Earth Portation News August 3rd

 ANIMALS
- BIRDS Cuckoo tricks to beat the neighborhood watch

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-cuckoo-neighborhood.html#ajTabs  


- Crayfish species proves to be the ultimate survivor
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-crayfish-species-ultimate-survivor.html

- Incredible Annual Roundup of Icelandic Horses Captured In New Documentary

http://www.treehugger.com/culture/incredible-annual-roundup-of-icelandic-horses-captured-in-new-documentary.html

CLIMATE
- Red is the new Black
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-red-black.html#ajTabs

- 64% of US Now in Drought, Yet Most States Don't Consider Climate Change's Effect on Water

http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/64-percent-united-states-in-drought-most-states-dont-consider-climate-change-effect-water.html

EARTH 

- Greenland Ice Sheet May Be More Resilient Than We Thought
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/greenland-ice-sheet-may-be-more-resilient-than-thought.html

- Ancient Records Shed Light on Italian Earthquakes (Aquila Area)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120803131932.htm

ECONOMICS
- Team studies the innermost circle of the financial crisis
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-team-innermost-circle-financial-crisis.html

- Study: Many Americans die with 'virtually no financial assets'

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-americans-die-virtually-financial-assets.html

- How Do You Build A Sustainable Business In A Suburban Sea Of Parking? Sorry, Walmart, You Can't

http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/how-do-you-build-sustainable-business-suburban-sea-parking-sorry-walmart-you-cant.html

- A New Capitalist Manifesto: Balancing Profits with Purpose

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkwilliams/2012/08/01/a-new-capitalist-manifesto-revisited-balancing-profits-with-purpose/

- Bhutan Aims to Be First Country With 100% Organic Agriculture

http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/bhutan-100-percent-organic-agriculture.html

EDUCATION 
- How One Teacher Built a Computer Lab for Free
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/how-one-teacher-built-computer-lab-free.html

 - 8 Things to Do With Bored Kids

http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/green-home/8-things-do-bored-kids/

ENERGY 
 - New Iron-Air Battery Could be Energy Storage Solution for Wind and Solar Power
http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/new-battery-could-be-energy-storage-solution-wind-and-solar-power.html

- Upgrading the Grid by Going Underground

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2012/08/02/upgrading-the-grid-by-going-underground/

- The Green Future Arrives In California As Utilities Hit 20% Renewable Energy Target

http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2012/08/01/the-green-future-arrives-in-california-as-utilities-hit-20-renewable-energy-target/

MUSIC 
-Musician Ben Sollee and Band Touring by Bike: Beautiful Limitations
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/musician-ben-sollee-band-touring-by-bike-beautiful-limitations.html

PERMACULTURE

 - Could These Spider-Like, Human-Sized Webs Refine Rainforest Research?

http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/web-network-for-rainforest-exploration-yi-yvonne-weng.html

PLANTS
 - We Can Reforest the Earth
http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/we-can-reforest-earth.html

-Amazon Deforestation Drops 23% Since Last Year

http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/amazon-deforestation-drops-23-percent-since-last-year.html

- Bacterial Community Inside the Plant Root: Plants Choose Soil Bacteria That They Allow Into Their Roots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120803082917.htm
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-bacterial-root.html

SCIENCE 
- Researchers track nanoparticle dynamics in three dimensions
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-track-nanoparticle-dynamics-dimensions.html

- Physicist explains why quantum mechanics says a black hole should be able to let some things out

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-physicist-quantum-mechanics-black-hole.html

- Photonics: Sensing on the Way

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120802150344.htm

SOLAR 
-Tokelau Will Be World's First 100% Solar Powered Nation by September
http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/tokelau-world-first-100-percent-solar-powered-nation-september.html

- Rooftop Revolution: Go Solar to Save Money, Make a Difference

http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/rooftop-revolution-go-solar-save-money-make-difference.html

- First Solar Shares Spike As It Pursues Big Solar Without Subsidies Strategy

http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2012/08/02/first-solar-shares-spike-as-it-pursues-big-solar-without-subsidies-strategy/

- Anti-Aging Elixir for Solar Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120802122403.htm

- Unique Anti-Reflective and Self-Cleaning Plastic Films to Be Ramped Up for Industry Use

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120802150340.htm

SPACE 

 - NASA Announces Next Steps in Effort to Launch Americans from U.S. Soil
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120803101756.htm

- Newest NASA Mars Mission Connects Past and Future

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120803100839.htm

- Vaporizing' Earth to Find Super-Earths

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120802153254.htm

SUSTAINABILITY 
 - Smart Egg Carton Redesign is Made From Single Piece of Cardboard
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/egg-box-redesign-otilia-andrea-erdelyi.html

TECH 
- Is your news article tweetworthy? Algorithm can predict that
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-news-article-tweetworthy-algorithm.html

- Glowing fingerprints: Researchers make latent fingerprints visible with help from electrochemiluminescence

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-fingerprints-latent-visible-electrochemiluminescence.html

- Reuters says blogging platform hacked

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-reuters-blogging-platform-hacked.html

- See-through-wall surveillance with WiFi shown at UCL

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-see-through-wall-surveillance-wifi-shown-ucl.html

- PopFab 3D Printer Fits in a Briefcase

http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/popfab-3-d-printer-fits-briefcase.html

-Design And Fashion Will Drive LED Market

http://www.forbes.com/sites/justingerdes/2012/07/31/flexibility-and-intangibles-not-energy-efficiency-will-drive-leds-market-report-says/

-Top 25 Websites for CEOs

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemyatt/2012/08/02/top-25-websites-for-ceos/

- Relaxors: Nanoscale Properties of Materials That Can Be Used in Electronic Devices to Change Temperature or Shape

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120803110825.htm

URBAN 
- Beat the Heat: 5 Amazing Benefits of Urban Trees
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/beat-the-heat-5-amazing-benefits-urban-trees.html

WATER 
 -Water desalination system works up to several times faster than others
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-desalination-faster.html

- Tidal Power Could Inject £3 Billion Each Year Into UK Economy

http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/tidal-power-could-inject-3-billion-pounds-u-k-economy-each-year.html

- Saving water at the faucet 

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=364667153602995&set=a.139188862817493.25247.139188202817559&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf


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Interesting Engineering

WIND
 - Impressive Beast! World's Longest Wind Turbine Rotor Blade Measures 246 Feet!
http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/worlds-longest-wind-turbine-rotor-blade-measures-246-feet.html

- Could Vertical Axis Wind Turbines be Used Offshore?

http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/could-vertical-axis-wind-turbines-used-offshore.html

- New Bladeless Wind Turbine Claimed to be Twice as Efficient as Conventional Designs

http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/new-bladeless-wind-turbine-claimed-be-twice-efficient-conventional-designs.html

WORK 

 -The World's Highest-Paid DJs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2012/08/02/the-worlds-highest-paid-djs/