ANIMALS - A Quarter of U.S. Dogs and Cats are Overweight
Few owners of overweight or obese pets realize their beloved pooches and cats need a diet .. ...
http://news.discovery.com/animals/pets/1-in-4-us-dogs-and-ca
ANIMALS - Animals and Bugs That Look Like Flowers: Photos
Take care when bending down to sniff flowers -- some could actually be an animal or insect .. ...
http://news.discovery.com/animals/insects/animals-and-bugs-t
ANIMALS - Baby Otter Plays Just Like a Little Pup (Video)
Cute baby otter plays like a dog. He rolls over and plays tag.At least the particularly adorable and quirky baby otter in the video above posted by Jack Holmes does. For those who are curious, one helpful commenter on the video, Jessica Pitsch, identifies some of the behavior exhibited in the video with the following:Granted there are dangers in petting wild animals... Otters tend to act just like? pet ferrets - This one isn't doing a "territoria ...
ANIMALS - DNews: Octopi Have a Brain in Every Tentacle
An octopus has perhaps the most complicated brain in the entire animal kingdom. Trace explains what's so cool about it, and how its brain allows an octopus to be such an awesome creature .. ...
http://news.discovery.com/animals/videos/octopi-have-a-brain
ANIMALS - Jellyfish may be the most energy-efficient animals in the world
Jellyfish are known for their ability to take over ecosystems, even though they're less efficient swimmers and hunters than their fishy competition. But a new study shows that jellyfish may rule the waves by actually being the most energy-efficient animals in the world. Here's how.Read more.. .. ...
BOOKS - Book Excerpt: Spiritual Exercises
Nancy Roth on the spiritual practice of devotion through exercise .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id
CLIMATE - D.C. climate will shift in 2047, researchers say; tropics will feel unprecedented change first
Locations around the globe will soon reach climactic tipping points, with some in tropical regions — home to most of the world’s biodiversity — feeling the first impacts of unprecedented eras of elevated temperatures as soon as seven years from now, according to a study released Wednesday. Read full article >> .. ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/dc-cli
CLIMATE - EU on track for climate targets
The European Union is on track to meet its 2020 targets for reducing carbon emissions and switching to cleaner energy sources, its environmental watchdog said on Wednesday .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-eu-track-climate.htm
EARTH - Bolivia's Lake Titicaca yields trove of relics
A team of Belgian and Bolivian archaeologists has found more than 2,000 pieces of ceramic, gems and gold objects at an apparent ceremonial site beneath the waters of Lake Titicaca .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-bolivia-lake-titicaca-yields-tr
EARTH - Discovery of a 2,700-year-old portico in Greece
A 2,700-year-old portico was discovered this summer on the site of the ancient city of Argilos in northern Greece, following an archaeological excavation led by Jacques Perreault, Professor at the University of Montreal's Centre of Classical Studies and Zisis Bonias, an archaeologist with the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-discovery-year-old-portico-gree
EARTH - Does this map prove that China discovered America before Columbus?
Controversial historian Gavin Menzies is claiming that this map from 1418 proves that the New World was discovered by China's Admiral Zheng He some 70 years before Columbus. But that's not the half of it. Read more.. .. ...
ECONOMICS - New discovery should save wheat farmers millions of dollars
The global wheat industry sometimes loses as much as $1 billion a year because prolonged rainfall and high humidity contribute to grains germinating before they are fully mature. The result is both a lower yield of wheat and grains of inferior quality. This phenomenon, known as pre-harvest sprouting or PHS, has such important economic repercussions for farmers around the world that scientists have been working on finding a solution to the problem ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-discovery-wheat-farmers-million
ENERGY - ARENA Looks To Accelerate Renewable Hybrid Power Plants
Originally published on RenewEconomyThe Australian Renewable Energy Agency says it will soon unveil its strategy for a widespread “hybridisation” of Australia’s fleet of fossil fuel power plants.ARENA chair Greg Bourne says a report conducted by Parsons Brinkerhoff will be released later this month which will look at how quickly and widely renewable fuels such as geothermal, solar thermal and biomass can be added to existing plants, or used .. ...
ENERGY - Carbon Markets Cut Emissions 17x Cheaper Than Subsidies
The cornerstone appeal of carbon markets is their ability to cut emissions while creating clean energy investments – but it turns out they may be far more effective at the task than anyone could have ever imagined.Carbon markets reduce greenhouse gas emissions nearly 17 times cheaper than paying power generators renewable energy subsidies, according to new analysis of 15 nations by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (O .. ...
ENVIRONMENT - Starting tomorrow, we’re down 90% of our nuclear safety regulators
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- the agency that watches over the country's 100 nuclear reactors -- announced on Monday that the government shutdown would soon force it to furlough 3,600 employees, or about 90 percent of its staff. The deadline it gave was Thursday. As in, tomorrow.Sure enough, Allison Macfarlane, the agency's chairman, confirmed today in a blog post that the agency is shutting down."Yes, I am worried," Ed Lyman told CNN, nic ...
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/09/starting_tomorrow_were_down_
MOVIES - Feature Film Review: Nebraska
One of the Most Spiritually Literate Films of 2013 about a son who takes his irritable dad on the road and in the process opens himself to truly honoring his father .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=25
PEOPLE - Einstein's Brain More 'Connected' Than Other Folks', Study Reveals
Title: Einstein's Brain More 'Connected' Than Other Folks', Study RevealsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 10/7/2013 12:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 10/8/2013 12:00:00 A .. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rs
SCIENCE - Carbon's new champion: Theorists calculate atom-thick carbyne chains may be strongest material ever
(Phys.org) —Carbyne will be the strongest of a new class of microscopic materials if and when anyone can make it in bulk .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-carbon-champion-theorists-atom-
SCIENCE - Chemists Awarded Nobel Prize for "Taking Experiments to Cyberspace"
The 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel for their contributions to the development of powerful computer programs that model complex chemical systems.Read more.. .. ...
