Wildlife and
habitat
Climate change helps then quickly stunts growth, decade-long study shows
Ocean Acidification Linked to Larval Oyster Failure
Study shows adaptive capacity of reef corals to climate change may be widespread
Ocean acidification changes the behaviour of baby coral
Arctic oil rush will ruin ecosystem, warns Lloyd's of London
Live fast, die young -- Urban vs rural plant species
New Satellite Census Doubles the Known Population of Emperor Penguins
S. Africa rhinos to get micro-chipped, hunt rules tightened
Birds of Kaena Point, Hawaii, Enjoy a Revival Thanks to a Fence
American Chestnut Returns to New York City
Saving forests? Take a leaf from insurance industry's book
Global Effort Launched to Save Turtles From Extinction
Two new frog species found in Philippines
Sparrow Migration Tracked for First Time from California to Alaska
EPA Allows Widespread Lead Poisoning of Wildlife to Continue (Center for Biological Diversity)
Fed evaluation: 3 more pesticides may harm salmon
Discoveries about the natural world
Baboons Learn to Recognize the Difference Between Real and Fake English Words
Chimpanzee Ground Nests Offer New Insight Into Our Ancestors' Descent from the Trees
Related: Orangutans show engineering skills when building nests
Social stress changes immune system gene expression in primates
Do monkeys know what others need?
Pigeons' navigation skill not down to iron-rich beak cells: study
Goshawks attack 'odd-coloured' pigeons
Ant queens lay more eggs as they age
Exotic Manure Is Sure to Lure the Dung Connoisseur
Duck-billed dinosaurs endured long, dark polar winters
Researchers say habitat loss and tropical cooling were to blame for mass extinction
Weather and climate
Bering Strait may be global temperature stabilizer
Not just March, but start of 2012 shatter US records for heat, worrying meteorologists
Some Asian glaciers 'putting on mass'
Greenland May Be Slip-Sliding Away Due to Surface Lake Melting
Drought spreads across England
4 feet of hail in Texas? Reports, photos cause quite a storm
Environmental policy
Canada Chops Environmental Reviews, Fires Scientists, Responders
House bill increases hunter access to public lands, confirms use of lead bullets
Feds to sell oil and gas leases in Talladega National Forest
Very few countries have cut their carbon emissions without cheating
EPA's change of heart for carbon dioxide rules
E.P.A. Denies an Environmental Group’s Request to Ban a Widely Used Weed Killer
Energy
Energy Boom in U.S. Upends Expectations
Quakes Caused By Waste From Gas Wells, Study Finds
Cheniere Wins U.S. Approval for Natural-Gas Export Terminal
Water
Susquehanna River 'impaired,' says Pennsylvania state official
Expert says all Pa. oil, gas waste needs treatment
Air
EPA to reduce gas drilling pollution
Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution Increases Risk of Hospitalizations
Diesel Technologies Drastically Cut Emissions Under Real-World Conditions
E.P.A. Weighs Texas Plan to Cut Haze in National Parks
Chemical concerns, waste management, recycling
EPA Cancels Grant Applications for $20 Million Green Chemistry Program
California regulators find toxins known to cause birth defects in some nail polishes
Agriculture and food, livestock and pets
Trace chemicals in everyday food packaging cause worry over cumulative threat
Antibiotics for Livestock Will Require Prescription, F.D.A. Says
Animal Cruelty, Filth, and Hen Corpses at Kreider Egg Farms (HSUS)
Related: Is an Egg for Breakfast Worth This? (opinion)
Group says seafood in L.A. is often mislabeled
Is 'Tuna Scrape' The 'Pink Slime' Of Sushi?
