Opit's LinkFest!: 14 October

Nanotube yarns twist like muscles
Researchers find that tiny tubes of carbon bound together in a "yarn" rotate like muscles - but with a thousands of times more twist than ever seen before.
Fri Oct 14 2011 04:48:20 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Dolphins 'decompress like humans'
Tiny bubbles beneath the blubber of beached dolphins suggest marine mammals can stand bubbles that give humans the bends, scientists find.
Fri Oct 14 2011 03:23:56 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Ancient 'paint factory' unearthed
Toolkits used by humans 100,000 years ago to make paint are found in the famous archaeological site of Blombos Cave in South Africa.
Thu Oct 13 2011 12:00:12 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
NZ race to remove oil from ship
Salvage teams prepare to pump fuel from the cracked cargo ship Rena, listing badly off the New Zealand coast, amid fears it could soon break up.
Fri Oct 14 2011 05:29:22 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Ministers 'fail on green pledges'
Nature groups say ministers are failing to keep their wildlife pledges, claiming just two out of 16 made by the government have been honoured.
Thu Oct 13 2011 21:08:56 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
More radioactive particles found
More radioactive particles are found by an environmental watchdog as officers monitor Dalgety Bay beach in Fife.
Fri Oct 14 2011 06:49:18 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)