ANIMALS - Dogs Stop Fighting When They Notice The Camera (VIDEO)
We can't get enough of Maymo and Penny. Unfortunately, they apparently CAN get enough of being filmed.VIa Tastefully Offensiv .. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/04/dogs-stop-fighting-
ANIMALS - Research discovers new 'type specimen' for the Asian elephant
Findings from a scientific historian at the University of Lincoln have helped experts at the Natural History Museum to designate an animal painted by Rembrandt as the new 'type specimen' for the Asian elephant species .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-11-specimen-asian-elephant.htm
ANIMALS - Statistics About Polar Bears, a Threatened Species
Some statistics about polar bears, a threatened specie .. ...
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/statistics-polar-
ART - $1B Nazi Art Found--Picasso, Matisse, Chagall--Is How Much After Tax?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2013/11/03/found-nazi
ART - Street Photographer Eric Kim Discusses the Photograhpy of Elliott Erwitt
One of Elliott Erwitt’s first published photos was of a Chihuahua next to a lady’s shoes. Dogs would remain one of his favorite memes—with four published books of canine portraits—as would his witty social commentary. Invited to join the Magnum agency in 1953, Erwitt became renowned for his visual storytelling, capturing funny—and sometimes absurd—moments from Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. Most recently Erwitt, now in his 80shttp://www.salon.com/2013/11/04/street_photographer_eric_kim
ART - City Room: New York Today: Fall Colors
What you need to know for Wednesday: a city leaf-peeping guide, cloudy skies and a possible Superfund site in Queens .. ...
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/new-york-today-
CLIMATE - A Year After Sandy, Action on Climate
Last October 29, Hurricane Sandy struck the Northeast with incredible force. It was the largest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, spanning more than 1,100 miles from edge to edge. By the time the rains subsided, at least 117 lives had been lost and hundreds of thousands of homes had been damaged. All told, the storm caused more than $60 billion in damage to our communities. The New York City Office of Management and Budget estimated the ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-leibowitz/a-year-after
CLIMATE - Adapting to Climate Change Does Not Mean Accepting It
At the end of last week a new IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report was leaked projecting that climate change would reduce the world's food productivity throughout this century. We also saw the Obama Administration issue an Executive Order on Climate Preparedness as part of its Climate Action Plan. The Obama Climate Action Plan includes elements to both mitigate and adapt to climate change. This Executive Order focuseshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-cohen/adapting-to-clima
EARTH - Google Street View could be used to document earthquake damage
The images can be used to compare how areas looked before and after a natural disaster .. ...
EARTH - Watch as an earthquake sends a massive wave across the US
The USArray project has produced a remarkable animation showing how earthquake waves travel across massive expanses of landmasses. As you'll see in this video, these waves are a lot like ripples on a pond. Very powerful ripples.http://io9.com/watch-as-an-earthquake-sends-a-massive-wave-a
ECONOMICS - The Rich Get Richer: Who's the Richest Person in Your State?
The rich are indeed getting richer, at least according to a list of the richest person in each of the 50 states. As it turns out, the names at the top richest 10 people haven't changed at all, led by Microsoft founder Bill Gates in Washington state. But their net worth values have ticked up. The top 10 are collectively worth a whopping $362 billion, 67 percent of the total wealth of the 50 folks in a list compiled by Wealth-X, a firm that researc ...
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wealthiest-people-state-riche
ECONOMICS - US unemployment will rise unless jobs growth quickens, top economist warns
Latest ADP jobs report shows US added 130,000 jobs in October, with job growth weakened across most industries.. ...
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/oct/30/us-jobs-repo
EDUCATION - Best open courses that satisfy the fundamental curriculum for BS in Computer Science?
I'm trying to make a list of the best online, open courses for the curriculum fundamentals for this degree. For those of you with experience with this, what seem to be the best? submitted by not_2_bright [link] [4 comments .. ...
http://www.reddit.com/r/compsci/comments/1pu9qs/best_open_co
ENERGY - Crafting a better enzyme cocktail to turn plants into fuel faster
Scientists looking to create a potent blend of enzymes to transform materials like corn stalks and wood chips into fuels have developed a test that should turbocharge their efforts .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-11-crafting-enzyme-cocktail-fuel-f
ENVIRONMENT - Historic blaze fueled a boom in tire recycling, advances in fire monitoring
An historic tire fire 30 years ago that blazed on for nine months in the northwest Virginia Appalachians, releasing giant plumes of toxic smoke, sparked a recycling revolution and advances in fire-monitoring methods. The fire's environmental legacy is the topic of the cover story in Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-historic-blaze-fueled-boom-recy
ENVIRONMENT - Pesticide and detergent chemicals cause for concern in San Francisco Bay
An annual water-monitoring report focuses on "contaminants of emerging concern. .. ...
