Discovered: One in three ocean species remain unknown to science; biofuels could be worse in a spill than oil; robots powered by rat heart cells; katydids have human-like ears below their knees.
The Daily Climate on how ranchers are adapting, The New York Times on companies that are planning to produce "cellulosic biofuels," Mother Jones on cap and trade, Grist on climate change art, The Guardian on a Vietnamese village.
Discovered: A faster way to make biocrude; the most exhaustive bird family tree yet; solar cells made solely from carbon; aphid-resistant raspberries.
Los Angeles Times on Australia's fracking protests, The Guardian on damaged reefs, Reuters on BP's biofuel plant, Associated Press on the Navy's mattresses, and Grist on the complications of farming.
Discovered: Nuclear disaster lingers in Japanese waters; the hole in the Antarctic ozone hasn't been this small since the '90s; the problem with algae-derived biofuels; the amazing shrinking ancient hippo.
Michael R. Bloomberg on immigration reform and the economy, Dexter Filkins on the troubled Afghanistan, Charles Lane on the financial health of senior citizens, Margaret Carlson on Paul Ryan, and George Monbiot on biofuels and the African famine.
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