Evolution
U.S. Effort to Protect Bald Eagle Suffers Legal Setback
A federal appeals court revived a religion-based challenge to a U.S. regulation that allows only members of Indian tribes recognized by the government to possess the birds' feathers
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Technology
Secretive Company Claims Battery Breakthrough
The Michigan start-up Sakti3 says its solid-state cells more than double the energy density of today’s best Li-Ion batteries
Environment
Scraping the Seafloor for Fish Harms Biodiversity
Bottom trawling reduces seafloor species and disrupts carbon storage
Health
Tweets Identify Food Poisoning Outbreaks
In Chicago monitoring Twitter for reports of food poisoning led to 133 restaurant inspections for health violations, with 21 establishments shut down. Dina Fine Maron reports
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Environment
Suburbs and Farms Team with Global Warming to Threaten Wild Animals and Plants
Land use will complicate the speed of climate change as a threat to species
Environment
Iceland Evacuates Area North of Rumbling Volcano
The move came after authorities on Monday warned airlines about increased seismic activity at Iceland's largest volcanic system
Environment
Is Bike Sharing Really Climate Friendly?
Estimating how bike sharing keeps CO2 out of the atmosphere is complicated because every bike-sharing program works differently and collects data differently
Environment
Swelling Waves Could Hasten Demise of Arctic Sea Ice
Ice melt causes a growth of large waves in previously iced-over areas, which could further exacerbate the loss of sea ice
Studying the Tree Tops with Arboreal Ecologist "Canopy Meg"
Margaret Lowman, who also goes by the nickname “Canopy Meg,” is chief of science and sustainability at the California Academy of Sciences.
Health
More Parents Nixing Anti-Bleeding Shots for Their Newborns
Vitamin K injections, given after birth, can prevent potentially fatal hemorrhaging in infants, but anti-vax parents are extending their fears into a general rejection of all shots
How #Selfie Culture is Changing Our Lives
We've all done it: We're at an event, we take a bunch of photos with our phones, we take a selfie and maybe one with a friend, we post all the images online, and we're done.
Environment
$100-Million Climate Resilience Fund Launched by USAID and Rockefeller Foundation
The fund aims to make people in disaster-prone regions of Asia and Africa better able to cope with natural disasters and crises, so that they can get their lives and economies back on track...
Metamorphosis: How to Change Our Perception of Eating Insects
Entomophagy, the practice of eating insects, has been advocated for reasons ranging from their potential role in food security to their nutritional and environmental benefits.
Environment
The Battle to Save Yellowstone from Invasive Fish [Slide Show]
The National Park Service is scoring some victories in its fight to eradicate nonnative lake trout from Yellowstone’s largest lake
Health
Lose Your Job? Good for the Rest of Us
Recession lowers mortality in the population overall—even as the out-of-work individual’s risk of death rises. Karen Hopkin reports
What Makes a Good Scientist? What Makes a Thug?
The other weekend I attended SciFoo Camp at Google in Palo Alto, California. It was a real treat to meet and mingle with nearly 200 other scientists, innovators, science communicators and science facilitators...
The Sciences
To End War, Focus on Culture Rather than "Root Causes"
Last week, on the same day that McSweeney’s Books published a new, paperback edition of my book The End of War, I argued that we must and can end war and militarism, our most urgent problems...
Poaching Could Drive Elephants Extinct in Decades
Two or more dead elephants in one place means one thing: poaching by professional killers. Another tip-off is the lack of a face, as poachers hack off the tusks to be sold for ivory.
Crop Diversity Is Key to Agricultural Climate Adaptation
News out of Harvard suggests that not only will climate change affect how food is grown, but it will also lower the nutrition levels of what is grown—wheat, corn and rice in particular...
Technology
Scientists Finally Catch On to Social Media
A survey explores why large academic social networks have taken off to a degree that no one expected a few years ago
