ANIMALS - Expedition to Find the New Guinea Singing Dog: The Rarest Dog in the World | Running Ponies, Scientific American Blog Network
Late last year, I wrote about one of the only photographs ever taken in the wild of arguably the rarest dog in the world - the New Guinea ... ...
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/2013/07/0
ANIMALS - X-rays reveal power of bat flight
X-ray videos reveal the movement of bats' skeletons as they fly and show how the mammals "recycle energy" in their tendons. ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-2318740
ECONOMICS - A Detail In The Jobs Report Is Flashing An Inflation Warning Signal
UBS's Drew Matus notes that average hourly earnings growth has actually accelerated even as hiring has shifted toward lower-wage industries. .. ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/wages-rise-as-low-wage-jobs-r
ECONOMICS - FOCUS: Gold Prices Could Drop To $1,000 As Employment, Economy Improve
(Kitco News) - A stronger-than-expected U.S. employment report was the latest headwind to hit gold Friday, and as a result, analysts are expecting to see lower prices in the near term. The government reported an increase of 195,000 jobs in June, when expectations were for 155,000 to 166,000. Further, the tallies for [...] ...http://www.forbes.com/sites/kitconews/2013/07/05/focus-gold-
ECONOMICS - New Cost Basis Tax Reporting: Short-Term Confusion, Long-Term Simplicity
Easier in the long run. ...
http://www.mint.com/blog/investing/new-cost-basis-tax-report
EDUCATION - Do Fireworks Resemble the True Sights and Sounds of the U.S.’s Key Historical Battles? | Observations, Scientific American Blog Network
After witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore on the night of September 13, 1814, Francis Scott Key was moved to ... ... http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/07/03/
EDUCATION - Oregon Legislature Unanimously Passes Tuition Free Higher Education -
Oregon has come up with a plan to help provide higher education for free at their 7 state universities. ...
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/04/oregon-legislature-u
ENERGY - Heroes And Villains Of The Renewable Energy Debate — Infograph
Here is an interesting infograph, just after President Obamaâ??s climate change plans were released last week, by One Block off the Grid about the Heroes and Villains of Renewable Energy. ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/03/heroes-and-villains-of-t
ENERGY - Is The United States Becoming More Energy Efficient?
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) have released a White Paper entitled ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/05/is-the-united-states-bec
ENERGY - Magnetic rocks aid oil exploration
A new study has pinpointed the relationship between oil reservoirs and magnetic rocks, which could lead to more accurate oil exploration. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-07-magnetic-aid-oil-exploration.ht
ENERGY - New algorithm quickly identifies most dangerous risks in a power grid amid millions or billions of possible failures
Each summer, power grids are pushed to their limits, as homes and offices crank up the air conditioning in response to rising temperatures. A single failure in the system—such as a downed power line or a tripped relay—can cause power outages throughout a neighborhood or across entire towns. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-07-algorithm-quickly-dangerous-pow
ENERGY - Powering the Future - CBS News
CBSNews.com looks at the future of green energy ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/2718-35040_162-2211/powering-the-futu
ENERGY - Texas's Amazing Shale Oil And Gas Abundance
Map of USA with Texas highlighted (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I’m often asked my opinion on what the prices of oil or natural gas are going to do. My answer is always the same: If I had the slightest idea what the prices of oil or natural gas were going to do [...] ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2013/07/05/texass-
GARDENS - How to Keep Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waterways
How to Keep Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waterways - The Huffington Post ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-dwyer-phd/how-to-keep-hea
GARDENS - Using Algorithmic Modeling to Print Smarter Fields
Combination plantingâ??where certain crops are planted together to stave off pests or enhance taste as old as farming itself. But up until recently, its been difficult to be precise about where and how different crops can benefit from each other. Benedikt Gro a UK-based interaction designer, is using algorithmic processing to improve on a practice that's thou ...
http://gizmodo.com/using-algorithmic-modeling-to-print-smart
MOVIES - 15 Cool Drive-In Theaters Where You Can Watch A Movie Retro-Style
We rounded up 15 cool drive-in movie theaters around the U.S. that are showing films in retro style. .. ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/15-retro-drive-in-movie-theat
PEOPLE - Computer Visionary Who Invented the Mouse
Dr. Engelbart’s 1968 demonstration of interactive computing astounded scientists and the technology was later refined for Apple and Microsoft. ...
http://www-nc.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/technology/douglas-c-en
PEOPLE - Melanne Verveer - In Photos: Women Changing the World: Public Policy
Women Changing the World of Public Policy and Politics nominated by Melanne Verveer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s IssuesTwitter: @S_GWI“Now, in a time of transformative change — from the rise of new economic powers to a growing chorus of voices against repressive regimes…promoting the status of women is not just a moral imperative ...
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eikh45hfeg/melanne-verveer
PEOPLE - Michael Jordan May Have Been The Hunt Family's Greatest Investment
VideoThe Hunt Family has made a fortune over the years in oil, private equity and professional football. Clark Hunt, who owns FC Dallas and the Columbus Crew, even believes Major League Soccer is going to be profitable. But it will be difficult for any investment in sports to top Hunt's small [...] ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2013/07/03/michael-j
PEOPLE - Outnumbered science girls beat boys
Girls who take certain skills-based science and technology qualifications outperform boys, suggest figures from an awarding body. ...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-2318167
PEOPLE - The American Way
What really makes us Americans? ...
http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201307/the-americ
PERMACULTURE - 'Crazy ants' invade Southern states, altering ecosystem
America's ecosystem is under siege as the 'crazy ant' invades the South and displaces other species, including the fire ant. ...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2013/06/30/crazy-a
PERMACULTURE - From food forests to healthy soil. 5 Incredible permaculture videos.
