Preventing Repetitive Strain Syndrome
Caves Closed To Help Fight Bat Fungus
Is True Friendship Dying Away?
National Archives Reveals FDR Papers
NYC Tries To Stop Bedbug Infestations
Plankton Numbers Are Plummeting

Repetitive strain injury is a serious condition that causes pain in the hand and arm. Discomfort in the arm is a warning signal, but correct posture and the right hardware can prevent the condition.
Even Batman isn't immune from an eviction notice these days. The U.S. Forest Service is
barring entry to caves on service-owned land because of white-nose syndrome, which has killed nearly a million bats.
To anyone paying attention these days, it's clear that social media sites are changing the way we live, making us feel as if we are suddenly awash in friends. But what is happening to human contact?
A handwritten letter from Benito Mussolini congratulating President Franklin D. Roosevelt on his inauguration is among 5,000 documents and gifts collected and shown to the public for the first time.
One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said as they revealed a plan to fight the spreading infestation with a public-awareness campaign led by a top entomologist.
Plant plankton in the world's oceans are the foundation of the bountiful marine food web, producing half the world's oxygen and sucking up harmful carbon dioxide. Now they're in sharp decline.

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