My picks from ScienceDaily

You Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks -- With The Right Diet:

These supplements, acetyl-l-carnitine and alpha lipoic acid, are continuing to be studied in work with humans, and scientists believe they may provide a new approach to the neurodegeneration and cognitive decline common with aging.

Amazon Forest Shows Unexpected Resiliency During Drought:

Drought-stricken regions of the Amazon forest grew particularly vigorously during the 2005 drought, according to new research.

New Species Of Bacteria Feeds On Natural Gas:

A German-American research team of biologists and geochemists has discovered hitherto unknown anaerobic bacteria in marine sediments which need only propane or butane for growth, as recently reported by the scientific journal "Nature."

Rare Albino Ratfish Has Eerie, Silvery Sheen:

A ghostly, mutant ratfish caught off Whidbey Island in Washington state is the only completely albino fish ever seen by both the curator of the University of Washington's 7.2 million-specimen fish collection and a fish and wildlife biologist with more than 20 years of sampling fish in Puget Sound.

Could Iron Fertilization Of Oceans Combat Global Warming?:

Several times over the past century, scientists and environmental engineers have proposed spreading slurries of dissolved iron into the oceans in order to "fertilize" the waters and promote vast blooms of marine plants (phytoplankton). Phytoplankton consume carbon dioxide as they grow, and this growth can be stimulated in certain ocean basins by the addition of iron, a necessary micronutrient.