Earth Portation News September 21st

ANIMALS - Many sharks colour blind, research confirms
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-sharks-colour.html

ANIMALS - Giraffes? Horses? Squirrels?? 20 Animals You Didn't Know Are Going Extinct
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/endangered-species/giraffes-horses-squirrels-20-animals-you-didnt-know-are-going-extinct/

ANIMALS - Adolescent Male Chimps in Large Community Strive to Be Alphas
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120920095326.htm

ANIMALS - Invisible Plastic Particles in Seawater Damaging to Sea Animals
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120920082526.htm


CLIMATE - Yes, Himalayan Glaciers Are Melting - But Monsoon Changes, Snowmelt Are More Immediate Concerns
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/yes-himalayan-glaciers-are-melting-monsoon-changes-snowmelt-are-more-immediate-concerns.html

CLIMATE - Why Is Climate Change So Easy to Ignore?
http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/why-climate-change-so-easy-ignore.html


EARTH - Prehistoric Rocks Contain Clues for Future Climate
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120921140114.htm

EARTH - How Life Arose on Earth: Researchers Brew Up Organics on Ice
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120918162220.htm


ECONOMICS - Global 2000 Leading Companies
http://www.forbes.com/global2000

ECONOMICS - The World's Billionaires
http://www.forbes.com/billionaires

ECONOMICS - The World's Most Innovative Companies
http://www.forbes.com/special-features/innovative-companies.html

ECONOMICS - Move to Less Poor Neighborhood Boosts Physical and Mental Health
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120920164455.htm

ECONOMICS - The Oldest Billionaires In America Aren't Going Anywhere For Now
http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2012/09/21/the-oldest-billionaires-in-america/


EDUCATION - America's Best Colleges
http://www.forbes.com/colleges


ENERGY - Spain Moves to Calm Energy Storm
http://www.forbes.com/sites/christophercoats/2012/09/17/spain-moves-to-calm-energy-storm/

ENERGY - What the Euro Crisis Means for Mediterranean Energy
http://www.forbes.com/sites/christophercoats/2012/09/18/what-the-euro-crisis-means-for-mediterranean-energy/

ENERGY - Shale Gas Frackers Get Excited About ... A New Sponge?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2012/09/21/shale-gas-frackers-get-excited-about-a-new-sponge/


FASHION - 5 Timeless Fashion Trends to Emerge From NY Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-fashion/5-timeless-fashion-trends-new-york-fashion-week-spring-summer-2013.html


HOMES - Uncle Sam's New Net-Zero Energy Home
http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2012/09/21/uncle-sams-new-net-zero-energy-home/


MUSIC - Music Underlies Language Acquisition, Theorists Propose
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120918185629.htm


PLANTS - Bringing Back the Tree That Built America: Scientists Harvest a Unique Stand of White Pine
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120920135226.htm


SCIENCE - Squeeze Light 'Till It Hurts' On Quantum Scale
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120921083542.htm

SCIENCE - Researchers detect fraud with highest accuracy to date
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-fraud-highest-accuracy-date.html#ajTabs

SCIENCE - Researchers find water doped graphite flakes exhibit superconductive properties at high temperature
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-doped-graphite-flakes-superconductive-properties.html

SCIENCE - Mathematicians Show How Shallow Water May Help Explain Tsunami Power
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-scientists-method-fabricating-individual-magnetic.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120918185725.htm

SCIENCE - Research Gives Insight Into Graphene-Metal Junctions
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120918154108.htm

SCIENCE - High-Flying NASA Aircraft Helps Develop New Science Instruments
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120917204355.htm

SCIENCE - How Organisms Evolve New Functions: Evolution Is as Complicated as 1-2-3
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120919135411.htm

SCIENCE - Using a Laser to 'See' the Smallest World: Powerful Laser Breathes New Life Into an Old Technology for Studying Atomic-Level Structures
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120919135415.htm

SCIENCE - Identifying refrigerant fluids with low 'global warming potential'
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-refrigerant-fluids-global-potential.html


SOLAR - Solar Waste Treatment Plant Avoids the Grid
http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/5mw-solar-waste-treatment-plant-avoids-feeding-grid.html

SOLAR - Suntech Cuts Solar Cell Production In China
http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2012/09/17/suntech-cuts-solar-cell-production-in-china/


SPACE - Spacetime Ripples from Dying Black Holes Could Help Reveal How They Formed
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120917123418.htm

SPACE -Comet May Have Exploded Over Canada 12,900 Years Ago After Al
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120918111320.htm

SPACE - Astrophysicists spy ultra-distant galaxy amidst cosmic 'dark ages'
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-astrophysicists-spy-ultra-distant-galaxy-cosmic.html

SPACE - Hydrated Minerals Found On Giant Asteroid
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120920202045.htm


SUSTAINABILITY - 5 Innovations in Eco & Sustainablity from Springwise
http://www.forbes.com/sites/springwise/2012/09/21/5-innovations-in-eco-sustainablity-from-springwise/


TECH - Smart, Color-Changing LED Bulb Can Be Controlled with Your Smart Phone
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/smart-color-changing-led-bulb-can-be-controlled-your-smart-phone.html

TECH - Out-of-This-World Nanoscience: A Computer Chip That Can Assemble Itself?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120919103138.htm

TECH - Revolutionary Ultrathin, Flat Lens: Smartphones as Thin as a Credit Card?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120919125606.htm

TECH - New 'ATM' Takes Old Phones and Gives Back Green
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120917123131.htm

TECH - Social Media 'Narbs' May Have Predicted Violence in Libya
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120914131430.htm

TECH - 'Blue Brain' Project Accurately Predicts Connections Between Neurons
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120917152043.htm

TECH - iPhone 5 May Reap Big $ for E-Waste Recycling
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/iphone-5-could-mean-billions-e-waste-recycling-industry-good-thing.html

TECH - Google becomes online advertising king: study
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-google-online-advertising-king.html

TECH - 'He Says, She Says': How Characteristics of Automated Voice Systems Affect Users' Experience
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120920082528.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120921140302.htm

TECH - Computers Get a Better Way to Detect Threats
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120920095050.htm


URBAN - How Neighborhood Design Can Make Us Sick
http://www.treehugger.com/health/how-neighborhood-design-can-make-us-sick.html

URBAN - America's Hippest Hipster Neighborhoods
http://www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrennan/2012/09/20/americas-hippest-hipster-neighborhoods/