Lacking cure, a new tack on muscular dystrophy
For all of the money raised to find a cure, the muscle disease still confines thousands of boys in the United States to wheelchairs in their early teens. iht.com
Mathematics Explains Mysterious Midge Behavior
A simple equation can describe the boom-and-bust cycle of the midge population around Iceland’s Lake Myvatn, researchers have found. nytimes.com
Spy-in-the-sky drone sets sights on Miami
MIAMI (Reuters) - Miami police could soon be the first in the United States to use cutting-edge, spy-in-the-sky technology to beef up their fight against crime. feeds.reuters.com
Study: Warming water means less oxygen for sea life
Low-oxygen zones where sea life is threatened or cannot survive are growing as the oceans are heated by global warming, a new study warns. Oxygen-depleted zones in the central and eastern equatorial Atlantic and equatorial Pacific oceans appear to have expanded over the last 50 years, researchers report in Friday's edition of the journal Science. rssfeeds.usatoday.com