Maryland set to become first state to ban arsenic in chicken feed
Salt levels in fast food vary significantly between countries
Jars of Baby Food Very Low in Micro-Nutrients, UK Study Suggests
Fiber protects against cardiovascular disease -- especially in women
Feral pigs exposed to nasty bacteria
Needed Greenhouse Gas Reduction Requires 50-Percent Reduction in Meat Consumption
The Myth of Sustainable Meat (opinion)
Farmers of 800-Years-Ago Could Teach Us How to Protect the Amazon -- With Raised Beds
‘Guerrilla gardeners’ spread seeds of social change
Health and medicine, human behavior
Dental X-Rays May Be Linked to Benign Brain Tumors
Herbal remedy blamed for high cancer rate in Taiwan: study
Potentially Toxic, Trade-Restricted Ingredients in Some Traditional Chinese Medicines
Zip code as important as genetic code in childhood obesity
Study: Women not getting enough exercise; at risk of developing metabolic syndrome
Knee injuries in women linked to motion, nervous system differences
CWRU researchers find joint failures potentially linked to oral bacteria
Disrupted Sleep May Raise Risk for Obesity, Diabetes: Study
Related: High levels of phthalates can lead to greater risk for type-2 diabetes
New Blood Clot Warning for Some Birth Control Pills
A common cholesterol medication may impact kidney health
New prostate cancer treatment may reduce side-effects
How a Bump on the Head Could Have Caused Permanent Disability
Football-related catastrophic brain injuries on the rise
Web-based tool produces fast, accurate autism diagnosis
Antioxidant may disrupt Alzheimer's disease process
How Exercise Can Prime the Brain for Addiction
Exercise better for health than dietary changes
Little evidence that insect bite remedies work
It Doesn’t Mean You’re Crazy – Talking to Yourself Has Cognitive Benefits
Awake or Knocked Out? The Line Gets Blurrier
White women make up bulk of assisted-living residents
Doctors Object to Secrecy in Pa.’s New Natural Gas Law
China detains 22 in toxic medicine scandal
Discovery reveals chromosomes organize into 'yarns'
Personality, habits of thought and gender influence how we remember
Babies Flick 'Anti-Risk Switch' in Women but Not Men
In environmental disasters, families respond with conflict, denial, silence
Group finds facial expressions not as universal as thought
Pride and prejudice: Pride impacts racism and homophobia
Hate group formation associated with big-box stores
Climate change helps then quickly stunts growth, decade-long study shows
Ocean Acidification Linked to Larval Oyster Failure
Study shows adaptive capacity of reef corals to climate change may be widespread
Ocean acidification changes the behaviour of baby coral
Arctic oil rush will ruin ecosystem, warns Lloyd's of London
Live fast, die young -- Urban vs rural plant species
New Satellite Census Doubles the Known Population of Emperor Penguins
S. Africa rhinos to get micro-chipped, hunt rules tightened
Birds of Kaena Point, Hawaii, Enjoy a Revival Thanks to a Fence
American Chestnut Returns to New York City
Saving forests? Take a leaf from insurance industry's book
Global Effort Launched to Save Turtles From Extinction
Two new frog species found in Philippines
Sparrow Migration Tracked for First Time from California to Alaska
EPA Allows Widespread Lead Poisoning of Wildlife to Continue (Center for Biological Diversity)
Fed evaluation: 3 more pesticides may harm salmon
Discoveries about the natural world
Baboons Learn to Recognize the Difference Between Real and Fake English Words
Chimpanzee Ground Nests Offer New Insight Into Our Ancestors' Descent from the Trees
Related: Orangutans show engineering skills when building nests
Social stress changes immune system gene expression in primates
Do monkeys know what others need?
