ANIMALS - 'Taboo USA': Woman With 1,000 Cats
Lynea Lattanzio has one thousand cats. Now this might sound like one of those tragic stories about people who hoard animals, but Lynea's story is far more uplifting. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/03/taboo-usa-woman-100
ANIMALS - Bugs to be Earth's 'last survivors'
The last creatures to survive on Earth as our Sun reaches the end of its life will be tiny organisms living deep underground, according to scientists. ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-2313593
ANIMALS - Dead fish fill Mexico reservoir
Some 500 tonnes of fish wash up on the banks of a Mexican reservoir, reportedly killed after a factory poured molasses into the water. ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-2314255
ANIMALS - Exotic animals seized at airports
Vultures, monitor lizards and a cheetah are among dozens of live animals seized at Heathrow and Gatwick airports over the past two years. ...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-2313115
ANIMALS - South Sudan expands efforts to protect remaining elephants
With expert assistance from the Wildlife Conservation Society and funding from USAID, South Sudan's Ministry of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism (MWCT) has ramped up efforts to protect its last elephants by fitting individual animals with GPS collars for remote tracking, a critical practice in the ... ...
http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/tmb/2013/southsudanex.jpghttp://phys.org/news/2013-07-south-sudan-efforts-elephants.h
ANIMALS - Whale behaviour 'disturbed' by sonar
Blue whales and beaked whales are disturbed by navy sonar, according to the first studies to measure the animals' responses to the sound. ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-2311593
ART - The final weekend at Arts & Ideas
Here is a look at what is happening during the final two days of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Friday & Saturday, June 28 & 29. For more information, visit the festival's website ... http://news.yale.edu/2013/06/28/final-weekend-arts-idea
BOOKS - Books of The Times: Colum McCann's 'TransAtlantic' Explores Ireland and U.S.
In "TransAtlantic," Colum McCann uses a historic nonstop flight as a narrative anchor to take a kaleidoscopic look at more than 150 years of American and Irish history ... http://www-nc.nytimes.com/2013/06/28/books/colum-mccanns-tra
CLIMATE - Climate extremes are 'unprecedented'
The Earth experienced unprecedented recorded climate extremes during the decade 2001-2010, according to the World Meteorological Organisation. ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-2315407
CLIMATE - Less Carbon Pollution = More Manufacturing (Report)
This article was originally published on the indispensable blog Climate Progress.By Jeff Spross[caption id= ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/03/less-carbon-pollution-mo
CLIMATE - Yes, wildfires are connected to climate change. Here's how.
The American West is currently suffering from record-setting heat wave and deadly wildfires. Is it connected to global warming? Of course, but it's important to understand how. ...
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/yes-wildfires-conne
ECONOMICS - ART CASHIN: I Was Out With My Drinking Buddies Last Night, And We Were All In A Frenzy About This Chart
Art Cashin on monetary velocity. .. ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/art-cashin-friends-in-a-frenz
ECONOMICS - Ben Horowitz: Here Are The Only Three Reasons Why Having Two CEOs Can Work
Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz explains why the co-CEO roles work for Workday's Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri .. ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/workday-ceos-dave-duffield-an
ECONOMICS - Declare Financial Independence From Your Monthly Bills
Quick and easy ways to save money on your monthly bills so you can stop living paycheck to paycheck. ...
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/07/02/freedom-from-your-bil
ECONOMICS - Facebook Employees Made So Much Money From The IPO, Their County Is Now The Richest In America
The average computer services worker made $82,000 per week during the fourth quarter last year, which would be a $4.3 million salary. .. ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/san-mateo-highest-paid-county
ECONOMICS - Immigration and Entrepreneurship
There are plenty of high-profile examples of immigrant inventors and entrepreneurs, and research affirms that immigrants form businesses at a higher rate than native-born Americans. 
http://search.dnsassist.verizon.net/assist.php?url=www10.nyt
ECONOMICS - Meet The George Clooney Of Central Bankers, Who Just Started An Incredibly Difficult Job: Saving The UK Economy
A profile of Bank of England's governor Mark Carney. A look at how different he really is from Mervyn King and his policy priorities. .. ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-carney-profile-2013-
ECONOMICS - Taking a Cue From Bernanke a Little Too Far
Though today’s lower yields provide less of a cushion, bonds still remain the best, if imperfect, foil to stocks. ...
