ANIMALS - Animal moms customize milk depending on baby's sex
A special blend of mother's milk just for girls? New research shows animal moms customize their milk in surprising ways depending on whether they have a boy or a girl .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-animal-moms-customize-baby-sex.
ANIMALS - Mechanism of crude oil heart toxicity on fish revealed from oil spill research
While studying the impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill on tuna, a research team discovered that crude oil interrupts a molecular pathway that allows fish heart cells to beat effectively. The components of the pathway are present in the hearts of most animals, including humans .. ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140213142221.ht
ANIMALS - Study: Crocodiles able to climb trees
As far as discoveries go, this is a somewhat terrifying one, assuming one has a healthy respect for crocodiles on the ground .. ...
ANIMALS - The surprising love life of ants
Did you know that worker ants are all female? Or that unfertilized ant eggs are all male? Explore the strange love life of these insects in the Valentine's edition of The Brain Scoop .. ...
BOOKS - Book Excerpt: The Woman's Book of Spirit
Sue Patton Thoele on being nice as a natural outgrowth of kindness and caring .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id
BOOKS - Book Excerpt: Zen 24/7
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id
BOOKS - Living Spiritual Teachers Project: Barbara Biziou
A profile with bibliography and distinctive contributions to spirituality of Barbara Biziou, spiritual adviser, ritual designer, and life coach .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/teachers/teachers.php
CLIMATE - “She Was Screaming in the Tub”
And other horrific tales from West Virginia’s chemical nightmare.This story was originally published in the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Videos produced by Climate Desk’s Tim McDonnell. On the morning of January 9, Twylla Bays pumped a syringe of water into the gastric feeding tube in her 29-year-old daughter Cassy’s abdomen. The reaction was instantaneous and violent: in the space of 30 minutes, Cass ...
http://climatedesk.org/2014/02/she-was-screaming-in-the-tub
EARTH - Ancient graves hint at cultural shift to Anglo-Saxon Britain
Human remains dug up from an ancient grave in Oxfordshire add to a growing body of evidence that Britain's fifth-century transition from Roman to Anglo-Saxon was cultural rather than bloody .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-ancient-graves-hint-cultural-sh
EARTH - Protecting pristine lands for future generations
Interior Secretary Jewell's visits to Southern New Mexico and California are positive signs that the President is listening to the American public, hearing demands that they want their special places protected .. ...
ECONOMICS - Wealthy neighborhoods fuel materialistic desires, study says
Where you live could affect whether or not you spend compulsively, according to new research from San Francisco State University published today in the Journal of Consumer Culture .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-wealthy-neighborhoods-fuel-mate
EDUCATION - Early childhood education can pay big rewards to families, society
High quality early childhood education for disadvantaged children can simultaneously reduce inequality and boost productivity in America, contends James Heckman, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago and one of the nation's leading experts on early childhood education .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-early-childhood-big-rewards-fam
EDUCATION - Migrant children are the litmus test of the education system
We live in a multilingual society. More than a million children attending British schools speak more than 360 languages between them in addition to English. An exploratory study is looking at the needs of these children and their schools within and beyond the classroom .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-migrant-children-litmus.htm
EDUCATION - One in four Americans unaware that Earth circles Sun
Americans are enthusiastic about the promise of science but lack basic knowledge of it, with one in four unaware that the Earth revolves around the Sun, said a poll out Friday .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-americans-unaware-earth-circles
EDUCATION - Teachers take students to the streets to see what it's like to be homeless
This is no overnight field trip. Try three days without any cash nor idea where you’re going. Homeless students encounter this every day. For the past six years, 8th grade students who attend The Option Program at Seward (TOPS) school in Seattle get to experience what it's like to be homeless .. ...
http://www.good.is/posts/teachers-take-students-to-the-stree
ENERGY - 4 Factors Driving the Commercial Energy Storage Market
Last week, GTM Research released a new report on distributed energy storage in the commercial sector. It explores distributed energy storage as a driver of a new paradigm for electricity supply, delving into the market potential, deployment barriers, incentives and regulations, and wholesale market opportunities. To whet your appetite, here are four factors driving the commercial energy storage market that are highlighted in the report. 1. Deman ...
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/four-factors-dri
ENERGY - Can ARPA-E Create the Internet of Energy?
The government's energy innovation arm, ARPA-E, was modeled after the successful defense research agency DARPA, which helped create the foundation of the internet. So can ARPA-E do something equally groundbreaking for clean energy? This week, we'll talk with the agency's acting director, Dr. Cheryl Martin, about how she approaches the development of groundbreaking energy technologies. "I think ultimately, that's a fair comparison," she tells the ...
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/can-arpa-e-creat
ENERGY - Will Distributed Energy Make Up One-Third of the US Power Supply by 2020?
Here’s a sobering thought for U.S. utilities and grid planners seeking solutions for a future filled with distributed, customer-owned energy assets: that future is already here. That’s one way to look at a striking chart presented at the DistribuTECH smart grid conference last month. It indicates that distributed energy resources (DER), far from being a tiny fraction of the country’s massive central generation fleet, may account for up to one-th ...
ENVIRONMENT - 5 foods you shouldn't eat if you care about the environment
You've heard them all before, but it doesn't hurt to be reminded of why these foods are destructive to our planet .. ...
HOMES - Escape in a Park Model home
Tiny homes are, well, tiny. Here's a type that tops out at a comfy 400 square feet .. ...
