February 8, 2012

Wildlife and habitat

Filmmaker sounds alarm over ocean of plastic
New insights into invasive plant management
Severe Python Damage to Florida's Native Everglades Animals Documented in New Study
Jellyfish will bloom as ocean health declines, warn biologists. Are they already taking over?
Delaware: Some Sturgeon Declared to Be Endangered
   
Related: Atlantic sturgeon's listing as endangered could affect Delaware dredging
Report says Great Lakes divide can be rebuilt
Could global warming kill off snails?
Minnesota laying groundwork for gray wolf hunt
What do killer whales eat in the Arctic?
Genetics of Arctic plants under serious threat from climate change, study says
Trial by fire: A landscape-scale experiment in restoring Ozark glades
Warm and Furry, but They Pack a Toxic Punch
The Terrifying Wonder of Journey, California's Lone Wolf
Washington: 8 sea lions found shot to death in recent weeks
Groups sue over effect Navy's sonar use has on marine life
EU: Ladybird decline driven by 'invading' harlequin
Domestic cats, and wild bobcats and pumas, living in same area have same diseases

Discoveries about the natural world

Study shows chimps able to understand needs of others
Tiny primate 'talks' in ultrasound
'Supergiant' crustacean found in deepest ocean
Diving beetle study suggests sperm evolution driven by changes in female reproductive organs
New study shows the production of sperm is more biologically taxing than previously thought
Redder ladybirds more deadly, say scientists
Plants 'warn each other of danger'
Entire genome of extinct human decoded from fossil
Our Amorphophallus is smaller: New plant species from Madagascar smells like roadkill
Namibia sponge fossils are world's first animals: study
Mouse to Elephant? Just Wait 24 Million Generations
Jurassic cricket's song recreated
Humble moss helped to cool Earth and spurred on life

Weather and climate

Climate change has helped bring down cultures
Warming in the Tasman Sea a global warming hot spot
Nasa study solves case of Earth's 'missing energy'
Earth's Energy Budget Remained out of Balance Despite Unusually Low Solar Activity: Study
Carbon storage in tropical vegetation: New map to help developing nations
Was the Little Ice Age Triggered by Massive Volcanic Eruptions?
Tree rings may underestimate climate response to volcanic eruptions: study

Environmental policy

Obama ally suggests administration is undermining Endangered Species Act
New Light in the Forest (editorial)
A dangerous shift in Obama's 'climate change' rhetoric
African land grabs hinder sustainable development
Pennsylvania: Groups urge Corbett to uphold moratorium on state forest gas leases

Energy

Air sampling reveals high emissions from gas field
    Related:
Cornell Professors Duel Over Fracking Research
U.S. to lease waters off Mid-Atlantic for wind farms

Chemical concerns, waste management, recycling

Amazon fungi found that eat polyurethane, even without oxygen

How the EPA linked "fracking" to contaminated well water
EPA Partially Grants Petition to Initiate Reporting Rule for Fracking Chemicals


Agriculture and food, livestock and pets, animal research

Climate-driven heat peaks may shrink wheat crops
A new tool for mapping water use and drought
Food crops damaged by pollution crossing continents
Neurons from stem cells could replace mice in botulinum test
Green walls create new urban jungles

Health and medicine, human behavior

Ultrasound male contraceptive, overlooked for decades, confirmed to work
Researchers: Societal control of sugar essential to ease public health burden
Microbes can cause obesity, be infectious
Growing up on a farm directly affects regulation of the immune system
Short-term memory is based on synchronized brain oscillations
Why the middle finger has such a slow connection
Researcher studies hockey and football concussions: Is it time for major changes?
Too many kids breathe others' smoke in cars: CDC
Children hospitalized at alarming rate due to abuse

New procedure repairs severed nerves in minutes, restoring limb use in days or weeks

Exercise as Housecleaning for the Body
   
Related: Physical activity yields feelings of excitement, enthusiasm
Older drivers can be trained to avoid car crashes
New DVT guidelines: No evidence to support 'economy class syndrome'
Halting bisphosphonate use cuts risk for additional atypical femur fracture in half
New study uncovers probable mechanism underlying resveratrol activity
Mysterious Twitching Outbreak in N.Y. Teen Girls: What Is Mass Psychogenic Illness?

When rooting for a sports team seeing really is believing

Divorce Hurts Health More at Earlier Ages
The many unexpected sides of romantic love

Hearing metaphors activates brain regions involved in sensory experience

People with easy to pronounce names win friends and favour
Working too much is correlated with two-fold increase in likelihood of depression
Prion-like protein plays key role in storing long-term memories

Law

Prison misconduct findings shed light on crowding problem

ACLU Sues Obama for Info on Drone Killings
FDA staffers sue agency over surveillance of personal e-mail

Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call


Archeology, art and history

Neanderthal demise due to many influences, including cultural changes: study
Did Early Humans Ride the Waves to Australia?

National security, defense

Navy wants commando ‘mothership’ in Middle East
Self-guided bullet prototype can hit target a mile away

Navy to begin tests on electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher

Astronomy and cosmology, spaceflight

Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Belt of Venus Over Mercedes Argentina
Repulsive gravity as an alternative to dark energy (Part 1: In voids)

Astronomers solve mystery of vanishing energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt
China unveils high resolution global moon map
What drove the lunar dynamo? Moon's molten core was likely sustained by alternative power source
High planetary tilt lowers odds for life?
Search for Aliens Is Back, but Next Quest Is Finding Money

Physics, chemistry and materials science, mathematics

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