ANIMALS - Butterflies drink turtle tears for their salt fix
In order to get their dose of sodium, butterflies turn to crying turtles .. ...
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/butterflies-drink
ANIMALS - California's sea otter numbers continue slow climb
California sea otter numbers are up, according to the latest population survey led by federal, state, and UC Santa Cruz scientists. The reasons: more pups and the addition of San Nicolas Island sea otters to the population count .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-09-california-sea-otter-climb.htm
BOOKS - Book Excerpt: Jesus: The Image of Humanity
Shows how Jesus draws out the divine center in those he encounters .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id
CLIMATE - Hurricane research: Team studies new methods to support hurricane evacuation decision-making
Hurricanes are dynamic. Wind speeds change as the storm progresses and rainfall varies widely, creating tremendous uncertainty as the natural elements interact with man and man-made infrastructure .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-09-hurricane-team-methods-evacuati
CLIMATE - Tiny plankton could have big impact on climate
As the climate changes and oceans' acidity increases, tiny plankton seem set to succeed. An international team of marine scientists has found that the smallest plankton groups thrive under elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. This could cause an imbalance in the food web as well as decrease ocean CO2 uptake, an important regulator of global climate. The results of the study, conducted off the coast of Svalbard, Norway, in 2010, are now compiled ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-09-tiny-plankton-big-impact-climat
CLIMATE - Warm water under Antarctic glacier spurs astonishing rate of melting
A two-month-long expedition to one of the most remote sites on the planet — the sprawling Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica — has revealed that currents of warm water beneath the glacier are melting the ice at a staggering rate of about 2.4 inches (6 centimeters) per day .. ...
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/warm-water-under-antarctic-gl
EARTH - Bill would create California quake warning system
(AP)—The California Legislature has sent Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that would require development of an earthquake early warning system .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-09-bill-california-quake.htm
EARTH - Security Camera shows what it looks like when lightning strikes
We're so glad no one was walking down this sidewalk when the bolt of lightning hit .. ...
EARTH - Tracking dust across the Atlantic
Hundreds of millions of tons of dust are picked up from the deserts of Africa and blown across the Atlantic Ocean each year. That dust helps build beaches in the Caribbean and fertilize soils in the Amazon. It affects air quality in North and South America. And some say dust storms might play a role in the suppression of hurricanes and the decline of coral reefs .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-09-tracking-atlantic.htm
EDUCATION - Bilingual education has spillover effect
Bilingual education programs have a substantial spillover effect on the students they're not designed for, according to a groundbreaking study co-authored by a Michigan State University scholar. Texas elementary students who speak English as their home language and were enrolled in schools with bilingual education programs performed much better on state math and reading tests than native English-speaking students at schools without bilingual educ ...
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/265987.ph
EDUCATION - Video game courses score big on college campuses
If you imagine the average video gamer as a teenage boy sinking hours of his life into "Call of Duty" or "World of Warcraft" instead of doing his homework, you can see why most people think that video games and school work mix about as well as oil and water .. ...
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/video-game-courses-score-b
EDUCATION - Young people choose education based on parents' background
Even though Danish students have equal access to education, their choice of studies is still influenced by social class. Young people from working class backgrounds are motivated by studies with a clear job profile and high income, while prestige and studies with a strong identity appeal to young people of parents with university degrees when choosing which studies to pursue. This is what researchers from the University of Copenhagen conclude in ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-09-young-people-based-parents-back
PLANTS - Amoebas farm bacteria and carry guards to protect their crops in the wild
Model organisms, brought into labs because they are easy to work with, adapt to the lab, often shedding characteristics that allowed them to survive in the wild. Scientists who work with model organisms rarely look at the wild strains, but when they do, they can be surprised by what they find .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-09-amoebas-farm-bacteria-crops-wil
SCIENCE - How to Argue About Research You Don't Like: A Flowchart
Via WaPo's Wonkblog comes the definitive guide to critiquing research findings that rub you the wrong way. And while this chart refers more specifically to studies on things like health and budget policy, it works surprisingly well for scientific studies, as well.Read more.. .. ...
