March 29, 2012

Wildlife and habitat

World's cloud forests 'headed for destruction'
Illegal logging 'worth billions'

The Trees Are All Right
(opinion)
Orangutans in Indonesia's Aceh forest may die out in weeks

Last Stand: Saving Rhinos by Removing Their Valuable Horns
Kenya authorities shoot dead 6 suspected poachers
   
Related: Psychologist Says Elephants Suffer Post-Traumatic Stress
Groups want feds to ban lead in hunting ammo
Some Gulf Dolphins Severely Ill After Gulf Oil Spill
Japanese whalers cut season short of quota
Scientists Look Far to the North to Explain Young Whale in San Francisco Bay

PCBs levels down in Norwegian polar bears
Hammerhead Shark Double Whammy
New Species of Deep-Sea Catshark Described from the Galapagos
When It Comes to Creating Wetlands, Mother Nature Is in Charge
Alien invaders threaten Antarctic fringes

Invasive snakehead fish spreads in Philadelphia waterways
Australia’s Changing View of the Dingo
UK: Starling numbers 'at 30-year low'
How man-made noise can disrupt the growth of plants and trees
    Also see:
Noise Pollution Is Changing Forests
Welsh badger cull scrapped in favour of vaccination
Wolf OR-7 wandering back and forth across border

Using a Gun in Bear Encounters Doesn't Make You Safer
New scorpion species discovered in Death Valley

Ancient Hawaiians Caught More By Fishing Less

Discoveries about the natural world

Study reveals why our ancestors switched to bipedal power

Gorillas More Related to People Than Thought, Genome Says

   
Also see: Insight Into Human Evolution from Gorilla Genome Sequence
How whales focus beams of sound

Researchers solve Darwin's copycat evolution puzzle

Bees' flight paths are disturbed by predators


African Foot Fossil Indicates Another Hominin Species Lived With Lucy
Research group suggests Madagascar's unique animals arrived on rafts

Feathers Worth a 2nd Look Found on a Tiny Dinosaur

Velociraptor's last meal revealed

New Evidence That Comets Deposited Building Blocks of Life on Primordial Earth
    Related: Meteorites Reveal Another Way to Make Life's Components
Catching up with the Younger Dryas: do mass-extinctions always need impacts? (good overview)

Age of oldest rocks off by millions of years

Weather and climate

West Antarctic Ice Shelves Tearing Apart at the Seams
Carbon Dioxide Was Hidden in the Ocean During Last Ice Age
James Hansen: Why I must speak out about climate change (TED video)
Mid-Atlantic Suburbs in U.S. Can Expect an Early Spring Thanks to the Heat of the Big City

Study finds room to store CO2 underground

2001-2010 warmest decade on record: WMO

   
Related: What is 'global weirding'?

Environmental policy

Proposed federal wildlife policy change draws fire
For New Generation of Power Plants, a New Emission Rule From the E.P.A.
Pennsylvania Gov. seeks to get rid of Keystone Parks, Recreation and Conservation Fund
Breaking Up with the Sierra Club (opinion)
Climate Change Disappears from Keystone XL Pipeline Debate

Energy

Northeast Markets Eyed for Oil Sands as Clean Fuels Standard Fades
Solar installations doubled last year, with California leading the way
Natural Born Drillers
(opinion)
Electricity and Carbon Dioxide Used to Generate Alternative Fuel

Water

Farming communities facing crisis over nitrate pollution, Calif. study says

Air

Air Pollution from Trucks & Low-Quality Heating Oil May Explain Childhood Asthma Hot Spots

Chemical concerns, waste management, recycling

Some Flame Retardants Make Fires More Deadly
Current Chemical Testing Missing Low-Dosage Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
    Related: Tiny Doses of Gas Drilling Chemicals May Have Big Health Effects
Mercury Poisoning Linked to Some Skin Products

Agriculture and food, livestock and pets

2 Studies Point to Pesticide as a Culprit in Bees’ Decline
    Related: Pesticides not sole cause of declining bee numbers
Scientists warn EPA on Monsanto corn rootworm

Worldwide march of banana fungus

World Breakthrough On Salt-Tolerant Wheat
Vegetarian Cutlet: New Method to Prepare a Meat Substitute

Regular chocolate eaters are thinner: study
Raisins and soy may ward off high blood pressure
Popcorn Packed With Antioxidants
Health Impact, Interplay of Diet Soft Drinks and Overall Diet Unravelled

Health and medicine, human behavior

U.S. autism rates reach new height: CDC
    Related:
Ten Signs of Possible Autism-Related Delays in 6 To 12-Month-Old Children
In cancer science, many "discoveries" don't hold up
Stem cells beat kidney rejection
How Much Aspirin Is Too Much of a Good Thing?
   
