medicare Star Ratings Allow Nursing Homes to Game the System
8 facts that explain what’s wrong with American health care
After Surgery, Surprise $117,000 Medical Bill From Doctor He Didn’t Know
The Obamacare train keeps not wrecking
CVS Stops Tobacco Sales Today, Changes Name To Reflect New Era
New Blood Test Diagnoses Depression (?)
Also see: How to critique claims of a “blood test for depression”
U.S. Scientists See Long Fight Against Ebola
Related: Experimental Drug Used for Ebola-Related Virus Shows Promise
Leading Ebola researcher at UTMB says there’s an effective treatment for Ebola
Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission
Gates Foundations pledges $50 mln to fight Ebola epidemic
Ebola virus has mutated during course of outbreak
FDA Clears Mayo Clinic for Manufacture of NurOwn and Participation in Phase 2 ALS Trial
Merck Wins Approval to Sell the First in a new Type of Cancer Drug
The Pill Linked to Breast Cancer Risk
A Vasectomy May Increase Prostate Cancer Risk
Why do more women get Alzheimer’s? Research points to genetics, other factors.
Link between vitamin D and dementia risk confirmed
Can Your Blood Type Affect Your Memory?
Smoking During Pregnancy May Affect Grandchildren’s Growth
A nasal brush test can rapidly and accurately diagnose Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
The simple policy that led America’s biggest drop in teen birth rates
Related: Five fascinating charts on the plummeting teen birth rate
Don’t Underestimate Your Mind’s Eye
Experts denounce clinical trials of unscientific, 'alternative' medicines
Antipsychotics: Slight Decrease in Brain Size
The family that walks on all fours — and why they can’t stand up
Healthy humans make nice homes for viruses
Small, fast, and crowded: Mammal traits amplify tick-borne illness
New research shows seals, sea lions likely spread tuberculosis to humans
Neurons in human skin perform advanced calculations
Why Wet Feels Wet: Understanding the Illusion of Wetness
No sedative necessary: Scientists discover new “sleep node” in the brain
Scientists Call for Investigation of Mysterious Cloud-like Collections In Cells
In our digital world, are young people losing the ability to read emotions?
Children's drawings indicate later intelligence
Children From Religious Backgrounds Less Able To Detect Fictional Characters
Religion Doesn't Make People More Moral, Study Finds
More info: A Window Into Everyday Morality via Text Message
What Makes People Look Like Their Pets?
Education
The surprising truth about downward mobility in US higher education
Big Year Looms for Common-Core Testing
Texas textbooks butcher climate change coverage—in social studies
Adventures in Creationist Earth Science Education: In the Beginning… (blog post)
Schools preach 'enthusiastic' yes in sex consent education
Law
Secret Service stumbled after gunman hit White House residence in 2011
DNA Evidence Clears Two Men in 1983 Murder
Race and Police Shootings: Are Blacks Targeted More?
Related: The country needs more information on how often police kill (editorial)
AG Holder Announces Next Steps Re the City of Ferguson and St. Louis County Police Departments
Three Myths About Police Body Cams
Court Says Navy Investigators Illegally Scan Civilian Computers
Apple will no longer unlock most iPhones, iPads for police
Related: Newest Androids will join iPhones in offering default encryption, blocking police
BP’s ‘gross negligence’ caused Gulf oil spill, federal judge rules
U.S. judicial agency vote to release federal drug prisoners early
U.S. threatened massive fine to force Yahoo to release data
Should atheists who refuse to say ‘so help me God’ be excluded from the Air Force?
Merck, Mumps, Motions, Whistleblowers–the actual story
Study finds less domestic violence among married couples who smoke pot
In Move to Curb Drug Abuse, D.E.A. Tightens Rule on Widely Prescribed Painkiller
Study Suggests Federal Law to Combat Use of ‘Club Drugs’ Has Done More Harm Than Good
Vermont Quits War on Drugs to Treat Heroin Abuse as Health Issue
Ousted chief accuses border agency of shooting cover-ups, corruption
A Medicare scam that just kept rolling
Research suggests support for incarceration mirrors whites' perception of black prison populations
Beards in Prison Hold Next Religion Test for Supreme Court
Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act Struck Down By Constitutional Court
Archeology, anthropology, art and history
Europeans drawn from three 'tribes'
More info: New branch added to European family tree
Stone Age site challenges old archaeological assumptions about human technology
'Hobbit' Human May Have Had Down Syndrome
More info: A New Explanation for ‘New’ Man
Newly Discovered Engraving May Revise Picture of Neanderthal Intelligence
Neanderthals and humans had 'ample time' to mix
Scientists: Mysterious Kennewick Man looked Polynesian and came from far away
Renowned Rock Art in Utah Is Younger Than Believed
Hidden Monuments Under Stonehenge Revealed by High-Tech Mapping
More info: Stonehenge surrounded by mysterious buried monuments
Nazca Lines of Kazakhstan: More Than 50 Geoglyphs Discovered
More info: In Photos: Google Earth Reveals Sprawling Geoglyphs in Kazakhstan
New Study Offers Clues to Swift Arctic Extinction
Three Things You Didn’t Know About the Arachnids That Live on Your Face
Embalming study ‘rewrites’ key chapter in Egyptian history
Lost Ship from 19th-C. Franklin Expedition Found by Arctic Archaeologists
Mosaics Revealed at Alexander the Great-Era Tomb
Oldest Metal Object in Middle East Discovered in Grave
Who Were the Ancient Bog Mummies? Surprising New Clues
National security, defense
NATO Approves New Reaction Force for Eastern Europe
Also see: NATO creates 'spearhead' to deter Russia
Astronomy and cosmology, spaceflight
Could we stop an asteroid impact? NASA audit raises doubts.