FASHION - Why you remember what you wore for big events
http://www.today.com/video/today/5341342
HOMES - Researchers explore natural solution to rid household plumbing of dangerous pathogens
(Phys.org) —Microbes are everywhere – thousands of species are in your mouth, and thousands are in a glass of tap water. The ones in your mouth are mostly harmless – as long as you brush and floss so they don't form a biofilm that allows gum disease a path into the blood stream ..http://phys.org/news/2013-11-explore-natural-solution-househ
MOVIES - Review: 'Steven Universe' is a gem
The Cartoon Network series 'Steven Universe' from Rebecca Sugar follows the exploits of a young boy with a magical crystal and the three superwomen who watch over him.Rebecca Sugar — who is already a star in the world of people who love "Adventure Time," for which she has been a storyboard artist and writer and composer — has her own cartoon series now.http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st
MOVIES - The sounds of interstellar space
Scifi movies are sometimes criticized when explosions in the void make noise. As the old saying goes, "in space, no one can hear you scream." Without air there is no sound .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-11-interstellar-space.htm
PEOPLE - 7 Traits Of Highly Influential Leaders
Without question, the world of work today runs on social media in some shape or form. It has changed the nature of work, play, friendship, commerce, romance -- the list goes on and on. Where to begin .. ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghanbiro/2013/11/03/7-traits-o
PEOPLE - Christmas guilt about homeless children is not enough | Alex Andreou
More than 80,000 children may spend Christmas in temporary accommodation, Shelter reports. This doesn't just happenThe housing charity Shelter has published a report revealing a picture of homelessness in England. More than 80,000 children face spending Christmas in temporary accommodation, a 10-year high. In the context of a government crowing about job creation and the economy "healing", this may appear shocking. As someone who was homeless for ...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/04/christm
PEOPLE - Seeking ways to boost the futures of children who live in poverty
With nearly half of California’s children age 8 and under living in low-income households, the chances for their achievement later in life are significantly diminished without policy changes, a new study says .. ...
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sn-children-fou
PEOPLE - Someone falls asleep on his shoulder; lets him sleep 12 more stops claiming, "we've all had long days."
http://imgur.com/gallery/tj2Qor
PEOPLE - Why is non-monogamy such a dangerous idea? | James Norman
James Norman: US sex columnist Dan Savage caused more than a ripple to the Australian conservative status quo by daring to suggest that non-monogamy could help long-term relationships. He is rightJames Norma .. ...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/04/why-is-
PEOPLE - The Dutch Don’t Care About Marriage
I was in Amsterdam for probably three hours when I began to see that having children and not being married was not a big deal there. In fact, marriage itself is not a big deal there. I was there to talk about my book In Praise of Messy Lives, which was coming out in Dutch, but what passes in America for a messy life is in Amsterdam just, well, how things go .. ...
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/roiphe/2013/10/marria
SCIENCE - A breakthrough in quantum cryptography demonstrates that information can be encrypted and then decrypted with complete security using the combined power of quantum theory and relativity - allowing the sender to dictate the unveiling of coded info without any possibility of intrusion or manipulation.
http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1pvc6r/a_breakthrou
SCIENCE - Drawing and writing in liquid with light (w/ Video)
University of Helsinki researchers have manufactured photochemically active polymers which can be dissolved in water or certain alcohols. The new soluble, photosensitive polymer was created by doctoral student Szymon Wiktorowicz .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-11-liquid-video.htm
SCIENCE - Quantum 'sealed envelope' system enables 'perfectly secure' information storage
A breakthrough in quantum cryptography demonstrates that information can be encrypted and then decrypted with complete security using the combined power of quantum theory and relativity - allowing the sender to dictate the unveiling of coded information without any possibility of intrusion or manipulation .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-11-quantum-envelope-enables-perfec
SCIENCE - Researchers claim to have discovered why warm water freezes faster than cooler water
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University believes they have solved the mystery of why warm water freezes faster than cooler water. It has to do with the way energy is stored in the hydrogen bonds between water molecules they suggest in their paper which they've uploaded to the preprint serverhttp://phys.org/news/2013-11-faster-cooler.htm
SPACE - Explainer: What are stars?