Permaculture takes its design cues from nature. Here are five videos on how to create productive, diverse landscapes and save yourself some back breaking work in the process. ...
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/food-fores
PERMACULTURE - Getting to the root of the matter
(Phys.org) —Working to identify key genes in the root development of poplar trees, three Michigan Technological University scientists have come up with a new model for how genes interact and affect each other's function. They also identified a network of genes that cause poplar roots to grow well ... ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-07-root.htm
PERMACULTURE - New book finds Gaia Hypothesis implausible
A new book presents the first detailed and comprehensive analysis of the famous Gaia Hypothesis, and finds it to be inconsistent with modern evidence. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-07-gaia-hypothesis-implausible.htm
PERMACULTURE - Wired Forest May Reveal How New England Forests Respond to Climate Change: Scientific American
Monitoring a forest in New Hampshire provides clues to how important trees, such as maples, respond to changed conditions due to global warming ...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=wired-fores
PLANTS - How coral cures your ills
Next time you successfully fight off a nasty infection, give thanks to the Great Barrier Reef. A dramatic discovery by an Australian team of scientists has revealed that the ability of humans to resist bacterial diseases may go as far back in our ancestry as corals. ...http://phys.org/news/2013-07-coral-ills.htm
PLANTS - Plants do sums to get through the night, researchers show
(Phys.org) —New research shows that to prevent starvation at night, plants perform accurate arithmetic division. The calculation allows them to use up their starch reserves at a constant rate so that they run out almost precisely at dawn. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-06-sums-night.htm
SCIENCE - A Tale of 7 Elements: Element 85—Astatine [Excerpt]: Scientific American
The identity of the "discoverer" of this halogen element very much depends on the nationality of the textbook that one might consult ...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-tale-of-7
SCIENCE - Alternative energy: A cooler way to clean hydrogen
Converting bioethanol into hydrogen for fuel cells becomes significantly simpler with innovative metal catalysts. ... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130703113438.ht
SCIENCE - Can Matter Exist Without Space? [Video]: Scientific American
Theoretical physicist and New York University professor Matthew Kleban answers viewer questions submitted to our YouTube Space Lab Channel ...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-matter-
SCIENCE - Chemistry and Physics: One Needs the Other | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network
“Quantum theory has opened to us the microscopic world of particles, atoms and photons,” explained Nobel Laureate Serge Haroche, who shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in ... ...
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/07/01/ch
SPACE - 'How UK will search for alien signals'
Scientists from 11 British institutions are pooling their efforts to look for alien life among the stars, coming together in their part of the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (Seti).http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-2319445
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-2320205
SPACE - 2 Pluto Moons Get New Names (Sorry 'Star Trek' Fans): Scientific American
A poll to rename Pluto's moons throws out the most popular choice: a Star-Trek inspired name ...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=2-pluto-moo
SPACE - Feeding galaxy caught in distant searchlight
Astronomers have spotted a distant galaxy hungrily snacking on nearby gas. Gas is seen to fall inwards towards the galaxy, creating a flow that both fuels star formation and drives the galaxy's rotation. This is the best direct observational evidence so far supporting the theory that galaxies pull in and devour nearby material in order to grow and form stars. ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130705102029.ht
SPACE - Timeless Questions About the Universe
Is time an illusion? Is there a universe, or multiverse? Finite or infinite? Will we ever know, and does it matter? ...
http://www-nc.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/science/space/timeless-
WATER - Harnessing Ocean Current Energy — Promising New System Developed
Ocean currents are a very promising-looking source of renewable energy. A new ocean current energy harnessing system may finally make it practical. ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/04/ocean-current-energy
WATER - Walls of Water Make Chaotic Currents More Predictable: Scientific American
Ocean currents and other chaotic phenomena are supposed to be inherently unpredictable. But mathematicians are finding a method to nature's madness ...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=walls-of-wa
WIND - UK Prime Minister Launches World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
It's been a long time in the making -- 12 years to be precise -- but the London Array, the world's largest offshore wind farm, is officially up and running. At a launch event today in Margate, Kent, UK Prime Minister David Cameron called the project ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/04/uk-prime-minister-launch
WIND - Wind Power — 241,000 MW New Capacity 2012 To 2017 (Forecast)
Wind power continues to be the leader in the clean energy arena (and even in the energy arena as a whole in many ways and places). Someday, the projection is that solar power will catch up and become the #1 source of energy worldwide, but until then, wind is having its day in the sun ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/04/wind-power-241000-mw-new
WORK - A Surge in Part-Time Workers
The June jobs report saw a surge in part-time workers, and the health care law that starts coming into full effect next year might be in part responsible. ...
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/05/a-surge-in-part
WORK - BikePortland.org » Blog Archive » Jobs of the Week
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http://bikeportland.org/2013/07/05/jobs-of-the-week-109-8972
WORK - For the Employment Rate, an Uptick
The share of American adults with jobs rose slightly in June, to 58.7 percent. That matches the highest level since the end of the recession, but remains well below the prevailing level before the recession. ...
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/05/for-the-employm
WORK - High potential - MIT News Office
Tomás Palacios investigates use of ‘extreme materials’ in electronics, which could reduce energy consumption and make computers far faster. ...
http://www.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/faculty-profile-tomas-pal
WORK - Jobs Are Not The Problem!
Jobs are a lagging indicator. Friday's strong employment report does not change any of the concerns that have been affecting global markets negatively since the May top, and moves the specter Fed tapering back to the front burner. ...http://www.forbes.com/sites/sharding/2013/07/05/jobs-are-not
WORK - Nightmarish Arizona Restaurant Has Some Of The Strictest Employee Rules We've Ever Seen
Amy's Baking Company, an Arizona restaurant that became notorious after a "Kitchen Nightmares" episode .. ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/amys-baking-company-worker-ru
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