ANIMALS - Dog's mood offers insight into owner's health
Researchers have demonstrated how remote-monitoring of a dog's behavior can be used to alert family and carers that an elderly relative is struggling to cope .. ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131007104712.ht
ANIMALS - Dogs Experience Emotions Just Like Humans, New Research Says
New research is telling the world something that dog owners have known all along -- that canines have emotions just like humans. Gregory Berns, a professor of neuroeconomics at Emory University, has spent the past two years training dogs to go into an M.R.I. scanner "completely awake and unrestrained." Berns says the scans reveal that the structure and function of the caudate nucleus is similar in dog and human brains. In humans, the caudate acti ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/07/dog-emotions-like-h
ANIMALS - Endangered Species Success Stories: How Many More Are We Likely to See?
Look back on the last year of Extinction Countdown and you won’t find that many endangered species success stories. Oh, sure, they’re there, but you have to look for them. For every...-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.co .. ...
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/201
ANIMALS - This Infographic Will Make You Realize Just How Bad Rhino Poaching Is
By the end of September, 704 rhinos had been killed by poachers in South Africa. This startling figure showcases the growing scourge of rhino slaughter, which surpassed last year's record murder rate of 668 with three full months left in the year. Assuming the trend continues, experts say more than 1,000 rhinos could be killed by the end of December, and the entire population could be gone within a decade.When rhino horn is more valuable than gol ...
ANIMALS - World Animal Day 2013: A Time To Reflect On And Renew Conservation Efforts
October 4 is a glorious day for all you animals lovers out there, because today is World Animal Day.World Animal Day was first observed in 1931 at a convention for ecologists to bring attention to endangered or threatened species, according to a report by the Boston Globe.Sadly, biodiversity has been steadily declining for decades and the number of threatened species has continued to rise, according to annual reports released by the IUCN. The eve ...
ART - Artist carves exquisite cut-outs using recycled newspapers
Free-flowing patterns and motifs are finely cut out of re-used newspapers to create stunning works of art .. ...
ART - ArtsBeat: Armory Show to Highlight a Shanghai Artist
The work of Xu Zhen, a young conceptual artist, will be featured at the Armory Show in New York in March .. ...
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/armory-show-to-
ART - Elusive Graffiti Artist Banksy Hits NYC
Elusive British graffiti artist Banksy announces 1-month residency in New York Cit .. ...
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/elusive-graffi
ART - Weekend readers' best photographs: maze
From Berlin to Montenegro: your best pictures on this week's theme, mazeGuardian reader .. ...
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2013/oct/04/
BOOKS - Book Excerpt: Keeping Faith
Fenton Johnson on learning the importance and wisdom of having faith .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id
BOOKS - These Walking UFOs Were Going to Be Post-Apocalyptic Pedicabs
What happened in the 1960s when Jetsonian dreams met Duck and Cover fears? You got 1962's "Walking Machine."Read more.. .. ...
BOOKS - Book Excerpt: The Compassionate Life
Marc Ian Barasch on rooting for the other team and wishing them well .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id
BOOKS - Book Excerpt: The Optimist Creed and Other Inspirational Classics
Christian D. Larson on how the world seems to be on your side when you live in faith .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id
CLIMATE - Plant diversity may affect climate–vegetation interaction
Biologists have analyzed to what extent plant diversity influences the stability of climate–vegetation interaction .. ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131007094017.ht
EARTH - Blue Eyes Originated 10,000 Years Ago in the Black Sea Region
A team of researchers from Copenhagen University have located a single mutation that causes the mysterious phenomenon of blue eyes. And all blue eyed people are genetically related to a person who lived in the Black Sea region sometime between 6 – 10,000 years ago.The research was published in the Journal of Human Genetics. A mutation in a gene called OCA2 came into being nearly 8,000 years ag .. ...
http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/10/blue-eyes-originate
ENERGY - Greentech Media Defines the Future of the Electricity System, And It’s Called Grid Edge
The propagation of distributed energy resources and customer energy management solutions requires dramatic changes to power infrastructure, market design, and utility business models. Greentech Media calls this market shift "the grid edge" and outlines its implications in a new free report, The Grid Edge: Utility Modernization in the Age of Distributed Generation. To further define the space and drive the conversation, Greentech Media is bringin ...
