My picks from ScienceDaily

Elephant Memories May Hold Key To Survival:

A recent study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) suggests that old female elephants--and perhaps their memories of distant, life-sustaining sources of food and water--may be the key to survival during the worst of times.

Fry Me Kangaroo Brown, Sport:

Skippy could be on more menus following a report that expanding the kangaroo industry would significantly cut greenhouse gases.

'Lost Tribe' Of Clinician-scientists: Medical Doctors Who Do Research Could Be A Dying Breed:

The road from disease research to disease cure isn't usually a smooth one. One role which bridges the laboratory and the clinic is that of the "clinician-scientist" - a doctor who understands disease both in the patient and in the Petri dish. Yet an editorial published in Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM), contends that clinician-scientists in the UK and elsewhere are not prospering, but rather are "under threat in a hostile environment."

Complex Decision? Don't Sleep On It:

Neither snap judgements nor sleeping on a problem are any better than conscious thinking for making complex decisions, according to new research.

Are Pronghorns Smarter Than Classical European Royalty?:

Over the past two decades, John Byers has proven that female pronghorns are smarter than many humans when it comes to mate selection. Rather than going for the male with the biggest body or most impressive horns, female pronghorns expend a ton of energy searching for the most vigor and best stamina; traits that will give their offspring the greatest chance of success.

Bugs Put The Heat In Chili Peppers:

If you're a fan of habañero salsa or like to order Thai food spiced to five stars, you owe a lot to bugs, both the crawling kind and ones you can see only with a microscope. New research shows they are the ones responsible for the heat in chili peppers.

Humans Implicated In Prehistoric Animal Extinctions With New Evidence:

Research led by UK and Australian scientists sheds new light on the role that our ancestors played in the extinction of Australia's prehistoric animals. The new study provides the first evidence that Tasmania's giant kangaroos and marsupial 'rhinos' and 'leopards' were still roaming the island when humans first arrived.