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Shortages Threaten Farmers’ Key Tool: Fertilizer - New York Times

Shrinking grain stocks and an increasing appetite for meat have collided with a shortage of fertilizer.

Canadians Investigate Death of Ducks at Oil-Sands Project - New York Times

Officials said a large oil-sands operator, Syncrude, had failed to operate noisemakers to frighten away migrating ducks, 500 of which were found dead in a company tailings pond.

H.P. Unveils New Memory Technology - New York Times

A device, called a memristor, is an electrical resistor with memory properties. The technology could eventually build very dense chips that go beyond DRAM and use much less power.

Arno Motulsky - Science - DNA - A Genetics Pioneer Sees a Bright Future, Cautiously - New York Times
Arno Motulsky helped pioneer the study of how an individual’s genetic inheritance affects the body’s response to drugs.

Memory Training Shown to Turn Up Brainpower - New York Times

A new study has found that it may be possible to train people to be more intelligent, increasing the brainpower they had at birth.

To Save a Species from Extinction, Get People to Eat It - New York Times

Saving plants and animals that were once fairly commonplace in America and are now threatened or endangered often involves urging people to eat them.

Birds can tell if you are watching them -- because they are watching you

PhysOrg news: Birds can tell if you are watching them -- because they are watching you

Decoding the dictionary: Study suggests lexicon evolved to fit in the brain

PhysOrg news: Decoding the dictionary: Study suggests lexicon evolved to fit in the brain

8 new human genome projects offer large-scale picture of genetic difference

PhysOrg news: 8 new human genome projects offer large-scale picture of genetic difference

Scientists discover new ocean current
PhysOrg news: Scientists discover new ocean current

Flabber | Weblog: AirJelly

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Climate modelers see modern echo in '30s Dust Bowl

PhysOrg news: Climate modelers see modern echo in '30s Dust Bowl

Origins of Syphilis - Medicine and Health - New York Times

Research indicates that syphilis became less virulent over time, which probably helped it survive.

The Counterintuitive Evolutionary Lesson of the Nutcracker Man | Wired Science from Wired.com

As if using million-year-old fossil fragments to divine the cognitive, social and physical evolution of our ancestors isn't hard enough, paleoanthropologists face yet another challenge: Obvious adaptations aren't necessarily obvious.

Websites Go Crazy Tracking Urban Eccentrics

Keeping an eye on colorful city dwellers becomes a new internet obsession. Mapping mashups and social networks make it easy to crowdsource the hunt for New York's He-Man and other characters who inhabit the asphalt jungle.

BBC NEWS | Health | The man who grew a finger
A man who lost part of his finger has grown it back thanks to pioneering "regenerative medicine".