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Veterans find healing on the water

(AP) -- Standing at the edge of a clear pond in the Idaho mountains on a cold day in early October, former U.S. Marine Angel Gomez made a timid cast with his fly fishing rod.

Medicine & Health / Health

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Student researchers help discover world's smallest frog

When two Cornell undergraduates and a recent graduate went on a field research trip to Papua New Guinea in 2008, little did they know it would lead to entries in the Guinness Book of World Records and a groundbreaking ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Remote sensing places nature at our fingertips

When the crew of Apollo 17 snapped the famous Blue Marble photo of Earth in 1972, they gave humanity its first truly global perspective on the planet we all call home. The image helped spark recognition of ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Hoping for mining boom, Canada opens last frontier

Dropping beneath low-lying clouds, a float plane circles a rocky landscape on the edge of the Arctic Circle grooved by the last ice age eight millennia ago and since then bathed by hundreds of rivers and lakes.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 12

Non-native earthworms are damaging hardwood forests

Think of earthworms and a few things come to mind: they make great bait for fishing, they aerate the soil, and they're an excellent addition to a compost pile. But what a lot of people don't know is many earthworms are actually ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reveals that nation's national forests can provide public health benefits

Each year, more than 170 million people visit national forests for recreation. And the physical activity associated with these visits burns 290 billion food calories. That equals enough french fries laid end to end to reach ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Entomologist discovers new wasp species

(PhysOrg.com) -- A warrior wasp? A wasp with jaws longer than its front legs? The new species of wasp that Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology at the University ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Green gasoline comes closer to fueling your car

The backbone of our energy infrastructure is carbon-based fuel. In the form of oil, coal and natural gas, carbon compounds run our cars, heat our homes and cook our food. For reasons of energy security and ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

How ocean arteries carry life across the Indian Ocean

Research at the University of Melbourne and the Bureau of Meteorology has overturned conventional ideas of ocean circulation.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

What sawfish really do with their saw

Scientists thought that sawfish used their saw to probe the sea bottom for food.  But a Cairns researcher has found that these large (5 meters or more) and endangered fish actually use the saw to locate ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Crowdsourcing science: Researcher uses Facebook to identify thousands of fish

Facebook is well-known for connecting friends, publicizing events and allowing people ample space to procrastinate online.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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