AIR - Air pollution now the world’s biggest environmental health risk with 7 million deaths per year
The risks from air pollution are now far greater than previously thought or understood, particularly for heart disease and strokes .. ...
AIR - Saharan dust chokes London
London is exceptionally smoggy right now, and at least some of the air pollution can be blamed on dust that traveled all the way from the Sahara .. ...
ANIMALS - Dogs Learn To Drive Cars, Really (VIDEO)
This is pretty awesome. Of course, it’s fun to watch dogs driving cars, but it’s also cool because the purpose of this dog driving course, conducted by a charity in New Zealand, is to get more people comfortable with the idea that rescue dogs are intelligent, can be trained, and are worthy of adoption. I am sure this must have helped a bit to increase adoptions.Via Tesla MotorsDogs Learn To Drive Cars, Really (VIDEO) was originally posted on .. ...
http://planetsave.com/2014/04/03/dogs-learn-drive-cars-reall
ART - Stunning images by photographer Katerina Plotnikova evoke a land of fairy-tales (Photos - Video)
Russian Photographer Takes Stunning Portraits With Real Animals There’s no need to suspend your disbelief when viewing these stunning photographs – the exquisite images aren’t the work of Photoshop, but real-life interactions between humans and animals.Russian photographer Katerina Plotnikova captured the breath-taking scenes with the help of two professional animal trainers. Evoking a mythical, fairy-tale world, the images transport the viewer t ...
BIRDS - Hummingbirds' 22-million-year-old history of remarkable change is far from complete
The first comprehensive map of hummingbirds' 22-million-year-old family tree—reconstructed based on careful analysis of 284 of the world's 338 known species—tells a story of rapid and ongoing diversification. The decade-long study reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on April 3 also helps to explain how today's hummingbirds came to live where they do .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-04-hummingbirds-million-year-old-h
BIRDS - Pigeons share our ability to place everyday things in categories
Pinecone or pine nut? Friend or foe? Distinguishing between the two requires that we pay special attention to the telltale characteristics of each. And as it turns out, us humans aren’t the only ones up to the task. According to researchers, pigeons share our ability to place everyday things in categories. And, like people, they can home in on visual information that is new or important and dismiss what is not .. ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140402095107.ht
BOOKS - Book Excerpt: When the Blue Heron Flies
A poem by Melannie Svoboda about God .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id
BOOKS - Book: The Rise
YaleNews features works recently or soon to be published by members of the University community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers. Authors of new books may forward publishers’ book descriptions to us by email .. ...
http://news.yale.edu/2014/04/02/book-ris
ECONOMICS - 5 Viral Marketing Lessons Learned From The Most-Shared Videos Online
The trouble with most videos, according to most experts, is that they don?t elicit a strong emotion and provide compelling reasons to share them. What a waste of energy.Want to learn the secret to creating contagious content that drives user action? Let?s use the top 5 videos in the pas .. ...
ENVIRONMENT - Researchers highlight negative impact of antidepressants on aquatic life
(Phys.org) —Two teams of researchers have published separate papers in the journal Aquatic Toxicology regarding the negative impact of antidepressants on aquatic life. In the first paper, Peter Fong and Alex Ford offer a review of the findings of other research teams which have shown that even very small amounts of such pharmaceuticals can cause dramatic problems with animals that live in the sea. In the second paper, another team describes probl ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-04-highlight-negative-impact-antid
ENVIRONMENT - Take action against trash for #ADayWithoutWaste on April 9th
Global Citizen is helping target wasteful daily habits .. ...
HOMES - Geologist raised idea of removing homes from U.S. landslide area
DARRINGTON, Washington (Reuters) - A contractor who studied the risks to a rural neighborhood in Washington state wiped out by a mudslide last month made recommendations more than a decade ago that included possible relocation of homes elsewhere. .. ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/04/us-usa-mudslide-wa
HOMES - Lighting becomes building with the Philips OneSpace
LEDs make it possible for lighting to become part of the architectural building fabric .. ...
MOVIES - Feature Film Review: Only Lovers Left Alive
A creative and touching story about a romantic, wise, and witty vampire couple; one of the best films of 2014 .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=26
MUSIC - The Importance of Drums to Native American Cultures (Videos)
Sissy Goodhouse discusses drumming among the Lakota people If you have ever visited an Indian reservation, you have likely heard the beautiful melody of an Indian drum. Song and dance is heavily woven into Indian tradition. To produce such harmonic sounds, Indians rely on an assortment of musical instruments. The instrument that produces the most powerful sound is the Indian drum.The style of Indian drums varies. Each Indian tribe designs drums ...
PLANTS - How plants adapt: Calcium waves help the roots tell the shoots
For Simon Gilroy, sometimes seeing is believing. In this case, it was seeing the wave of calcium sweep root-to-shoot in the plants the University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of botany is studying that made him a believer .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-04-calcium-roots.htm
SCIENCE - New data show short-term value of scientific research
University research is a key component of the US economic ecosystem, returning the investment through enormous public value and impact on employment, business, and manufacturing nationwide .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-04-short-term-scientific.htm
SCIENCE - When science and philosophy collide in a 'fine-tuned' universe
When renowned scientists now talk seriously about millions of multiverses, the old question "are we alone?" gets a whole new meaning .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-04-science-philosophy-collide-fine
SPACE - Space Engineers: Do you want to build a spaceship?!?!?
Do you like Minecraft? Do you like Space? do you like sandbox, single/multiplayer shenanigans? Then stop reading right now and go buy Space Engineers! its still Early Access but its alpha/beta in the same way that Minecraft was still beta and still awesome fun....Read more... .. ...
SPACE - Watch an X-Class Solar Flare Ignite the Skies Over Iceland
On February 25th, the Sun let loose an X4.9-class solar flare . It was our parent star's most violent outburst of the year. When the debris from the ensuing coronal mass ejection collided with Earth's atmosphere, it produced one of the most colorful auroral displays in recent memory. Read more... .. ...
TREES - Nice shades: 7 Fast growing shade trees to slash your electric bill
Planting shade trees will help keep your home and yard cooler in the summer heat, saving you both money and energy, while adding wildlife habitat to the neighborhood .. ...
TREES - Researchers design trees that make it easier to produce pulp
Researchers have genetically engineered trees that will be easier to break down to produce paper and biofuel, a breakthrough that will mean using fewer chemicals, less energy and creating fewer environmental pollutants .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-04-trees-easier-pulp.htm
URBAN - Imagining the Future of Connected, Transparent Buildings
We've known how to construct highly efficient buildings for a long time. But new communications technologies, better materials and stronger market pull are making sustainable design far more common. Is it enough to permanently and radically change our building stock? This week, the Gang is live from the Building Energy Summit in Washington, D.C. In this episode, we talk with some leading thinkers and practitioners in sustainable des .. ...
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/imagining-the-fu
WORK - Aging workforce requires new strategies for employee retention, researcher says
As more baby boomers reach retirement age, state governments face the likelihood of higher workforce turnover. For example, in the state of Missouri, more than 25 percent of all active state employees will be eligible to retire by 2016. Such large numbers of retirees threaten the continuity, membership and institutional histories of the state government workforce, according to Angela Curl, assistant professor in the University of Missouri School ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-04-aging-workforce-requires-strate
WORK - Women entrepreneurs have limited chances to lead their new businesses
Women who start new businesses with men have limited opportunities to move into leadership roles, according to sociologists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and when they co-found a business with their husbands, they have even fewer chances to be in charge .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-04-women-entrepreneurs-limited-cha
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