One Third of U.S. Bird Species Endangered, Survey Finds - NYTimes.comThe survey found that over the last four decades, grassland birds had declined by 40 percent and birds in arid lands by 30 percent.
A quarter of the world's population depends on degrading land
A new study published in the journal Soil Use and Management attempts for the first time to measure the extent and severity of land degradation across the globe and concludes that 24% of the land area is degrading - often in very productive areas.
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | 'Good Nazi of Nanjing' sparks debate
A film on German John Rabe, who saved over 200,000 Chinese during the Japanese massacre in Nanjing, sparks fresh debate on the 1937 atrocities, writes the BBC's Zoe Murphy.
BBC NEWS | Politics | MP Galloway is banned from Canada
Respect MP George Galloway is banned from Canada on security grounds.
Crawling the Web to Foretell Ecosystem Collapse | Wired Science from Wired.com
Clever as a Fox
Remi Gaillard speelt indiaantje | Flabber
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Getting a Masters of Science Degree in Creationism | Friendly Atheist by Hemant Mehta
Texas has enough problems of its own when it comes to Science standards. This doesn't make it any better: A Texas legislator is waging a war of biblical
Molecular Frameworks, the Building Blocks of All Life
Read about the latest medical technology, pharmaceuticals and biotech trends including diets, drugs, genetics, stem cells, medicine, health, and cloning from Wired.com.
Simon Jenkins: As they did Ozymandias, the dunes will reclaim the soaring folly of Dubai | Comment is free | The Guardian
Simon Jenkins: This off-the-shelf city state, built on laundering the profits of oil, drugs, arms and western aid, stands on the brink
Technology Review: Nanocapacitors with Big-Energy Storage
Nanopore arrays combine high power and storage capacity.
A Sturdier Russia Beckons Its Children Home - NYTimes.com
The government is trying to head off a severe population decline by luring back Russians from as far as Uruguay.
Sniffing keystrokes via laser, power lines - Hack a Day
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How Much Energy Goes Into Making a Bottle of Water?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people who buy bottled water have access to clean drinking water virtually for free (in the US, tap water costs less than a penny per gallon, on average). Nevertheless, the consumption of bottled water continues to grow, far surpassing the US sales of milk and beer, and second ...
The Big Takeover : Rolling Stone
It's over — we're officially, royally fucked. no empire can
survive being rendered a...
BBC NEWS | Africa | 'Deadly' stampede at Pope speech
Two people reportedly die in a stampede in Angola as the Pope gives an address at a football stadium in the capital.
A Slippery Place in the U.S. Work Force - Series - NYTimes.com [via claudio]
Many immigrants from Latin America are learning how uncertain their foothold is in the work force.
Some Rich Districts Get Richer as Federal Money Is Rushed to Schools - NYTimes.com [via claudio]
In pouring cash into school districts, Washington is using a tangle of well-worn federal formulas that seem to take little account of who needs the money most.
Florida Water Worries: Serious Shortages For Tampa Bay : TreeHugger
Alafia River Florida, one of several potential sources of drinking water for Tampa Bay. Image credit:Florida State Parks. Last summer I posted on Tampa Bay Florida's new desalination plant, an expensive technology that was needed to cope with the
The Island - Roslyn Heights - Intel Judges Award Roslyn Senior a Scholarship for Her Project on Teenage Drinking - NYTimes.com
A Long Island teenager wins a prestigious Intel Science Talent Search scholarship with a study on parental links to teenage drinking.
Close-up van stembanden | Flabber
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First automated carbohydrate 'assembly line' opens door to new field of medicine
Scientists from Germany today reported a major advance toward opening the doors of a carbohydrate-based medicine chest for the 21st Century. Much more than just potatoes and pasta, these carbohydrates may form the basis of revolutionary new vaccines and drugs to battle malaria, HIV, and a bevy of other ...
Wereldwaterdag 2009 | Flabber
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Fastest-ever flashgun captures image of light wave - tech - 19 June 2008 - New Scientist
Flashes that last just billionths of a billionth of a second have been used to take photographs of a laser beam pulse
FRONTLINE: the medicated child | PBS
Ten years ago, stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall were the drugs of choice to treat behavioral issues in children. Today children as young as four years old are being prescribed more powerful anti-psychotic medications that are much less understood. The drugs can cause serious side effects and virtually nothing is known about their long-term impact.
GRcade.com • View topic - BLH's tour of Chernobyl. Hello Digg/Reddit/world!!
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With Temperatures Rising,<br/> Here Comes ‘Global Weirding’ by John Waldman: Yale Environment 360
They’re calling it “global weirding” – the way in which rising temperatures are causing species to change their ranges, the timing of their migrations, and the way they interact with other living things. And the implications of all this are only beginning to be understood.
PHOTOS: Rat Attack in India Set Off by Bamboo Flowering
In a phenomenon occurring just twice a century, tens of millions of rats decimate fields and forests in northeast India and parts of Burma and Bangladesh. The cause: bamboo.
YouTube - Kamal Meattle: How to grow your own fresh air
http://www.ted.com Researcher Kamal Meattle shows how an arrangement of three common houseplants, used in specific spots in a home or office building, can re...
Fox News mocks the Canadian military | Video Cafe
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