ENERGY - The Untapped Value That Carl Icahn Sees In Talisman Energy
Analysts figure unlocking Talisman's hidden value could generate $500 million for the legendary raider .. ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/10/07/the
ENVIRONMENT - Plastic waste is a hazard for subalpine lakes, too
Many subalpine lakes may look beautiful and even pristine, but new evidence suggests they may also be contaminated with potentially hazardous plastics. Researchers say those tiny microplastics are likely finding their way into the food web through a wide range of freshwater invertebrates too. The findings, based on studies of Italy's Lake Garda and reported on October 7th in Current Biology, suggest that the problem of plastic pollution isn't lim ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131007122539.ht
PEOPLE - Indian girl, 13, studies for master’s degree
In a country where many girls are discouraged from going to school, Sushma Verma is having anything but a typical childhood. The 13-year-old girl from a poor family in north India has enrolled in a master’s degree program in microbiology, after her father sold his land to pay for some of his daughter’s tuition in the hope of helping her be a part of India’s growing middle class. Read full article >> .. ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/indian-girl
PLANTS - Fruit science: Switching between repulsion and attraction
A team of researchers based at LMU Munich and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has shown how temporal control of a single gene solves two problems during fruit ripening in strawberry .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-fruit-science-repulsion.htm
PLANTS - The root of the matter: The role of nitric oxide in root branching
The structure and plasticity of root systems play an important role in determining the growth and yield of crop plants, and understanding how environmental and biological factors affect root structure is of key importance for plant scientists—particularly agricultural scientists .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-root-role-nitric-oxide.htm
SCIENCE - Making Martian clouds on Earth: Cloud-chamber experiments show that clouds on Mars form in much more humid conditions than clouds on Earth
Cloud-chamber experiments show that clouds on Mars form in much more humid conditions than clouds on Earth .. ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131007162405.ht
SCIENCE - New microfluidic approach for the directed assembly of functional materials
(Phys.org) —Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new approach with applications in materials development for energy capture and storage and for optoelectronic materials .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-microfluidic-approach-functiona
SCIENCE - Nobel laureate Suedhof: 'My wife thinks I'm crazy'
Thomas Suedhof, one of a trio receiving the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday, said he worked so hard his wife thought he was "crazy" .. ...
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-nobel-laureate-suedhof
SCIENCE - Scientists unlock secret of cattle ticks' resistance to pesticide
Scientists have discovered how a tick which transmits devastating diseases to cattle has developed resistance to one of the main pesticides used to kill it .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-scientists-secret-cattle-resist
SCIENCE - Scientists win Nobel for mapping body's 'cell traffic' system
STOCKHOLM/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Three scientists won the Nobel medicine prize on Monday for plotting how cells transfer vital materials such as hormones and brain chemicals to other cells, giving insight into diseases such as Alzheimer's, autism and diabetes .. ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/08/us-nobel-medicine-
SCIENCE - Unlocking biology with math
Scientists have created a mathematical model that explains and predicts the biological process that creates antibody diversity -- the phenomenon that keeps us healthy by generating robust immune systems through hypermutation .. ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131007132257.ht
URBAN - Solar-Powered SOL Dome Lights Up in Response to Atmospheric Carbon Levels in Michigan
Read the rest of Solar-Powered SOL Dome Lights Up in Response to Atmospheric Carbon Levels in Michigan |Add todel.icio.usdiggPost tags: carbon dioxide responsive art, carbon fiber installation, carbon fibers, interactive installations, LED dome, LED lighting, LED lights, lightweight architecture, Loop.pH dome, Michigan art, renewable energy, responsive lighting, SOL Dome, solar powered SOL Dome, temporary installation Michiga .. ...
URBAN - Stevens Institute’s Ecohabit Home Stands Out with Photovoltaic Shingles at the Solar Decathlon 2013
Read the rest of Stevens Institute’s Ecohabit Home Stands Out with Photovoltaic Shingles at the Solar Decathlon 2013 |Add todel.icio.usdiggPost tags: "sustainable architecture", 2013 solar decathlon, air house, California, Department of Energy, DOE, DOE competition, Doe Solar Decathlon, eco design, Ecohabit, green architecture, Green Building, green design, irvine, net zero, net zero home, prefab home, SD 2013, Solar Decathlon, solar decathlon 20 ...
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