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EARTH PORTATION curated News February 17th

ANIMALS - Not a Dog Person? You Will Be After Watching this Ad
It’s amazing what dogs can do. I thank God for dogs, cats and all animals because they can be such healers?. Post-traumatic Stress disorder, or PTSD, is an anxiety disorder that affects many people after a traumatic event that caused intense fear ,hopelessness, or horror. This can happen as a result of personal trauma such […]The post Not a Dog Person? You Will Be After Watching this Ad appeared first on PositiveMed .. ...
http://positivemed.com/2014/02/17/dog-person-will-ad


BIRDS - Photo: Hummingbird tastes a blossom
John Kirwin writes that this hummingbird is female .. ...
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/natural-sciences/photo-


BOOKS - Book Excerpt: Awe
Paul Pearsall on eight common characteristics of the awe response .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id


BOOKS - Book Excerpt: The Happiness Hypothesis
John Haidt on tears resulting from compassion and from celebrations of love and openness .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id


EARTH - US archeologists race to uncover Civil War prison
Racing against time, South Carolina archeologists are digging to uncover the remnants of a Civil War-era prisoner-of-war camp before the site in downtown Columbia is cleared to make room for a mixed-use development .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-archeologists-uncover-civil-war


EDUCATION - Reading to toddlers before naps significantly enhances learning
(Medical Xpress)—A connection between sleep and learning has already been identified as beneficial for adults and older children. Now Sussex psychologists Dr Jessica Horst and PhD candidate Sophie Williams have shown that three-year-olds who take a nap after having stories read to them will also perform better later in word-learning tasks .. ...
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-toddlers-naps-signific


EDUCATION - Study on flu evolution may change textbooks, history books
A new study reconstructing the evolutionary tree of flu viruses challenges conventional wisdom and solves some of the mysteries surrounding flu outbreaks of historical significance. The study challenges several tenets of conventional wisdom, for example the notion that the virus moves largely unidirectionally from wild birds to domestic birds rather than with spillover in the other direction. It also helps resolve the origin of the virus that cau ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140216151747.ht


ENVIRONMENT - Weatherwatch: Winter lightning
Thunderstorms are rare in the winter. According to the Met Office there is less than one day of thunder over most of the country between December and the end of February. The exceptions are in the south of England and Wales and the northwest of Scotland, where you might hear thunder twice.This year, which is likely to be the wettest recorded, with the largest number of winter storms, is also remarkable for the incidence of thunder.In the last mon ...
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/feb/17/weatherwatch-rum
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PEOPLE - Prince William 'calls for Buckingham Palace ivory to be destroyed'
Duke of Cambridge follows Charles's lead by urging removal of all ivory in 1,200-item royal collection, according to reportsThe Duke of Cambridge wants all ivory in the royal collection at Buckingham Palace to be removed and destroyed, it is reported.Days after the duke gave his backing to a campaign against elephant poaching, the leading primatologist Jane Goodall told the Independent on Sunday (IoS) Prince William had told her he would "like to ...
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/17/prince-willia
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PLANTS - Host plants reprogram their root cells to accommodate symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria
To enter into symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, host plants reprogram their root cells. An LMU team has now identified a calcium-binding protein complex that can be persuaded to spontaneously induce the formation of root nodules .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-host-reprogram-root-cells-accom


PLANTS - Researchers find rice seed treatments effective, worth investment
When every extra expense makes a difference in profitability, farmers often wonder which management decisions are worth the extra cost .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-rice-seed-treatments-effective-


SCIENCE - Harvesting light, the single-molecule way: Molecular mechanism of light harvesting may illuminate path forward to future solar cells
Scientists have reached new insights into one of the molecular mechanisms behind light harvesting, which enables photosynthetic organisms to thrive, even as weather conditions change from full sunlight to deep cloud cover. Probing these natural systems is helping us understand the basic mechanisms of light harvesting -- work that could help improve the design and efficiency of devices like solar cells in the future .. ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140216151401.ht


SCIENCE - Misconceptions of science and religion found in new study
The public's view that science and religion can't work in collaboration is a misconception that stunts progress, according to a new survey of more than 10,000 Americans, scientists and evangelical Protestants. The study by Rice University also found that scientists and the general public are surprisingly similar in their religious practices .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-misconceptions-science-religion


SUSTAINABILITY - Arizona State University Releases 2013 Report on Sustainability Initiatives
The recently released 2013 Sustainability Initiatives Revolving Fund (SIRF) annual report chronicles $5.6 million in investments that support Arizona State University.The investments included seven energy conservation projects and six student and campus-oriented projects at ASU. From lighting retrofits, to specialized recycling bins, to an urban garden at the Downtown Phoenix campus, SIRF funds thrive in some surprising places.In addition to proj ...
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http://solarthermalmagazine.com/2014/02/17/arizona-state-uni


URBAN - Does shipping container architecture make sense? One builder who's tried it looks at both sides.
Steve at the Tin Can Cabin blog finishes his shipping container cabin and looks at the virtues and problems .. ...
http://www.treehugger.com/modular-design/does-shipping-conta


URBAN - Will the buildings of the future be grown underwater?
In a new exhibition, Michael Pawlyn lays out his vision for architecture inspired by the natural world – including biorock buildings grown entirely underwater and whole office blocks being lit by learning from the blind sea starOliver Wainwrigh .. ...
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-
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WATER - Wastewater treatment using microalgae enables phosphorous and nitrogen removal in darkness
Removal of nitrogen and phosphorous from urban waste waters using a simpler and more inexpensive system based on microalgae was the starting point of the research conducted by several UCA scientists of the TEP-181:Tecnología del Medio Ambiente research group, member of Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI.Mar). Led by Professor José Antonio Perales Vargas-Machuca, a team of experts have developed a new wastewater system for nutrient re ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-wastewater-treatment-microalgae


WORK - Non-traditional office hours can reap big financial benefits
(HealthDay)—Physicians can reap significant financial benefits by extending their office hours to include non-traditional hours, according to an article published Jan. 8 in Medical Economics .. ...
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-non-traditional-office


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