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Fixed U.S. mortgage rates fell again to new record lows, providing prospective buyers with even more incentive to brave a modestly recovering housing market. (Photo by Gregory Bull / File / AP)

Arctic summer sea ice gone by 2015?

A powerful storm system that hit the Arctic Ocean in August likely accelerated the ice loss. As a result, Arctic Ocean sea ice coverage has shrunk to the lowest level since modern records began.

Discovery News

UK lawmakers seek moratorium on Arctic drilling

Houston Chronicle

Mental pictures effect moral judgment

When we think about morality, we may think about religion or what our parents taught us. However, many scientists now think of the brain as a more basic source for our moral instincts.

NPR

Election 2012: Obama, Romney tiptoe around housing morass

If pocketbook issues are the main focus of the U.S. presidential election, President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney have remarkably little to say about the dismal housing market.

Reuters

Poll watch: Making sense of conflicting polls

Los Angeles Times

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US presidential election 2012

Economist

Solar-powered desalination will transform Navajo life

In Arizona, a plan to use solar energy to power a water desalination plant aims to bring running water to thousands of people.

New Scientist

Is water the chief 21st-century commodity?

Scientific American

Poverty is still growing, census data show

The number of people in poverty has increased to 15.8 percent in Missouri and 15 percent in Illinois, up from 14.6 percent and 13.3 percent in 2008. Incomes also stagnated in both states.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

NATION

Has the American economy bottomed out? Census suggests yes

Americans are on the move again as more young adults leave their parents’ homes to take a chance with college or the job market, while declines in births level off and poverty slows.

TIME

US oil boom comes with tradeoffs and an ugly underbelly

Politicians are quick to extol the virtues of domestic oil drilling, but the gritty side of America’s new oil boom is on display with rising crime, a slain schoolteacher, tripled rents and public resources stretched thin.

McClatchy Newspapers

POLITICS

Health reform 2.0: States balking at new insurance exchanges

Under the Affordable Care Act, states are supposed to assist uninsured Americans in buying health coverage by setting up “insurance exchanges.”

HealthDay

Chick-fil-A to stop funding anti-gay groups

Chick-fil-A, the fast-food chain that sparked a firestorm earlier this year after its president made public comments against same-sex marriage, has agreed to stop funding anti-gay groups.

Yahoo! News

Poll finds Obama in better shape than any nominee since Clinton

President Barack Obama is in a better position to win November’s election than any presidential candidate since Bill Clinton in 1996, according to a nationwide poll.

Bloomberg

BUSINESS

Forbes 400 richest: Are they leaving the rest of America behind?

The new list of Forbes magazine‘s 400 richest Americans shows their wealth is up 13 percent thanks to rising stock and home prices. That has also helped others, but many do not feel it.

Christian Science Monitor

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Richest Americans’ net worth hits $1.7 trillion

Business Recorder

India hit by strike over economic reforms

Schools, shops and government offices were shut down in some Indian states, as protesters blocked road and rail traffic as part of a one-day nationwide strike against economic reforms.

Reuters

Macy‘s flagship gets $400M makeover, creates stir

A $400 million makeover is giving New York’s iconic Macy’s store a sleek, 21st-century style. And some preservationists are not happy about the store scrapping its classic design.

CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Distant galaxy tidies up early universe

Using data from space telescopes, scientists say they have located a galaxy formed more than 13 billion years ago, when the universe was young.

Christian Science Monitor

The more people rely on intuition, the more cooperative they become

It is an age old question: Why do we do good? Harvard scientists are getting closer to an answer, showing that people’s first response is to cooperate and thinking encourages selfishness.

ScienceDaily

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Quick decisions foster more charity

Not Exactly Rocket Science

(Discover Magazine)

New atlas may help solve mysteries of the human brain

The genetic differences between normal and abnormal human brains may be determined one day from a “brain atlas” scientists are refining.

LiveScience

ENVIRONMENT

New cars can cut fuel consumption in half by 2030

Two recently released reports by the Paris-based International Energy Agency outline how policy initiatives and specific technologies could cut automobile fuel consumption in half by 2030.

Environmental News Network

Village relocated due to climate change

For villagers of Vunidogoloa on Vanua Levu, Fiji’s second largest island, climate change has become an intrusion. Villagers are relocating to higher land because of sea level rise, erosion and floods.

Salon

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Pacifiers may hinder male children’s emotional growth

New research suggests pacifier use may have long-lasting behavioral effects on a boy’s emotional growth, as the study revealed that those who used it found it harder to mimic emotional expressions.

CBS News

Body armor for women

With women now accounting for about 14 percent of the military, it is about time they started getting gear built for them.

TIME

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

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Marx and breast-feeding

Inside Higher Ed

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The mad science of the US presidential election

Al Jazeera

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The truth about makers and takers

The Atlantic

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Baseball learns to be more like football

Bloomberg

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Mitt Romney, the Republican Party and Latin America

Al Jazeera

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The plagiarism panic in journalism

McClatchy Newspapers

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Romney and the disappearing evangelical dilemma

FOX News

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Academic dishonesty

Townhall.com

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GOOD NEWS

California man overcomes autism to pursue dream job

Jamaal Street is putting his distinctive voice and encyclopedic knowledge of sports to good use as an announcer for games at San Pedro High School in Los Angeles.

CBS News

Style Me Hired gives women makeovers and morale boosts

Marc Voci created Style Me Hired, an event now in its second year that indulges unemployed women with free makeovers, a job fair and, Voci hopes, the confidence to take on the job market.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Protecting mangroves is cheaper than building coastal protection

Preserving mangrove forests helps regulate rainfall, reduce the risk of disasters from extreme weather, provide breeding grounds for fish and capture carbon dioxide to slow climate change.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Prison abuse scandal rocks Georgian parliamentary election