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Plastic Bag Ban Stalls in California amid Manufacturers' Opposition
By Aaron Mendelson (Reuters) - Prospects are dimming for a ban on plastic grocery bags in California, as the legislative session winds down and supporters remain three votes short of a majority in the face of strong opposition from manufacturers. A number of cities in California and other states, including Hawaii's Maui County, have made it illegal for grocery stores to pack consumer purchases in plastic. -
Reuters
Energy & Sustainability
Exxon Mobil Unit To Pay $1.4 Million For Louisiana Oil Spill
An Exxon Mobil Corp unit has agreed to pay $1.4 million to resolve U.S. government claims over a 2012 crude oil spill in Louisiana, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company discharged 2,800 barrels of crude oil after a pipeline ruptured, in violation of the Clean Water Act, the agency said. -
Nature
Energy & Sustainability
Whale-Watching Found to Stress Out Whales
Desire to observe whales and dolphins up close is affecting animals’ behavior and may be putting the long-term surival of these mammals at risk -
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Health
WHO Calls for Electronic Cigarette Regulation
The World Health Organization says it’s necessary to check the “booming” market and ban indoor use -
Symbiartic
Energy & Sustainability
Agroecosystems, Illustrated
I didn’t set out to draw science comics; I wanted to be an all-around science communicator. I just happened to find my voice with comics. -
Science Talk
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Catch Me If You Ketchikan: Scientific American Alaska Cruise, Part 1
Scientific American Bright Horizons Cruise 22 arrives in Ketchikan, Alaska. -
60-Second Health
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Graying Parent Care Falls to Daughters, Not Sons
Sisters spend double the time caring for parents as their brothers. Dina Fine Maron reports -
Do You Know a Fat Dog When You See One?
We've all met dogs with a small head and large body who bear a striking resemblance to the people with shrunken heads from the movie Beetlejuice. -
The Great Alien Debate (Part 1)
This post is one in a series covering, and expanding on, topics in the book The Copernicus Complex (Scientific American/FSG). The conversation usually goes like this: Do you think we’re alone in the universe? -
60-Second Science
Energy & Sustainability
Habitat Loss a Real Buzzkill for Invertebrates
The number of invertebrates has fallen by nearly half over the past 35 years—the same period of time in which the human population has doubled. Karen Hopkin reports -
News
Mind & Brain
Multitasking Gene May Help Drone Operators Control Robotic Swarms
A genetic variant that keeps dopamine levels high could lead to personalized training and also benefit personnel in ERs and air traffic control towers -
Fact or Fiction
Health
Fact or Fiction?: If You Shave (or Wax), Your Hair Will Come Back Thicker
It may look that way, but looks can be very deceiving -
Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 3
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Why Digital Music Looks Set to Replace Live Performances
A scuffle at a Connecticut opera reveals the bleak future of the orchestra pit -
Sleepy Teens: High School Should Start Later in the Morning
High school begins across the U.S. this week and next. And it begins too early! Too early in the day, that is. Ask any groggy teenager waiting for a bus or yawning in "home room" and he or she will tell you that it's just too darn early in the morning to learn chemistry equations [...] -
Mind Matters
Mind & Brain
Environmental Enrichment May Help Treat Autism — and Help Us All
Evidence for a surprisingly simple therapy -
Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 5
Mind & Brain
Kids' False Memories Reveal Quirks of Learning
The way kids learn causes them to generate more false memories than adults -
Reuters
Energy & Sustainability
Iceland Volcano Struck By Biggest Earthquake Yet, Still No Eruption
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano overnight, the biggest since tremors began 10 days ago, but there is still no sign of an eruption, the country's Meteorological Office said on Tuesday. Intense seismic activity at Iceland's largest volcano system has raised worries that an eruption could cause another ash cloud like that from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in 2010 that shut down much of Europe's airspace for six days. -
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Energy & Sustainability
A Hangout with Google Science Fair in Swaziland
You know what’s awesome? Seeing a bunch of young people at work on changing the world to make it a better place for all. Today, I hosted a Google Science Fair Hangout On Air on Sustainability in Swaziland, and I got to have that privilege. -
Reuters
Energy & Sustainability
U.S. Inspector Wanted California Reactor Shut On Quake Fears
By Barani Krishnan (Reuters) - A federal nuclear inspector urged U.S. regulators to shut down a California nuclear power plant until tests showed its reactors could withstand shocks from nearby earthquake faults, according to the Associated Press and an environmental group. -
Tetrapod Zoology
Evolution
Nuthatch Empire
Today I'd like to focus on passerine birds again, and this time on a group that I don't think I've ever blogged about before: the certhioids.
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