SPACE - A map of our solar system that puts it into proper perspective
Now that the Voyager 1 space probe has officially left the solar system, it would be nice to know where it is, exactly, in the large scheme of things. This crafty map will help.Read more.. .. ...
SPACE - The Plan to Grow Lettuce in Space
VEGGIE, short for Vegetable Processing System (so not an actual NASA acronym), is a plant-growing system about the size of a microwave oven. It's scheduled to go to the ISS on the SpaceX 3 flight on Dec. 9, though the exact date can change .. ...
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/nasa-sending-lettuce-plants
SPACE - Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space at last, NASA says
A spacecraft from Earth has left its cosmic backyard and taken its first steps in interstellar space, NASA says.After streaking through space for nearly 35 years, NASA's robotic Voyager 1 probe entered interstellar space in August 2012, a study published Thursday in the journal Science reports .. ...
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/voyager-1-has-left-our-solar-
SPACE - What Does the Universe Sound Like? - Instant Egghead
With sensitive instruments and some creative translations, astronomers can derive the sounds of a silent universe. Scientific American contributor Sophie Bushwick explains.-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.co .. ...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/video.cfm?id=what-does-the
SPACE - Where does the solar system end? Voyager isn't officially there yet
After almost a year of debate, NASA has accepted the idea that its Voyager 1 probe has left behind the last wisps of the solar wind and is flying through interstellar space. But has it left the solar system? Um, not exactly .. ...
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/where-does-solar-system-end-v
URBAN - A 1,476-foot tower equipped with its very own cloaking device
The South Korean government has granted approval to begin construction on what will be the world's first "invisible" tower. Called the Infinity Tower, it will be equipped with an LED facade system and optical cameras to give it a reflective skin — and a striking translucent appearance. Read more.. .. ...
URBAN - Biggest green wall ever is unveiled in London
It's a mix of old and new and the largest living green wall in London .. ...
URBAN - Cleaner, more efficient ways to deliver goods in Europe's cities
Urban freight transport is a major contributor to traffic congestion in Europe's cities. This in turn slows down deliveries, leading to increased costs for freight transporters and longer wait times for their customers .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-09-cleaner-efficient-ways-goods-eu
WATER - Simulation capability illuminates geothermal energy potential
An Idaho FALCON is offering insight into underground happenings worldwide .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-09-simulation-capability-illuminat
WATER - Unexpected interaction between ocean currents and bacteria
For the first time, researchers have successfully demonstrated an interaction between ocean currents and bacteria: The unexpected interaction leads to the production of vast amounts of nitrogen gas in the Pacific Ocean. This takes place in one of the largest oxygen free water masses in the world - and these zones are expanding. This can ultimately weaken the ocean's ability to absorb CO2 .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-09-unexpected-interaction-ocean-cu
WIND - Study: Western wind power to compete with natural gas
Wind power is cheap where the wind blows, and by the middle of the next decade, the wind farms that dot the landscapes along the highways in Rocky Mountain states could become major regional sources of electricity without federal subsidies, according to a new National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study.Western renewables, primarily wind, could begin to compete on their own with electricity generated at natural gas power plants by 2025, the ...
http://www.salon.com/topic/2013/
WORK - Overlooked: Thousands of Americans Exposed to Dangerous Levels of Lead in Their Jobs
One of America's great public health achievements in the 20th century was removing lead--an extremely useful but incredibly toxic metal--from gasoline, paint, water pipes and food cans. Children...-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.co .. ...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=overlooked-
WRITE - TIL in one of the earliest instances of investigative journalism (1872), a reporter with the New York Tribune had himself commited/sectioned in order to report on abuse in mental asylums. His work led to the release of twelve incorrectly diagnosed patients and a change in the "lunacy laws."
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