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A pilot version of an online mapping tool has been launched in Africa which enables researchers and policymakers to identify how climate change vulnerability, conflict, and aid intersect. Follow this link: New map overlays conflict, climate change and aid in Africa

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A third of the population of 200 might already be dead - with the remainder in severe danger, say conservationists Read the original: Rare Sumatran orangutans dying as fires rage in Indonesian swamp forest

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Acrobatic starlings in the evening sky are becoming a rarer sight. It's a warning against treating nature as an optional extra Read the original here: The sad decline of the swirling starling

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"Our elders are the best source of information. Better than science or the internet," said Petr Kaurgin, a Chukchi reindeer herder from the remote Turvaurgin nomadic tribal community in north-eastern Siberia. View original post here: Wisdom of Elders Better Than Science or the Internet: "They still know how to cook mammoth"

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News of job interviewers demanding Facebook passwords from applicants caused a media storm. Top news outlets published numerous reports about job applicants being asked... Read more: Asking For Facebook Passwords Is Risky

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MSNBC News – By Alan Boyle Sympathetic jurors show a characteristic pattern of brain activity when they decide to be lenient on a criminal, and the strength of that pattern can vary from juror to juror, ... Read this article: Scientists judge a jury’s brains

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MSNBC News – By Alan Boyle Sympathetic jurors show a characteristic pattern of brain activity when they decide to be lenient on a criminal, and the strength of that pattern can vary from juror to juror, ... Read the original: Scientists judge a jury’s brains

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Your small business' identity means a lot to your bottom line. But when another entity infringes on your trademark, it may not always make good business sense to pursue a legal enforcement action. Trademark enforcement actions can be costly, and may not be worth the potential benefits , one trademark expert writes for Inc. magazine. Suing for trademark...

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By Jeremy Pelofsky – WASHINGTON – (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday barred U.S. authorities from importing an anesthesia drug used in carrying out death sentences because the Food and Drug Administration never approved ... Read more: U.S. judge bars import of drug used in death penalty

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The Sacramento Bee – March 27, 2012 Capping years of sometimes bitter controversy inside and outside the judicial system, the state Judicial Council voted Tuesday to halt deployment of what was to be a computerized case ... Read the original post: California Judicial Council halts court case management system