WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Federal Gunmen Shoot Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf Pup, Target Second Wolf * SILVER CITY, N.M. -- Newly released records reveal that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to kill two genetically valuable Mexican gray wolves. One of them -- a 3-month-old female pup on the Gila National Forest in New Mexico -- was shot from the   more

HAILEY, Idaho, Aug. 21 [Category: Environment] -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release: * * * Federal Gunmen Shoot Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf Pup, Target Second Wolf * SILVER CITY, N.M. -- Newly released records reveal that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to kill two genetically valuable Mexican gray wolves. One of them -- a 3-month-old female pup on the Gila National Forest in New Mexico -- was shot from t  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 21 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Going viral: How ideas, beliefs, and innovations spread in the digital age * It might start as a joke, a belief, or a rumor. At first, it's easy to dismiss. But then it gains a twist, builds momentum, and spreads like wildfire. What causes some ideas to die out while others take over the internet? A new study published in Physical Review Letters offers a fresh explanation. Le  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Aug. 21 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Student-led NASA project takes flight on balloon mission Ph.D. student Kazuma Noda leads years-long project to its next launch * A years-long student-led NASA project that develops technology to help guide rockets will near its final destination this month on board the Balloon Optimization Opportunity Platform!, or BOOP! Astrophysical sciences and technology Ph.D. student Kazuma Noda   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 21 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * UNM Physics and Astronomy celebrates hat trick of NSF CAREER awards The University of New Mexico's Department of Physics and Astronomy scored a rare scientific hat trick this summer as three faculty members received the National Science Foundation's prestigious CAREER award. Diana Dragomir, Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine, and Tonmoy Chakraborty were recognized for pioneering research spanning exoplanets  more