Pigeons' navigation skill not down to iron-rich beak cells: study
Goshawks attack 'odd-coloured' pigeons
Ant queens lay more eggs as they age
Exotic Manure Is Sure to Lure the Dung Connoisseur
Duck-billed dinosaurs endured long, dark polar winters
Researchers say habitat loss and tropical cooling were to blame for mass extinction
Weather and climate
Bering Strait may be global temperature stabilizer
Not just March, but start of 2012 shatter US records for heat, worrying meteorologists
Some Asian glaciers 'putting on mass'
Greenland May Be Slip-Sliding Away Due to Surface Lake Melting
Drought spreads across England
4 feet of hail in Texas? Reports, photos cause quite a storm
Environmental policy
Canada Chops Environmental Reviews, Fires Scientists, Responders
House bill increases hunter access to public lands, confirms use of lead bullets
Feds to sell oil and gas leases in Talladega National Forest
Very few countries have cut their carbon emissions without cheating
EPA's change of heart for carbon dioxide rules
E.P.A. Denies an Environmental Group’s Request to Ban a Widely Used Weed Killer
Energy
Energy Boom in U.S. Upends Expectations
Quakes Caused By Waste From Gas Wells, Study Finds
Cheniere Wins U.S. Approval for Natural-Gas Export Terminal
Water
Susquehanna River 'impaired,' says Pennsylvania state official
Expert says all Pa. oil, gas waste needs treatment
Air
EPA to reduce gas drilling pollution
Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution Increases Risk of Hospitalizations
Diesel Technologies Drastically Cut Emissions Under Real-World Conditions
E.P.A. Weighs Texas Plan to Cut Haze in National Parks
Chemical concerns, waste management, recycling
EPA Cancels Grant Applications for $20 Million Green Chemistry Program
California regulators find toxins known to cause birth defects in some nail polishes
Agriculture and food, livestock and pets
Trace chemicals in everyday food packaging cause worry over cumulative threat
Antibiotics for Livestock Will Require Prescription, F.D.A. Says
Animal Cruelty, Filth, and Hen Corpses at Kreider Egg Farms (HSUS)
Related: Is an Egg for Breakfast Worth This? (opinion)
Group says seafood in L.A. is often mislabeled
Is 'Tuna Scrape' The 'Pink Slime' Of Sushi?
Maryland set to become first state to ban arsenic in chicken feed
Salt levels in fast food vary significantly between countries
Jars of Baby Food Very Low in Micro-Nutrients, UK Study Suggests
Fiber protects against cardiovascular disease -- especially in women
Feral pigs exposed to nasty bacteria
Needed Greenhouse Gas Reduction Requires 50-Percent Reduction in Meat Consumption
The Myth of Sustainable Meat (opinion)
Farmers of 800-Years-Ago Could Teach Us How to Protect the Amazon -- With Raised Beds
‘Guerrilla gardeners’ spread seeds of social change
Health and medicine, human behavior
Dental X-Rays May Be Linked to Benign Brain Tumors
Herbal remedy blamed for high cancer rate in Taiwan: study
Potentially Toxic, Trade-Restricted Ingredients in Some Traditional Chinese Medicines
Zip code as important as genetic code in childhood obesity
Study: Women not getting enough exercise; at risk of developing metabolic syndrome
Knee injuries in women linked to motion, nervous system differences
CWRU researchers find joint failures potentially linked to oral bacteria
Disrupted Sleep May Raise Risk for Obesity, Diabetes: Study
Related: High levels of phthalates can lead to greater risk for type-2 diabetes
New Blood Clot Warning for Some Birth Control Pills
A common cholesterol medication may impact kidney health
New prostate cancer treatment may reduce side-effects
How a Bump on the Head Could Have Caused Permanent Disability
Football-related catastrophic brain injuries on the rise
Web-based tool produces fast, accurate autism diagnosis
Antioxidant may disrupt Alzheimer's disease process
How Exercise Can Prime the Brain for Addiction
Exercise better for health than dietary changes
Little evidence that insect bite remedies work
It Doesn’t Mean You’re Crazy – Talking to Yourself Has Cognitive Benefits
Awake or Knocked Out? The Line Gets Blurrier
White women make up bulk of assisted-living residents
Doctors Object to Secrecy in Pa.’s New Natural Gas Law
China detains 22 in toxic medicine scandal
Discovery reveals chromosomes organize into 'yarns'
Personality, habits of thought and gender influence how we remember
Babies Flick 'Anti-Risk Switch' in Women but Not Men
In environmental disasters, families respond with conflict, denial, silence
Group finds facial expressions not as universal as thought
Pride and prejudice: Pride impacts racism and homophobia
Hate group formation associated with big-box stores
Education
Preschoolers' Reading Skills Benefit from One Modest Change by Teachers
Math teachers demonstrate a bias toward white male students
Tennessee governor allows bill encouraging classroom debate over evolution to become law
Law
Convicted defendants left uninformed of forensic flaws found by Justice Dept.
