OBSERVATORY
Icy Saturn Moon May Have Ocean Beneath Its Surface
By SINDYA N. BHANOO
A new analysis of particles ejected from Saturn’s moon Enceladus suggests there is a salt-water ocean feeding its geyserlike plumes.
Unusual Traits Blended in Germany E. Coli Strain
By GINA KOLATA
Scientists say that the combination may be what made the outbreak among the deadliest in recent history.
Albany Mulls Altering Way State Permits Power Plants
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
As the legislative session drew to a close, lawmakers considered a bill to encourage more efficient power plants and help utility customers make improvements to their homes.
OBSERVATORY
Bird Study Suggests Effects of Childhood Bullying Don’t Last
By SINDYA N. BHANOO
A new study of blue-footed boobies suggests that bullying in childhood does not affect the aggression levels of adult birds.
SCIENTIST AT WORK BLOG
How Agriculture Affects Endemic Fish
By JOHN S. SPARKS and CHRISTOPHER B. BRAUN
Although dams in Madagascar often provide water needed for village rice production, they often have devastating environmental consequences, including extinction of endemic fishes.
Gore Criticizes Obama For Record on Climate
By JOHN M. BRODER
In an essay for Rolling Stone, former Vice President Al Gore writes that President Obama has failed to act decisively to alter policies on global warming and energy.
Magnetic Field Sensed by Gene, Study Shows
By NICHOLAS WADE
A researcher suggests that humans, like butterflies and other animals, can sense the earth’s magnetic field and use it to navigate.
Science Times: June 21, 2011
In Tiny Worm, Unlocking Secrets of the Brain
By NICHOLAS WADE
Scientists have engineered two worm neurons to glow bright green if a neuron responds when the worm is exposed to certain chemicals.
Studying the nervous system of the roundworm is a promising approach for understanding the human brain.
Graphic: Mapping a Roundworm's Brain
Recomposing Life’s Details From Scraps
By DAVID STOUT
Frank Bender, a forensic sculptor, is trying to help investigators identify a woman whose decomposed remains were found by a deer hunter in 2001.
BOOKS
A Feat of Engineering That Doubles as a Home
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
“Avian Architecture” provides what it calls “case studies” of each of 10 broad categories of nests, with photographs and detailed drawings.
Health News
William H. Helfand Collection/Philadelphia Museum of Art
The art exhibit “Health for Sale: Posters from the William H. Helfand Collection” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is gorgeous and fiercely funny.
Slideshow: Historical Health AdvertisementsWELL
Keeping Score on How You Take Your Medicine
By TARA PARKER-POPE
The new FICO Medication Adherence Score can predict which patients are at highest risk for skipping or incorrectly using prescription medications, the company says.
Treatment May Help Ease Effect of Cancer
By RONI CARYN RABIN
An experimental surgical procedure offers hope of a cure for one of the most dreaded side effects of breast cancer treatment — the arm pain that’s often caused by removing lymph nodes.
CASES
Stereotyping Patients, and Their Ailments
By DANIELLE OFRI, M.D.
Because his care givers relied too much on assumptions, a drug user who served time in jail spent eight years in treatment for H.I.V. infection, needlessly.
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