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-11-stars.htm
SPACE - Image: NGC 3576: Glowing gas in the Milky Way
A region of glowing gas in the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way galaxy, NGC 3576 is located about 9,000 light years from Earth .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-11-image-ngc-gas-milky.htm
TREES - Ancient Antarctica's Forests Featured Weird Trees, Wood Fossils Show
DENVER — Strange forests with some features of today's tropical trees once grew in Antarctica, new research finds. Some 250 million years ago, during the late Permian and early Triassic, the world was a greenhouse, much hotter than it is today. Forests carpeted a non-icy Antarctic. But Antarctica was still at a high latitude, meaning that just as today, the land is bathed in round-the-clock darkness during winter and 24/7 light in the summer. ...
TREES - Weird Forests Once Sprouted in Antarctica
Strange forests with some features of today's tropical trees once grew in Antarctica .. ...
http://news.discovery.com/earth/plants/weird-forests-once-sp
URBAN - Architects Are the New Comedians
Bizarre high-rise buildings are shooting up all over the world. If you weren’t paying attention, you could easily find yourself impaled by one. It happened recently to a friend of mine .. ...
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/doonan/2013/11/the_shard_
URBAN - Buenos Aires LED Streetlamp Retrofit — 125,000 Streetlamps Being Replaced With LEDs
Buenos Aires is about to undergo an enormous streetlamp retrofit — 125,000 outdated streetlamp bulbs will be replaced with new, energy-efficient LED bulbs provided by corporate giant Philips. The new LEDs are expected to reduce the Argentinean city’s energy use by as much as 50% — and thus notably reduce air pollution and CO2 emissions as well.The 13-million-person-strong city awarded the contract for the enormous LED retrofit to Philips as .. ...
WIND - Assessing noise impact of offshore wind farm construction may help protect marine mammals
Growth in offshore wind generation is expected to play a major role in meeting carbon reduction targets around the world, but the impact of construction noise on marine species is yet unknown. A group of scientists from the United Kingdom and the United States have developed a method to assess the potential impacts of offshore wind farm construction on marine mammal populations, particularly the noise made while driving piles into the seabed tohttp://phys.org/news/2013-11-noise-impact-offshore-farm-mari
WIND - Microsoft To Buy Wind Power From Texas Facility In 20-Year Deal With RES Americas
HOUSTON -- HOUSTON (AP) — It takes a lot of energy to store all the data 1 billion people and 20 million businesses plug into their computers, phones, tablets and gadgets. So as part of an effort to become carbon neutral, Microsoft Corp. has entered a 20-year deal to buy power from a new wind farm in Texas, the first time the tech giant is directly purchasing electricity from a specific source.The deal announced Monday between Microsoft and REShttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/04/microsoft-wind-powe
WIND - Xcel Sets 60% Wind Energy Record In Colorado
In Colorado, Xcel Energy earlier this year set a new record, generating 60.5% of its electricity using the wind, up from its previous 56.7% record. This took place between 1 AM and 2 AM (local time) on a Friday — not a surprising time, as wind turbines often generate more electricity at night.At the time, the wind farms generated 1,874 MW of the total 3,100 MW load (power demand from Xcel’s generator network).Xcel isn’t done yet — it intends .. ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/04/xcel-sets-60-wind-energy
WORK - Seattle suburb to vote on $15 minimum wage for airport, hotel workers
Reflecting the battle over 'living wages,' a ballot measure in the Seattle suburb of SeaTac would raise the minimum pay for certain workers to $15 an hour and guarantee them sick leave.SEATAC, Wash. — At first, the Rev. Jan Bolerjack couldn't figure out why the line at her church's food pantry was studded with men and women in what she described as "airline gear," uniforms they wore as baggage handlers and ramp workers at nearby Seattle-Tacoma In ...
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-seatac-wages-20131104,0,
WORK - The Fukushima Refugee Business
According to the Japanese Science and Environment Ministry, Fukushima refugees will receive stipends from Tepco, up to $900,000 (90 million yen) per year for an average family of four for as long as they are refugees , an amount unheard of in the annals of disasters anywhere is the world ..http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2013/11/04/the-fukush
WORK - Why You Should Take A Year Off
If there's one thing entrepreneurs have in common, it's the inability to STOP working. Which is exactly why Prerna Gupta thinks you need to take a year off .. ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2013/11/04/why-you-should
WORK - Would you consider a career in beer?
Students with a love of beer can now study brewing at university, and look forward to great graduate prospects"When I tell people what I studied they say one of two things," says Shaun Hill, who did a masters in brewing and distilling at Heriot-Watt University, "they either think it's amazing, or they say that they didn't realise you needed a degree to drink."Students and beer have a long and intertwined history. But more and more students are tu ...
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/nov/04/students-co
WRITE - Real meaning of English poem's first line discovered
A University of Manchester lecturer has discovered that the famous first line of English language's oldest epic poem has been misinterpreted, ever since it was popularised almost 200 years ago .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-11-real-english-poem-line.htm
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