More info: DOJ review of flawed FBI forensics processes lacked transparency
Documents provide rare insight into FBI’s terrorism stings
Connecticut legislature votes to repeal death penalty; governor pledged to sign the measure
FCC, carriers to create database of stolen cellphones
Chemists distinguish between gunshot residue from various firearms
Arizona panel strips legal license of former Maricopa County Attorney over ethics violations
House Investigator Issa Has Faced Allegations As Well : NPR
Archeology, art and history
Who Owns the Past?: Scientific American (editorial)
Denmark: Organic tools found in Stone Age camp
British Library buys 7th-century gospel, oldest intact European book
Beneath That Beguiling Smile, Seeing What Leonardo Saw
Serbia says finds Cezanne missing masterpiece worth $109m
Research Reveals Ancient Struggle over Holy Land Supremacy
National security, defense
India to test nuclear missile that could give it capability of hitting Beijing & Shanghai
U.S. troops posed with body parts of Afghan bombers
Astronomy and cosmology, spaceflight
Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week
Astronomers Discover Sandstorms in Space
How Planets [might] Paint Rings Around Stars
Some stars capture rogue planets
Astronomy Picture of the Day: A Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree
Space and Time? New Theory Offers Answers, If Only Physicists Can Figure It Out
Physicists continue work to abolish time as fourth dimension of space (!?)
Physics, chemistry and materials science, mathematics
Preschoolers' Reading Skills Benefit from One Modest Change by Teachers
Math teachers demonstrate a bias toward white male students
Tennessee governor allows bill encouraging classroom debate over evolution to become law
Law
Convicted defendants left uninformed of forensic flaws found by Justice Dept.
More info: DOJ review of flawed FBI forensics processes lacked transparency
Documents provide rare insight into FBI’s terrorism stings
Connecticut legislature votes to repeal death penalty; governor pledged to sign the measure
FCC, carriers to create database of stolen cellphones
Chemists distinguish between gunshot residue from various firearms
Arizona panel strips legal license of former Maricopa County Attorney over ethics violations
House Investigator Issa Has Faced Allegations As Well : NPR
Archeology, art and history
Who Owns the Past?: Scientific American (editorial)
Denmark: Organic tools found in Stone Age camp
British Library buys 7th-century gospel, oldest intact European book
Beneath That Beguiling Smile, Seeing What Leonardo Saw
Serbia says finds Cezanne missing masterpiece worth $109m
Research Reveals Ancient Struggle over Holy Land Supremacy
National security, defense
India to test nuclear missile that could give it capability of hitting Beijing & Shanghai
U.S. troops posed with body parts of Afghan bombers
Astronomy and cosmology, spaceflight
Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week
Astronomers Discover Sandstorms in Space
How Planets [might] Paint Rings Around Stars
Some stars capture rogue planets
Astronomy Picture of the Day: A Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree
Space and Time? New Theory Offers Answers, If Only Physicists Can Figure It Out
Physicists continue work to abolish time as fourth dimension of space (!?)
Physics, chemistry and materials science, mathematics
On the
Border Between Matter and Anti-Matter: Scientists Find
Long-Sought Majorana Particle
Computers and software, the Inte
Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns Google's Sergey Brin
Of note
A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
Related: Secret Computer Codes Threaten Science
The Iceberg Was Only Part of It
Related: Fata Morgana: A Possibly Titanic Mirage
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Computers and software, the Inte
Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns Google's Sergey Brin
Of note
A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
Related: Secret Computer Codes Threaten Science
The Iceberg Was Only Part of It
Related: Fata Morgana: A Possibly Titanic Mirage
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