Science & the Public: Gloves may head off 'garden' variety pneumonia
Doctors have begun linking garden compost to an unusual source of Legionnaire's disease

Science & the Public: 'Bug traps' in Gulf to use BP oil as bait
They'll assess biodegradation and identify the bugs responsible.

Science & the Public: Want a baby? Relax . . .
Stressing out about it can be counterproductive

Frogs leapt before they landed
Amphibians learned to jump first, then mastered the touchdown

Methane releases in arctic seas could wreak devastation
Potential impacts include dead zones, acidification, shifts at the base of the ocean's food chain

Parasite brood gets help from nearby microbes
Study suggests new way to battle common intestinal infection

Science & the Public: Teeth as a forensic clock
With the right analyses, they can point to date of birth -- and of death

Science & the Public: A new source of dioxins: Clean hands
The contaminants that form are novel and their risks unknown

Science & the Public: Rural ozone can be fed by feed (as in silage)
The alcohol in silage can drive significant ozone formation, exceeding the contribution from tailpipe emissions.

Pigeons usually let best navigator take the lead
But other birds sometimes get a turn at the helm

Science & the Public: Bees face 'unprecedented' pesticide exposures at home and afield
Sometimes dozens of pesticides turn up in a single sample of wax or pollen

Evolutionary genetic relationships coming into focus
With the evolutionary tree of life nearly half done for birds and mammals, other vertebrates lag behind

Chameleon tongues snappy even when cold
Elastic collagen tissue provides an edge over other cold-blooded hunters

Science & the Public: Whale hunts: Discussions on lifting the 'ban'
The International Whaling Commission will formally address its future, next week, at a meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla. Once comprised of whaling nations, the IWC now includes member states just as likely to condemn any hunting of cetaceans. That internal tension is guiding the meeting's agenda. On it's plate: whether to overturn the organization's long-standing moratorium on commercial whaling.

Florida's big chill may have hammered corals near shore
Early reports from rare cold bleaching offer hope offshore