HOMES - The New American Dream Home
A New York re-envisions what an American ideal looks like in the 21st Centur .. ...
MOVIES - Feature Film Review: Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian
A chronicle of the spiritual retrieval of a lost man's soul through the work of psychoanalyst/anthropologist .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=25
MOVIES - How Primer's lack of explanation inspired the mental A Field in England
A Field in England is a 17th century mind-job that is relentless in its decision to force you to figure shit out for yourself. No hand-holding, just a couple of Englishmen stuck in the middle of a very dark mushroom trip. Or are they? We spoke with director Ben Wheatley all about his terrifying period-piece acid trip and he told us he was inspired by Primer. Read more... .. ...
MUSIC - From music to medicine
The analytical tool was developed to analyse how we move to music. Now, it may also provide answers to the risk of premature babies developing cerebral palsy .. ...
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-music-medicine.htm
PEOPLE - Billionaires' Wealth Is Skyrocketing. Their Philanthropy Is Not
A closer look at the Chronicle of Philanthropy's numbers suggests that the richest Americans make money much faster than they donate i .. ...
http://origin-www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-14/as-bi
PERMACULTURE - Grow some food. Grow wherever you are.
"Growing Cities" is an inspiring new film that explores urban farming in America. You'll want to dig up your lawn after watching this .. ...
PLANTS - 'Neighbor-plants' determine insects' feeding choices
Insects are choosier than you might think: whether or not they end up feeding on a particular plant depends on much more than just the species to which that plant belongs. The quality of the individual plant is an important factor as well. As is the variety of other plants growing around it. But what, ultimately, makes an insect choose one plant over another .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-neighbor-plants-insects-choices
SCIENCE - Americans struggle with science, respect scientists, survey finds
While most Americans could be a bit more knowledgeable in the ways of science, a majority are interested in hearing about the latest scientific breakthroughs and think highly of scientists .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-americans-struggle-science-resp
SCIENCE - Can a virtual brain replace lab rats?
Testing the effects of drugs on a simulated brain could lead to breakthrough treatments for neurological disorders such as Parkinson's, Huntington's and Alzheimer's disease .. ...
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-virtual-brain-lab-rats
SCIENCE - Communicating the way to the adoption of scientific technologies
James N. Druckman has conducted extensive research on the effects of the politicization of science, which occurs when political interests shape the presentation of scientific facts to fit distinct models of "reality. .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-scientific-technologies.htm
SCIENCE - Science awards best paper of the year to Albert Einstein College of Medicine
A study describing the complete wiring diagram for the part of the nervous system that controls mating behavior in male roundworms was chosen as the most outstanding paper published in Science in the year June 2012 to May 2013. Scott Emmons, Ph.D., senior author of the paper and professor of genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, will accept the American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS) 2013 Newc ...
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-science-awards-paper-y
TREES - How an ice storm uproots a tree
Atlanta's recent ice storm was so severe that some meteorologists were predicting that the city could lose more than a quarter of its trees in a single day. So, just how does ice take down a tree?Read more... .. ...
URBAN - Another reason to not live in all-glass tall buildings: The landlord always wins
The landlord and the tenants at the Burj Khalifa are having a fight, but the landlord controls the air conditioning and the elevators .. ...
URBAN - Professor studies social causes behind world's intentional communities
San Diego's Heaven's Gate. Jonestown's Peoples Temple. Southern California's Manson Family .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-professor-social-world-intentio
URBAN - Will Brooklyn look like this in a century?
One day, the curving bridges and soaring towers Brooklyn might be part-biological and part-technological, swarming with soft, smart vehicles that look more like blood cells than cars. One architecture firm is trying to make it happen right now.Read more... .. ...
WATER - Arctic biodiversity under serious threat from climate change
Climate change caused by human activities is by far the worst threat to biodiversity in the Arctic. Some of these changes are already visible. Unique and irreplaceable Arctic wildlife and landscapes are crucially at risk due to global warming caused by human activities according to a new report prepared by 253 scientists from 15 countries .. ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140214075511.ht
WIND - AWEA Report Finds That Wind Turbines Save Money
Originally published on Into The Wind. By Michael Goggin. A new white paper report finds that wind energy is keeping electric bills low for American homes and businesses, thanks to plummeting wind energy costs driven by technological improvements. The report was compiled by staff at the American Wind Energy Association and uses publicly available data and more AWEA Report Finds That Wind Turbines Save Money was originally published on: CleanTechn ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/15/awea-report-finds-wind-t
WIND - Offshore windfarms 'wild west' of renewable energy, union warns
Regulators aren't keeping up with rapid growth of industry as boat operators 'ignore safety rules and risk lives of workers'The government's push into offshore wind power has created a boom in renegade ship operators that are exploiting workers and putting lives in danger, according to the UK's largest marine workers' union.Nautilus has dubbed the sector that operates boats for the UK's offshore windfarms the "wild west" of renewable energy. The ...Enclosure: image/jpeg http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/20
WORK - 'Princeton Mom' tells women to plan for husband over career
Just in time for Valentine's Day, "Princeton Mom" Susan Patton is doling out relationship advice — and causing a stir on the Internet — once again. Her latest column, published in the Wall Street Journal on Friday, urges women to put the pursuit of a husband ahead of their own careers .. ...
http://www.today.com/health/princeton-mom-tells-women-plan-h
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