http://www-nc.nytimes.com/2013/06/29/your-money/before-dumpi
ECONOMICS - The New Economics of Part-Time Employment
The Affordable Care Act will make part-time employment more attractive to many workers, an economist writes. ...http://search.dnsassist.verizon.net/assist.php?url=www10.nyt
ECONOMICS - U.S. Factory Orders Suggest Manufacturing Is Improving
Orders to American factories rose 2.1 percent in May because of an increased demand for commercial aircraft, machinery, computers and household appliances. ...
http://www-nc.nytimes.com/2013/07/03/business/economy/us-fac
ECONOMICS - VANGUARD: Here Are 3 Reasons Why You Should Still Own Bonds
Vanguard's chief economist Joe Davis explains why he still owns Treasuries. .. ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/vanguard-3-reasons-to-still-o
SCIENCE - Large-scale quantum chip validated
A team of scientists at USC has verified that quantum effects are indeed at play in the first commercial quantum optimization processor ... http://phys.org/news/2013-06-large-scale-quantum-chip-valida
SCIENCE - Michele Dufault Endowment for Yale Women in Science established
Yale has established the Michele Dufault Endowment for Yale Women in Science, a $14 million fund named in honor of a Yale College senior who died in 2011 in a tragic accident at Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, while pursuing her dreams as a scientist ... http://news.yale.edu/2013/06/28/michele-dufault-endowment-ya
SCIENCE - The Limits of Psychophysics, and Physics
Psychophysics secretly dominates our social sciences. Such physics-ing often improves experimental practice, but its mathematical methods face new challenges. As every infant knows, but too many...-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ... http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/2013/06/
URBAN - Bright Built Homes introduces line of healthy, net-zero modular designs
A mix of modern and traditional design elements that are appropriate for the Northeast make these very interesting houses. ...
http://www.treehugger.com/modular-design/bright-built-homes-
URBAN - It's a giant walking geodesic dome
Scott Parenteau welds it all together from scrap metal and dishwasher parts at Maker Faire. ...
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/its-gia
URBAN - Watch this beautiful aerial film showing New York City's always impressive architectureâ??shot by Jaso
Watch this beautiful aerial film showing New York City's always impressive architectureâ??shot by Jason Hawkes. Jason is a professional aerial photographer. His photos are always so perfect they look almost unreal. ...
http://front.kinja.com/http-vimeo-com-68384616-incredible-ae
URBAN - Winners announced! Find out the top DIY projects from the Instructables Green Design Contest
It wasn't easy, but voters and judges weighed in on their favorites and these are the top winners! ...
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/winners
URBAN - World's largest building opens in China Pictures - CBS News
View World's largest building opens in China photos in CBS News' World's largest building opens in China photo gallery ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-202_162-10017386.htm
URBAN - Japanese Students Create Brilliant Straw Home Heated by Compost
Read the rest of Japanese Students Create Brilliant Straw Home Heated by CompostPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: "energy efficiency", A Recipe To Live, Architecture, Botanical, green materials, Japan, LIXIL, recycling / compost, Straw, Waseda Universit .. ...
WATER - Cool time-lapse video shows the removal of a dam
If you've never seen a dam come down, here is your chance. ...
http://www.treehugger.com/infrastructure/time-lapse-video-sh
WATER - New "water chip" promises simple, portable, membrane-free water desalination
This new technology removes salts from seawater using just a small electrical field, and could lead to affordable personal desalination units. ...http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/new-water-chip-pr
WATER - On the global water trail
Water is one of humanity's most pressing issues. Do we have enough of it for drinking, for farming or for industry? Too much, in the shape of flooding? Or too little, in the form of drought? The WATCH project, funded by the EU, was designed to give us better answers to questions of water management. ... ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-07-global-trail.htm
WIND - WindMade Wants Consumers To 'Show You Care'
For many people around the world, especially in the western developed world where greater choice is widely available, being able to choose what product to buy based on a variety of criteria is important. For some, they choose to buy only locally made products, while others might focus on a products ability to be recycled.WindMade have latched on to this desire to 'choose', creating the "first global consumer label identifying products and co .. ...
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