ANIMALS - How anthropomorphism can be a tool for animal conservation : TreeHugger
A new paper in the journal Biodiversity Conservation suggests that anthropomorphism -- the attribution of human characteristics to anything other than a human being -- could become a powerful tool in promoting public support for animal conservation. Specifically, the researchers see potential for helping less popular species ...http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/can-anthropomor
ANIMALS - Researchers find mother beetles eat young that beg too much
A pair of researchers from the University of Edinburgh has found that a certain type of beetle mother engages in offspring cannibalism when pestered too much. In their paper published in Behavioral Ecology, Clare Andrews and Per Smiseth describe two experiments they conducted to learn more about the behavior mechanisms that are involved in mediating the resolution of parent-offspring conflict ...http://phys.org/news/2013-08-mother-beetles-young.htm
ANIMALS - Wolves howl because they care
When a member of the wolf pack leaves the group, the howling by those left behind isn't a reflection of stress but of the quality of their relationships. So say researchers based on a study of nine wolves from two packs living at Austria's Wolf Science Center that appears in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, on August 22 ...http://phys.org/news/2013-08-wolves-howl.htm
ART - Art preserves skills despite onset of vascular dementia in 'remarkable' case of a Canadian sculptor
The ability to draw spontaneously as well as from memory may be preserved in the brains of artists long after the deleterious effects of vascular dementia have diminished their capacity to complete simple, everyday tasks, according to a new study by physicians at St. Michael's Hospital ...http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130822194449.ht
ART - Billboards display the best of British art : TreeHugger
It's a great way of bringing art to the public. Everywhere you look this week in the UK there will be great art on 22,000 poster sites and billboards up and down the country. The idea is that people will want to enjoy the real thing in museums after seeing them at their local bus stop ...http://www.treehugger.com/culture/billboards-display-british
ART - Craig Gibson's Boys And Their Fathers - Business Insider
Like father, like son. That's the idea behind UK-based photographer Craig Gibson's photo series — first found over at My Modern Met — that mashes together pictures of young men and their fathers' faces ...http://www.businessinsider.com/craig-gibsons-boys-and-their-
ART - Edinburgh festival 2013 - your photographs | Culture | theguardian.com
A month ago, we invited you to share your photos of this year's Edinburgh festival season via GuardianWitness – and you more than came up with the goods. Thank you to everyone who uploaded pictures of performers pounding the streets, gold statues in unexpected places, strange acts by half-light, readers absorbed in the book festival, a rain-soaked Royal Mile, and audiences being entertained by the crazy cavalcade that is Edinburgh in August ...http://www.theguardian.com/culture/interactive/2013/aug/23/e
ART - Hong Kong Picture Smog Backdrop - Business Insider
Hong Kong has a serious smog problem. So serious, in fact, that it's even affecting tourism ...http://www.businessinsider.com/hong-kong-picture-smog-backdr
ART - Nina Chanel Abney, Painter, 29 - In Photos: 30 Under 30: Art & Design - Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eihm45eejgl/nina-chanel-abney
BOOKS - Spirituality & Practice: Book Excerpt: Hildegard of Bingen: A Saint for Our Times, by Matthew Fox
"Hildegard advises us, 'Glance at the sun. See the moon and the stars. Gaze at the beauty of earth's greenings. Now, think. What delight God gives to humankind with all these things. Who gives all these shining, wonderful gifts, if not God? ...http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id
BOOKS - Spirituality & Practice: Book Excerpt: Reawakenings, by Thomas Keating
Thomas Keating sheds fresh light on familiar biblical texts in this collection of homilies. Here he discusses the story in Mark 4:35-41. Jesus is asleep in a boat during a violent storm. The disciples wake him up and are stunned when he immediately quiets the storm. "Why did the disciples wake Jesus up? Because they were scared. A further question: Was it necessary to wake him up? It would seem not, because Jesus immediately asked, 'Why were ...http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id
BOOKS - Spirituality & Practice: Book Excerpt: The Mystic Road of Love, by John S. Dunne
"To complete the circle of love is to bring back to God the love that comes from God, to complete the circuit or the circulation of the love, like the veins carrying the blood back to the heart, where it will be renewed and flow again through the arteries to all parts of the body. Here the vision is of everyone and everything coming from God and returning to God, of the love of God coming to everyone and everything and returning again to God ...http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id
CLIMATE - Arctic sea ice update: Unlikely to break records, but continuing downward trend (w/ Video)
The melting of sea ice in the Arctic is well on its way toward its annual "minimum," that time when the floating ice cap covers less of the Arctic Ocean than at any other period during the year. While the ice will continue to shrink until around mid-September, it is unlikely that this year's summer low will break a new record. Still, this year's melt rates are in line with the sustained decline of the Arctic ice cover observed by NASA a ...http://phys.org/news/2013-08-arctic-sea-ice-downward-trend.h
CLIMATE - Can Cities Adjust to a Retreating Coastline?
Last June, in rolling out an ambitious $20-billion plan to gird New York Cityagainst the impacts of rising seas and storm surges in a warming climate, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg gave a classic “no retreat” speech, including this line:
[A]s New Yorkers, we cannot and will not abandon our waterfront. It’s one of our greatest assets. We must protect it, not retreat from it.
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CLIMATE - Sea ice decline spurs the greening of the Arctic
Sea ice decline and warming trends are changing the vegetation in nearby arctic coastal areas, according to two University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists ...http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130823094309.ht
EARTH - One mummy, many coffins: Egyptians intended to transform deceased from human to deity
The Egyptian elite was buried in a coffin placed inside another coffin -- in ensembles of up to eight coffins. This was intended to ensure the transformation of the deceased from human to deity, according to Anders Bettum, Egyptologist ...http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130823091144.ht
ECONOMICS - German grain harvest higher despite floods
Germany, Europe's second-biggest grain producer after France, reported a 3.0-percent increase in its harvest this year, despite the bad weather and flooding, data showed on Thursday ...http://phys.org/news/2013-08-german-grain-harvest-higher.htm
ECONOMICS - Minimum wage offenders to be actively named and shamed | Society | theguardian.com
Minister says current system of issuing financial penalties has not sufficiently deterred companies from underpaying staf ...http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/23/minimum-wage-
ECONOMICS - NetAppVoice: Disrupt Or Be Disrupted! 5 Innovations Shaping Tomorrow's Business - Forbes
Companies must adapt to disruption, or they will themselves be disrupted—possibly even destroyed ...http://www.forbes.com/sites/netapp/2013/08/22/disrupt-or-be-
ENERGY - British Billionaire Ayman Asfari Defends Mexican President's Proposed Oil Reform - Forbes
Ayman Asfari, the Syrian-born British CEO of oil services company Petrofac, defended Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s proposed energy reform, which failed to impress oil companies when it was unveiled last week because it did not give them outright ownership in Mexico’s state-owned oil sector. But Asfari told the Financial Times that, “Even though the terms are not ideal, Mexico’s reserve potential, particularly for deepwater and sha ...http://www.forbes.com/sites/doliaestevez/2013/08/22/british-
ENERGY - How Can The Smart Grid Save You $500 A Year? | EarthTechling
Research shows that nearly 50 percent of consumers have heard the term “smart grid” before, but how many of us really know what it means? More importantly, how many of us know how accelerating the transition to a smarter grid will affect the things we care about, like the environment and our personal utility bills ...http://www.earthtechling.com/2013/08/how-can-the-smart-grid-
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