Also see: Daily aspirin 'prevents and possibly treats cancer'
U.S. TB infections drop to record low: CDC

US Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline
Even a little drinking may raise breast cancer risk: study
Low LDL Cholesterol Is Related to Cancer Risk
New Way to Abate Heart Attacks Before Patients Get to the Hospital
Dental Plaque Bacteria May Trigger Blood Clots
Circadian rhythms have profound influence on metabolic output, study reveals
Exercise and Caffeine Change Your DNA in the Same Way, Study Suggests

Most Weight Loss Supplements Are Not Effective

Stand up: Study provides new evidence on the harms of prolonged sitting
Study: Exercise can lead to female orgasm, sexual pleasure
Vitamin D Intake May Reduce Fracture Risk In Girls

Scientists Pinpoint How Vitamin D May Help Clear Amyloid Plaques Found in Alzheimer's

The emergence of "nodding disease"

Clue to male baldness discovered
Age-Old Anesthesia Question Awakened

Danger of Grill Brushes Identified
With You in the Room, Bacteria Counts Spike -- By About 37 Million Bacteria Per Hour

In Recognizing Faces, the Whole Is Not Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

Words Spelled on Right Side of Keyboards Lead to More Positive Emotions

Let customers lie? Research says maybe
Upper Class People More Likely to Behave Unethically
Holding a gun makes you think others are too, new research shows


Education

More words dying and fewer words being added to languages in digital age: study

Law

Number of U.S. Hate Groups Is Rising, Report Says
Animals: Iowa, first state to criminalize undercover investigation

Senators Ask Feds to Probe Employers Requests for Facebook Passwords


Archeology, art and history

From foraging to farming: the 10,000-year revolution

DNA Traces Cattle Back to a Small Herd Domesticated Around 10,500 Years Ago
Study Shows Mixing Between Prehistoric Populations of Europe and Africa

Brazil's leap forward unearths a painful history
Searching for the Venice of the Nile
Rare Animal-Shaped Mounds Discovered in Peru
Slide Show: The Fineries of Ancient Nomads
Basque Roots Revealed Through DNA Analysis

National security, defense

US supply chain could be penetrated by China - report
Case Based in China Puts a Face on Persistent Hacking

Astronomy and cosmology, spaceflight

Huge tornadoes discovered on the Sun
Titanium Paternity Test Fingers Earth as Moon's Sole Parent
Some orbits more popular than others in solar systems
Many Billions of Rocky Planets in Habitable Zones Around Red Dwarfs in Milky Way

Citizen Scientists Reveal a Bubbly Milky Way
Picture captures a billion stars
Astronomy Picture of the Day: The M81 Galaxy Group Through the Integrated Flux Nebula
Mysterious objects at the edge of the electromagnetic spectrum
Astronomers Detect Vast Amounts of Gas and Dust Around Black Hole in Early Universe
Titanic Sunk by "Supermoon" and Celestial Alignment?

Physics, chemistry and materials science, mathematics

The Mighty Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of
Oscillating Gel Acts Like Artificial Skin, Giving Robots Potential Ability to 'Feel'
'Buckliball' opens new avenue in design of foldable engineering structures
New Process Converts Polyethylene Into Carbon Fiber
Research offers new way to see inside solids
New Breed of 'Nuclear Clocks' Could be 100 Times More Accurate than Today's

Technology and engineering, robotics

New Method Could Create Highest Resolution Electron Microscope Images Ever
Transparent, Flexible '3-D' Memory Chips May Be the Next Big Thing in Small Memory Devices

Computers and software, the Internet

A Cheap and Fully Optical Solution for Ultra-Fast Internet
New search tool to unlock Wikipedia

Of note

Science under fire from 'merchants of doubt': US historian
Encyclopedia Britannica to stop printing books
Apple supplier audit finds major wage and overtime violations
    Related: 'This American Life' Retracts China Apple Factory Story

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