Wildlife and habitat

Illegal logging responsible for loss of 10 million hectares in Indonesia
Montana wolf hunt is stalked by controversy
Amphibians rarely give earliest warning of pollution
Bat Scientists Receive Grants to Investigate White-Nose Syndrome
Sea Slime Killing Pacific Northwest Seabirds
Researchers discover a second breeding season for five migratory songbirds

'Freezer plan' bid to save coral
Wild pigs spotted near Pennsylvania border

The sustainability and ecosystem effects of Atlantic coastal communities' predicted responses to sea level rise
A Plan to Drill on Colorado's Roan Plateau Meets Resistance
Young Musician Dies From Coyote Attack

Discoveries about the natural world

Sick Damselflies Hit the Road
Birds' eyes, not beaks, sense magnetic fields
Naked Mole Rat Wins the War on Cancer
Hungry bats prompt firefly flashes
Frog embryos 'smell' predators
Birds change their tune to adapt to life in the big city
Inconspicuous leaf beetles reveal environment's role in formation of new species
Humpback whale alters song if another one sings along

Volcanoes Played Pivotal Role In Ancient Ice Age, Mass Extinction
Extinct bison body could rewrite Canadian archaeological record
Beringia: Life's Ancient Island in the Ice
Ancient Ocean Oxygen Production Began 100 Million Years Earlier than Thought
Unicorn fly of the Cretaceous

Weather and climate

Methane's impact on global warming far higher than previously thought
Talk of "global cooling" based on bogus statistics
    Also see: Number crunchers reject global cooling
Hurricane Forcing: Can Tropical Cyclones Be Stopped?
Previously Unknown Volcanic Eruption Helped Trigger Cold Decade 200 Years Ago

Environmental policy

EPA's Secret Plan to Raise Public Radiation Exposure Levels Challenged
Willing to give up blue skies for climate fix?
Rainforest treaty 'fatally flawed'
China steps up, slowly but surely to address carbon emissions
Canada: Report slams low-carbon tar sand "myth"
Congress OKs $475M for Great Lakes
Deal Struck on Great Lakes Ship (Air) Pollution
Pennsylvania budget cuts hamper environmental protection
Apocalypse Soon -- Today’s environmental horrors could lead to a scary Sci-Fi future (New Mexico)

Energy

New rechargeable zinc-air batteries coming soon
'Blue energy' seems feasible and offers considerable benefits

Climate Change Begins at Home: Small Steps to Cut Greenhouse Emissions Can Lead to Big Results

Water

Yemen's water crisis a Mideast warning
Gas Company Won't Drill in New York Watershed
Pennsylvania: DEP revokes permits for natural gas companies Ultra, Fortuna

Chemical concerns, waste management, recycling

U.S. Lags Behind World with Its Patchwork Approach to Curbing E-Waste
Toxic Face Paint Makes for Scary Halloween
Chinese drywall found to differ chemically

Agriculture and food, livestock and pets

High Fructose Corn Syrup: A Recipe for Hypertension
US FDA says omega-3 oils from GM soya are safe to eat
First U.S. tuna farm approved in Hawaii
FDA To Ban Sale of Untreated Raw Oysters From Gulf of Mexico
Heavy metals accumulate more in some mushrooms than in others
Modified Crops Reveal Hidden Cost of Resistance
    Also see: Bioengineered Plants and the law of unintended consequences
"Agriburbia" sprouts on Colorado's Front Range
First hard winter wheat varieties bred and developed for production in the eastern United States
US cotton almost clear of voracious boll weevil

Health and medicine, human behavior

Cancers Can Vanish Without Treatment, but How?
Rates of heart attacks increasing for middle-age women
Brain Cells Chat, Even Without a Synapse
Weight Gain Associated With Antipsychotic Drugs
Risk of Serious Flu-related Sickness Far Outpaces Risk of Injectable Vaccine in Pregnant Women
    Related: Exploring new methods to make swine flu vaccine
Another Study Examines Mercury in Vaccines
FDA sets sights on products that purport to fight swine flu
    Also see: Bogus claims of flu cures and preventives go viral
    Related: A dubious alternative -- Homeopathy
One shot of gene therapy and children with congenital blindness can now see
'Culture Of We' Buffers Genetic Tendency To Depression
Bodybuilding with Steroids Damages Kidneys
Is stretching more hurtful than helpful?
    Related: Are Humans Meant to Run Long Distances?
Skin bacteria different in diabetic mice
Researchers Identify Dominant Chemical That Attracts Mosquitoes to Humans

Grandma Plays Favorites -- May be genetically predisposed to take better care of certain grandchildren

Law

Prosecutors Turn Tables on Student Journalists

Archeology, art and history

Halloween 2009: Top Costumes, History, Myths, More (Nat. Geographic)
    More info: Why we carve pumpkins, not turnips

The map that changed the world-Almost exactly 500 years ago
World's Oldest Known Granaries Predate Agriculture
Historians Reassess Battle of Agincourt
At Ur, Ritual Deaths That Were Anything but Serene
Copper clue may solve mystery of doomed Victorian Arctic expedition
British holidaymaker discovers lost underwater 'city'

National security, defense

U.S. official, Foreign Service officer and former Marine captain, resigns over Afghan war
    Also see: Ex-Official: Is Afghan War Worth Winning? (NPR -- audio)
Cyberwarfare: Old Trick Threatens the Newest Weapons

Astronomy and cosmology, spaceflight

Astronomy Picture of the Day: M1 --The Crab Nebula from Hubble
Exploring the final frontier: Disease proposed as major barrier to Mars and beyond
NASA to start irradiating monkeys
New Celestial Map Gives Directions for GPS
Universe's quantum 'speed bumps' no obstacle for light
Voices of long-dead stars haunt the galaxy
Planet hunt delayed -- Noise confounds NASA mission to find an Earth twin

Computers and software, the Internet

Multilingual web address system approved
What Comes After Hard Drives?
Secure computers aren't so secure
Flu-wary telecommuters may clog Web networks, GAO says
Want 50Mbps Internet in your town? Threaten to roll out your own

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