ANIMALS - Dolphin escapes captivity, reunites with its pod in the open ocean
After four years in captivity, the wild dolphin is once again live life as nature intended -- free. 
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/wild-dolphin-esca
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ANIMALS - Government Declares Mass Dolphin Die-Off an Unusual Mortality Event - Wired Science
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ANIMALS - Wave of blue fluorescence reveals pathway of death in worms
The final biological events in the life of a worm are described in a new article. The paper reveals how death spreads like a wave from cell to cell until the whole organism is deceased. ...
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CLIMATE - Arctic Warming Could Cost Upwards of $60 Trillion | Climate Central
A burst of methane emissions caused by a warming Arctic climate could cost the global economy upwards of $60 trillion, a new study found. ...
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CLIMATE - Arctic's Boreal Forests Burning At 'Unprecedented' Rate | Climate Central
Boreal forests, which contain huge amounts of buried carbon, are burning at an unprecedented rate, according to a new study. ...
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CLIMATE - Are you younger than 28? If so, you've never lived a month of below average temperature
An entire generation has never experienced a whole month of below average global temperatures! ...
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CLIMATE - It started with coffee... Beautiful interactive map shows global land temperatures since 1900
Interestingly, the impetus for creating this map wasn't what you might expect. It was coffee 
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CLIMATE - Temperature Plateau Likely Due to Deep Ocean Warming | Climate Central
Climate skeptics have seized on a pause in warming over the past five years, but the long-term trend is still upwards. ...
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ECONOMICS - Britain To Prosecute Bad Bankers
The modern financial system continues to have its doubters among rank and file investors and savers. The painful memories of the volatility and dislocations cause by the global financial crisis are still very fresh in many people’s minds. Britain is seeking to address these lingering concerns by adopting [...] ...
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ECONOMICS - SAPVoice: Localization for Global Markets: How Much is Enough?
My colleague Polly Traylor and I have been going to experts inside and outside of SAP to ask the question: How much adaptation in your products and services is needed for global markets, in particular, emerging markets? More than Likes and Dislikes People in the west know instinctively that the shelves of [...] ...
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ECONOMICS - Two Female Entrepreneurs Share The Hardest Part About Growing So Fast
Female co-owners of Chicago-based franchise Bottle & Bottega offer their advice to entrepreneurs and dish on what they wish they would've known before... .. ...
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ECONOMICS - The Perverse Effects of Rent Regulation
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ENERGY - Saudi Arabia to invest $109 billion (!) to get 1/3 of its energy from renewables by 2032
If there's one thing that Saudi Arabia has in greater quantity than oil, it's sunlight... ...
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GARDENS - Edible Gardening 101
My vision was to make this the summer of learning how to garden. I was motivated by an obsession with peas -- I love fresh peas so I thought, I'm going to grow fresh peas. ...
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GARDENS - Mini modular "Aqueduct" planters are 3D printed for windows
A simple, easy-to-assemble modular gardening system that doesn't take up too much space. ...
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MOVIES - Keanu Reeves' Long-Awaited Big-Budget, Samurai Movie '47 Ronin' Finally Gets A Trailer
Keanu Reeves is a samurai warrior in long-awaited first trailer for "47 Ronin." .. ...
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MOVIES - Spirituality & Practice: Film Review: Arcadia, directed by Olivia Silver
Hits the mark as an emotionally authentic coming-of-age drama. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=25
MOVIES - Spirituality & Practice: Film Review: Broken, directed by Rufus Norris
An English coming-of-age tale with an appealing performance by Eloise Laurence as an 11-year old trying to make her way in a violent world. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=25
MOVIES - These Photos Of A Man Falling Through Space Are Straight Out Of 'The Matrix'
Brad Hammonds' "Falling Through Space" series captures the precarious moments in the air. ..
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MUSIC - Clear Channel adds talk to iHeartRadio
(AP)—Clear Channel says it is adding talk shows and listener-generated content to iHeartRadio, expanding the online radio service's offerings beyond music. ...
