Earth Portation News October 22nd

ANIMALS - Kittens: Their microbiomes are what they eat
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-kittens-microbiomes.html

ANIMALS - White Whale Imitates Human Voices
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121022122052.htm

ANIMALS - Insects - Combined Pesticide Exposure Harms Bumblebees
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121022093148.htm


CLIMATE - This 17-Second Video Explains Why the Political Media is Failing Us on Climate Change
http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/17-second-video-explains-why-political-media-failing-us-climate-change.html

CLIMATE - Rice Growing Emits More Methane as Climate Warms
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/rice-growing-more-methane-climate-warms.html

CLIMATE - New understanding of Antarctic's weight-loss
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-antarctic-weight-loss.html


EARTH - It's a Mud Mud Mud Mud World
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/its-mud-mud-mud-mud-world.html


ECONOMICS - 100 Best Quotes on Leadership
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2012/10/16/quotes-on-leadership/

ECONOMICS - U.S. And Mexico Have The World's Worst Debt and Credit Card Fraud
http://www.forbes.com/sites/halahtouryalai/2012/10/22/countries-with-the-most-card-fraud-u-s-and-mexico/

ECONOMICS - The Latest In Corporate Strategy: Profitable Companies Slashing Jobs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/baldwin/2012/10/22/job-killers-a-rogues-gallery/

ECONOMICS - A Nuclear Iran Could Cost U.S. $130B More At The Gas Pump
http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2012/10/22/600-billion-reasons-why-iran-should-not-be-allowed-the-bomb/

ECONOMICS - Amazon AWS Goes Down Again, Takes Reddit With It
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyclay/2012/10/22/amazon-aws-goes-down-again-takes-reddit-with-it/

ECONOMICS - The 15 Best Cities For Female Entrepreneurs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/10/18/the-15-best-cities-for-female-entrepreneurs/

ECONOMICS - Egypt Moves to Kick-Start Renewable Revolution
http://www.forbes.com/sites/christophercoats/2012/10/22/egypt-moves-to-kick-start-renewable-revolution/


ENERGY - How I Tried to Bomb Iran into the Stone Age: Part II
http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpeck/2012/10/22/how-i-tried-to-bomb-iran-into-the-stone-age-part-ii/


SCIENCE - A new glow for electron microscopy
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-electron-microscopy.html

SCIENCE - Hunt for the platypus particle
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-platypus-particle.html

SCIENCE - Symmetry breaking during flapping generates lift
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-symmetry.html


SOLAR - Cut The Price Of Solar In Half By Cutting Red Tape
http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2012/07/05/cut-the-price-of-solar-in-half-by-cutting-red-tape/

SOLAR -The Big Solar Sell-Off: Siemens Puts Solel On The Block
http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2012/10/22/the-big-solar-sell-off-siemens-puts-solel-on-the-block/


SPACE - Elliptical Galaxy Holds a Hidden Spiral
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121022122237.htm

SPACE -Astronomers Study 2-Million-Light-Year 'Extragalactic Afterburner'
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121022071405.htm

SPACE - Rapid Changes in the Earth's Core: The Magnetic Field and Gravity from a Satellite Perspective
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121022145248.htm

SPACE - Model suggests water could flow on Mars: Researchers look at melting and evaporation of frozen brines
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-mars-evaporation-frozen-brines.html

SPACE - Venus caught transiting the Sun
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-venus-caught-transiting-sun.html


TECH - EPEAT Defends Decision to Certify Ultrathin Notebooks
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/epeat-defends-decision-certify-ultrathin-notebooks.html

TECH - Interruptible 3-D printing method wins Gehry prize (w/ Video)
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-d-method-gehry-prize.html

TECH - Clever Raises $3M Seed To Turn On Technology In Schools
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/10/22/clever-raises-3m-seed-to-turn-on-technology-in-schools/

TECH - Printed TV Will Be On Your Living Room In Five Years Says Israeli Nanotech Professor
http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/10/22/printed-tv-will-be-on-your-living-room-in-five-years-says-israeli-nanotech-professor/

TECH - The Next Wave in Lighting and the Internet of Things
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferkho/2012/10/20/the-next-wave-in-lighting-and-the-internet-of-things/

TECH - State-of-the-Art Beams from Table-Top Accelerators
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121022145338.htm

TECH - Turn an Office Scanner Into a Table Top Saw
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/Turn-office-scanner-table-top-saw.html


URBAN -Can We Build Cities Out Of Apartments the Size of Parking Spaces?
http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/can-we-build-cities-out-apartments-size-parking-spaces.html

URBAN - WORLD'S SKINNIEST HOUSE ACTUALLY GETS BUILT
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/worlds-skinniest-house-actually-gets-built-opens.html

URBAN - San Francisco Sans People (Video)
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/san-francisco-time-lapse-video-shows-city-without-any-people.html

URBAN - Evolution: New Understandings of How Populations Change Over Time
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121019071417.htm


WATER - Underwater Robot Maps Antarctic Ice in 3D
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/underwater-robot-maps-antarctic-ice-3d.html


WIND - Community Wind Projects Poised To Take Off In Denmark
http://www.forbes.com/sites/justingerdes/2012/10/22/community-wind-projects-poised-to-take-off-in-denmark/


WORK - The Best-Paying Jobs You Can Do From Anywhere
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2012/10/19/the-best-paying-jobs-you-can-do-from-anywhere/

WORK - Coolest Job Ever: Globetrotting Biologist
http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/coolest-job-ever-globe-trotting-biologist.html