Quasar Diversity Mystery Solved
How a solar storm two years ago nearly caused a catastrophe on Earth
Weird Little Galaxy Hides a Giant Black Hole
Enormous Balloon Will Carry Black Hole Hunting Telescope Aloft
Sea Plankton on Space Station, Russian Official Claims
An extraordinary amount of ultraviolet light appears to be missing from the universe
Do we live in a 2-D hologram? New Fermilab experiment will test the nature of the universe
Don’t buy stock in impossible space drives just yet
More info: Nasa validates 'impossible' space drive
Physics, chemistry and materials science, mathematics
A thin layer of graphene paint can make impermeable and chemically resistant coatings
Physicists have discovered how to control the movement of a floating object using wave patterns
Scientists
are finally uncovering the secrets behind the super strength
of barnacle glue
Untangling the Mystery of Spider Silk
'Solid' light could compute previously unsolvable problems
Forget Cat Photos: This Prof Is Making Calculus Go Viral
Technology and engineering, robotics
Researchers demonstrate direct brain-to-brain communication in human subjects
Cheetah Robot Sprints and Jumps Untethered
Research paves way for development of cyborg moth 'biobots'
MIT
researchers can listen to your conversation by watching your
potato chip bag
Why We’re Not Driving the Friendly Skies
Computers and software, the Internet
Questions for IBM's Watson (!)
Conservatives say that net neutrality equates to government takeover of the Internet
How big telecom smothers city-run broadband
U.S. Finds ‘Backoff’ Hacker Tool Is Widespread
Security Experts Expect ‘Shellshock’ Software Bug in Bash to Be Significant
Google triples max bounty for Chrome bugs to make the browser safer for users
Vision-correcting display makes reading glasses so yesterday
Free Photo Editing Software Lets You Manipulate Objects in 3D
Of note
World population to keep growing this century, hit 11 billion by 2100
Mind games to beat bad behaviour on planes and trains
Alibaba's IPO May Herald the End of U.S. E-Commerce Dominance
Using Gambling to Entice Low-Income Families to Save
Inequality and Web Search Trends: In One America, Guns and Diet. In the Other...
The right’s jobs debacle: Here’s how to bring unemployment down to zero
Dozens arrested nationwide in rallies for higher minimum wage
Discovery Is Becoming More And More Ridiculous With Its Fake Documentaries
20 amazing quotes from atheists that prove religion isn’t necessary for a meaningful life
_________
Untangling the Mystery of Spider Silk
'Solid' light could compute previously unsolvable problems
Forget Cat Photos: This Prof Is Making Calculus Go Viral
Technology and engineering, robotics
Researchers demonstrate direct brain-to-brain communication in human subjects
Cheetah Robot Sprints and Jumps Untethered
Research paves way for development of cyborg moth 'biobots'
Why We’re Not Driving the Friendly Skies
Computers and software, the Internet
Questions for IBM's Watson (!)
Conservatives say that net neutrality equates to government takeover of the Internet
How big telecom smothers city-run broadband
U.S. Finds ‘Backoff’ Hacker Tool Is Widespread
Security Experts Expect ‘Shellshock’ Software Bug in Bash to Be Significant
Google triples max bounty for Chrome bugs to make the browser safer for users
Vision-correcting display makes reading glasses so yesterday
Free Photo Editing Software Lets You Manipulate Objects in 3D
Of note
World population to keep growing this century, hit 11 billion by 2100
Mind games to beat bad behaviour on planes and trains
Alibaba's IPO May Herald the End of U.S. E-Commerce Dominance
Using Gambling to Entice Low-Income Families to Save
Inequality and Web Search Trends: In One America, Guns and Diet. In the Other...
The right’s jobs debacle: Here’s how to bring unemployment down to zero
Dozens arrested nationwide in rallies for higher minimum wage
Discovery Is Becoming More And More Ridiculous With Its Fake Documentaries
20 amazing quotes from atheists that prove religion isn’t necessary for a meaningful life
_________
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