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PEOPLE - People who migrate to wealthier countries aren\'t any happier
Do migrants from Eastern European countries become happier once they have settled in Western Europe?A University of Leicester sociologist has investigated this question -- and the answer m ...
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PLANTS - How Does a Plant With Red Leaves Support Itself Without Green Chlorophyll?
A plant with red leaves can still have plenty of chlorophyll, it may just be masked by another pigment. ...
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PLANTS - Seeing photosynthesis from space: NASA scientists use satellites to measure plant health
NASA scientists have established a new way to use satellites to measure what's occurring inside plants at a cellular level. Plants grow and thrive through photosynthesis, a process that converts sunlight into energy. During photosynthesis, plants emit what is called fluorescence -- light invisible to the naked eye but detectable by satellites orbiting hundreds of miles ...
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SCIENCE - Darkness is a natural resource and we're running out
Paul Bogard writes about "darkness as natural resource" and why we need to preserve it before we lose it completely. ...
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SCIENCE - How to Add and Subtract Roman Numerals: Scientific American
The Math Dude: Quick & Dirty Tips to Make Math Simpler ...
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SCIENCE - Ultra-rare decay confirmed in LHC
Scientists have confirmed one of the rarest phenomena of decay in particle physics, found about three times in every billion collisions. ...
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SPACE - AWESOME: Faraway Spacecraft Captures Incredible Images Of Earth
Good photographers go to great lengths to get the best pictures, but few have ventured farther than Cassini did on July 19, 2013. From 5:27 p.m. to 5:42 p.m. ...
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SPACE - Gravity Teaser Shows How Freaky It Would Be to Float Away From Earth | Underwire | Wired.com
The new teaser for director Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity gives a white-knuckle look at what it could feel like to be lost in space. ...
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SPACE - How to put a human on Mars
One of Earth's closest neighbours, Mars is still at least 56 million km away - so what would it take to put a human on the Red Planet? The BBC asked scientists from Imperial College London to design a mission which could take a crew to the planet - and back. ...Enclosure: image/jpeg http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/67373000/jpg/_67373987
URBAN - Pushing Federal Buildings To Be Greener | EarthTechling
President Obama has an ambitious plan for clean energy and energy efficiency in federal buildings. ...
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URBAN - Web tool could help measure subjective impressions of urban environments
CAMBRIDGE, Mass- The 'broken-windows theory,' which was propounded by two Harvard University researchers in the early 1980s, holds that urban 'disorder'—visible signs of neglect, such as broken windows—actually promotes crime, initiating a vicious feedback loop. The theory was the basis for former ... ...Enclosure: image/jpeg http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/tmb/2012/atom.jp
WATER - Chemicals that break down water contaminants pass safety test
A family of molecules developed to break down pollutants in water is one step closer to commercial use. Study results show that the molecules, which are aimed at removing hazardous endocrine disruptors from water sources, aren't endocrine disruptors themselves as they proved to be non-toxic to developing zebrafish embryos. ...
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WIND - How Close Can They Put That Wind Farm?
Our friends over at RenewEconomy found this wonderful image that highlights the absurdity that is the regulations surrounding the proximity to a residential location various power generation installations can be built. Guess which one is forced furthest away?Todayâ??s graph of the day was plucked from a Facebook page and is believed to have come from a ...
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WIND - Virginia’s Coastline Could Soon Be Home To 2GW Of Offshore Wind
The US Interior Department has announced the 2nd-ever competitive offshore wind lease auction, for 112,800 acres with 2GW potential, off Virginia's coast. ...
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WIND - Wind-Bird Debate Flares With New Fatality Figure | EarthTechling
Conservatives seize on a new bird-fatality estimate for wind power, but a closer look suggests it might be a lot of hot air. ...
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WORK - Think Your Job Is Stressful?
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