SCIENCE - Computational chemistry wins 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
An equation for a force field, a computational chemistry model that uses simple terms and parameters from experiment to calculate the energy of a molecule (Image: Amit Kessel) It’s always...-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.co .. ...
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction
SCIENCE - Scientists use blur to sharpen DNA mapping
Researchers have found a simple way to pinpoint the location of specific sequences along single strands of DNA, a technique that could someday help diagnose genetic diseases .. ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131009111151.ht
SCIENCE - Spinning-disk microscope offers window into the center of a cell
A new method of imaging cells is allowing scientists to see tiny structures inside the 'control centre' of the cell for the first time .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-spinning-disk-microscope-window
SCIENCE - Team develops compact, high-power terahertz source at room temperature
Terahertz (THz) radiation—radiation in the wavelength range of 30 to 300 microns—is gaining attention due to its applications in security screening, medical and industrial imaging, agricultural inspection, astronomical research, and other areas. Traditional methods of generating terahertz radiation, however, usually involve large and expensive instruments, some of which also require cryogenic cooling. A compact terahertz source—similar to the las ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-team-compact-high-power-teraher
SCIENCE - Water impurities key to an icicle's ripples
A group of physicists from Canada have been growing their own icicles in a lab in the hope of solving a mystery that has, up until now, continued to puzzle scientists .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-impurities-key-icicle-ripples.h
SCIENCE - What Are the Most Entertaining Inventions of the Last 50 Years?
Some innovations and technological developments aim to make lofty, earth-shattering changes in the way we live, and then there are those whose goal is just to make life a tiny bit more fun. Today, we want to know what the most entertaining inventions of the last 50 years have been.Read more.. .. ...
SCIENCE - Why 'Gravity' Doesn't Suck
Alfonso Cuarón's creation is one of those rare science fiction flicks that doesn't suck. Actually, it does far better than that; it's one of those very rare movies that finds the humanity beneath our urge to explore outer space. Continue reading .. ...
http://news.discovery.com/space/why-gravity-doesnt-suck-1310
SPACE - A strange lonely planet found without a star
(Phys.org) —An international team of astronomers has discovered an exotic young planet that is not orbiting a star. This free-floating planet, dubbed PSO J318.5-22, is just 80 light-years away from Earth and has a mass only six times that of Jupiter. The planet formed a mere 12 million years ago—a newborn in planet lifetimes .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-strange-lonely-planet-star.htm
SPACE - Bye Earth: NASA spacecraft barrels toward Jupiter (Update)
NASA's Juno spacecraft whipped around Earth on Wednesday, using our home planet as a gravity slingshot to fling itself toward Jupiter .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-nasa-spacecraft-earth-en-route.
SPACE - NASA spacecraft enters safe mode after Earth flyby
NASA says its Jupiter-bound spacecraft is in safe mode soon after it used Earth as a gravity slingshot to hurtle toward the outer solar system .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-nasa-spacecraft-safe-mode-earth
URBAN - Gorgeous architect-designed boxes in a landscape are .... a natural gas compressor station?
They really do have a different attitude to design in Europe- every building is important .. ...
URBAN - TIL that between 2007 and 2012 no new malls were built in the United States
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WATER - New Zealand Opens ‘World’s Largest’ Binary Geothermal Power Plant
Originally published on RenewEconomyby Sophie VorrathNew Zealand has commissioned its newest renewable power plant, Mighty River Power’s Ngatamariki Geothermal Power Station, near Taupo on the country’s North Island.The 100MW plant – the world’s largest of its kind, and the NZ gentailer’s third geothermal project since 2008 – has been dubbed “a significant strategic milestone” by the company, as well as an “important renaissance” for geother .. ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/09/new-zealand-opens-worlds
WIND - GE Boosting Wind Turbine Output Up To 5% With PowerUp, Industrial Internet Technology
GE this morning released an announcement regarding new wind turbine technology that can boost wind turbine technology by up to 5%, which equals a whopping 20% or so more profit per wind turbine. (Full disclosure: GE funded and organized my trip to Chicago in order to cover the GE Minds + Machines 2013 conference in which this was announced.)PowerUp is the new “Industrial Internet” technology that makes this considerable output improvement po .. ...
WORK - Identifying individuals who are qualified to perform the role of clinical ethics consultants
Clinical ethicists play a vital role in hospitals and other health care systems by helping to resolve ethical conflicts that arise between patients, families, and clinicians about end-of-life care and other important medical decisions. To improve the quality of clinical ethics consultants, the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) has proposed a method for assessing them. An article in the Hastings Center Report describes the proce ...
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/267134.ph
WRITE - Why I Stopped Writing Recommendation Letters for Teach for America
For the past nine years, I've been an instructor, a Ph.D. student, adjunct professor, and post-doctoral fellow in humanities departments at several different universities. During this time, many students have asked me to write recommendations for Teach for America. My students generally have little to no experience or training as teachers, but they are lured by TFA's promises that they can help close the education gap for children in low-income c ...
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2013/10/teach_f
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