Ocean and Environment Stories

• Tracks of an Oak Killer, Science Notes.
• Scientists team with art designers to restore Año Nuevo Island, San Jose Mercury News.
• The Land-to-Sea Link: Diseases and Contaminants, Seaotters.com.
• First global assessment finds highest-grossing tunas and billfishes most vulnerable to extinction, Mongabay.com.
• MBARI explores the Gulf of California, (video), Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Los Angeles Times

• Chagas disease patients learn to live with uncertainty (page A1).
• Scientists make curing HIV a priority (page A1).
• In Vietnamese community, treating cultural taboos on cancer.
• HIV educator helps women learn from her mistake.
• Ads for herbal products in immigrant communities cause concern.
• TB is very much alive at Olive View-UCLA hospital in Sylmar.
• UCLA Mobile Clinic Project benefits both sides of the clipboards.

ScienceNOW

• Barely Breathing Microbes Still Living in 86-Million-Year-Old Clay.
• The Origin of Blonde Afros in Melanesia.
• Monkey See, Monkey Do. Monkey Read?
• How to Become an Expert Tightrope Walker.
• Mapping China’s Ancient Name Game.
• ScienceShot: Jurassic Arthritis was a Jawbreaker.
• Fishing for Fluid Dynamics.
• Will a Volcano Erupt? The Answer’s in the Crystals.
• Is Your Alarm Clock Making You Fat?
• Baby Seals Need the Nicest Ice.