We can now grow a new heart using a real heart's collagen as a scaffold for new cells, and even get it beating. So far, rat hearts, and only a weak beat, but wow.

Resveratrol, a derivative of red wine, has been found to extend lifespan in humans.

Nasal hormone spray eliminates effects of sleep deprivation in monkeys.

A molecular biologist uses ( Read more... )

watch the coastlines vanish underwater--you pick the area, zoom, and depth.

Calculate your CO2 footprint here. I don't have the numbers at hand to calculate ours, but I hope to do so shortly.

More girls than boys are being born in some areas affected by pollution. Also, fish to eat and to avoid.

Author Farley Mowat and wife Claire just donated 200 acres to the Nova Scotia Nature Trust.

Chinese jumping carp have invaded US rivers and will leap at your head and kill you. Srsly. Thanks, singingnettle.

Pollution-eating cement

Bottled water is a terrible idea (in most places), and some people are much better at writing about it than others. The article is actually mostly about the way two writers presented information, and how one made his ideas "stickier".

Also from the Made to Stick blog, here's a link to an OB/GYN's notes about how to lecture to medical students ( Read more... )

mizemm's links on turning garbage into energy via plasma arc gasification

How to talk to global warming skeptics