Saturday, June 28, 2008

For Saturday, June 28, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080628/ap_on_re_us/body_parts;_ylt=ApZDpTHZyTdWgNqspCHJ9xys0NUE

Up to 54 years for ringleader of body parts scheme - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7475654.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Biometrics picks up the penguins

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometric

Biometrics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7478435.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Whale meet ends with peace agenda

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7110093.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Diary: Protecting mountain gorillas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080627163041.htm

Ancient Oak Trees Help Reduce Global Warming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus

Quercus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626145543.htm

Algae From The Ocean May Offer A Sustainable Energy Source Of The Future

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae

Algae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626125827.htm

Starvation Hormone Makes For Small Mice, Study Finds


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25423465/

Court: Exorcism is protected by law - Faith- msnbc.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism

Exorcism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25415938/

100 quake dogs rescued by Chinese woman - Pet health- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25419731/

Racial contract killing nets life term - Crime & courts- msnbc.com


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25416853/

Magnetic migraine zapper shows promise - MSNBC Wire Services - msnbc.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_magnetic_stimulation

Transcranial magnetic stimulation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25418919/

Study: Nearly everyone can carry a tune - LiveScience- msnbc.com



Friday, June 27, 2008

For Friday, June 27, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080627/sc_livescience/northpolecouldbeicefreethissummer;_ylt=AmGqBYn9_lcd5MHUyXj864us0NUE

North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer - Yahoo! News

http://www.livescience.com/environment/080626-north-pole.html

North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_fe_st/odd_horse_commute;_ylt=Av91h6SA3Df_H_op9qD7WAis0NUE

Wash. dentist's staff saddles up to beat gas costs - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080626/sc_nm/birds_evolution_dc;_ylt=AuAPB7Ixg1QFqU2pnfjnBX4PLBIF

New bird family tree reveals some odd ducks - Yahoo! News

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25395007/

10 things you didn’t know about birds - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626141117.htm

Huge Genome-scale Phylogenetic Study Of Birds Rewrites Evolutionary Tree-of-life

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7470859.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Highlands and Islands Bees seeking 'sugary' garden pest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080623175401.htm

Database Shows Effects Of Acid Rain On Microorganisms In Adirondack Lakes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080624145103.htm

Genomics Of Large Marine Animals Showcased

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626142526.htm

What It's Like To Be A Bat: Vocal Sonar Does More Than Locate Objects; It Cues Memory And Assists Flight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626075537.htm

How To Build A Plant: Plant Architecture From The Genomics Toolbox

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080625091640.htm

Breakthrough In Plant Medicine Production

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycosylation

Glycosylation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25395515/

Scientists take a swat at mosquitoes - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_aegypti

Aedes aegypti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25410938/

Museum confirms discovery of rare fossil - Science- msnbc.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromatolite

Stromatolite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25396517/

Early life survived huge cosmic impact - Space.com- msnbc.com

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/east_coast_asteroid_010320.html

SPACE.com -- Huge East Coast Impact Crater Leaves Legacy of Water Woes

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/06/27/floods/index.html

Muskrats weaken, bust Mississippi River levee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

http://www.ktvu.com/news/16722523/detail.html

SF Zoo Denies Report That Tiger In Fatal Attack Was Underfed - News Story - KTVU San Francisco









Thursday, June 26, 2008

For Thursday, June 26, 2008


http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080626-am-earth-moon.html

SPACE.com -- Bits of Ancient Earth Hidden on the Moon

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_sc/fish_haven;_ylt=ArPc.qydLDBhL6Crz7qddqSs0NUE

No-fishing zones studied for ecosystem protection - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_sc/cocoa_genome;_ylt=AgEmwyOWfvxEfFZrqZlFjqGs0NUE

Project to dissect cocoa genome, protect crop - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa

Cocoa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_re_us/wayward_dolphins;_ylt=AuGa0zhLdkND5hxbFAxg0oys0NUE

Authorities hope to shoo dolphins from N.J. rivers - Yahoo! News

http://www.livescience.com/health/080626-fat-cheeks.html

Cheeky Study Finds Beauty Secret in Cadavers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080626/sc_space/scientistshuntforastrobiologyatcarlsagancenter;_ylt=Av4uNPAoBzL7uscyVu9MxeoPLBIF

Scientists Hunt for Astrobiology at Carl Sagan Center - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrobiology

Astrobiology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7475312.stm

BBC NEWS Health Cancer gene test 'for all women'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080625093147.htm

Salutary Pizza Spice: Oregano Helps Against Inflammations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080625090253.htm

Looming Tropical Disaster Needs Urgent Action, According To New Report

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626075534.htm

Ancient Mexican Maize Varieties: Sequencing Of Ancient Corn Landraces To Ensure Genetic Diversity And Resources


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25384376/

Smelly camels keep elephants away - Animal weirdness- msnbc.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel

Camelidae

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25374875/

Seal hunt plan draws ire in Namibia - World environment- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25379407/

Spanish lawmakers boost ape rights - Science- msnbc.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/06/26/ep.clinical.trials/index.html

Do you want to be a guinea pig? - CNN.com

http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/sample.cgi/jacsat/asap/html/ja801058h.html

Artificial DNA Made Exclusively of Nonnatural C-Nucleosides with Four Types of Nonnatural Bases

Spooky DNA Why would researchers create DNA-like oligomers from non-natural nucleosides? In their words, perhaps to create “a future extracellular genetic system with information storage and amplifiable abilities”.


Wednesday, June 25, 2008

For Wednesday, June 25, 2008



http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=reu-wimbledonpigeons&prov=reuters&type=lgns

Wimbledon under fire for pigeon cull - Tennis - Yahoo! Sports

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon

Columbidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080625/sc_afp/sciencepaleontologyfishevolution;_ylt=Aqi0iQDM4KgLs8B2E_jb_uGs0NUE

Fish out of water: The evolutionary crawl from sea to land - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventastega

Ventastega - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7473470.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Fossil fills out water-land leap

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080625-tetrapods.html

Fishy Ancestors of Humans Surprisingly Diverse

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080625/ap_on_sc/sci_marine_aliases;_ylt=AlaW2vufCSU3Vi9RtWCG4Rys0NUE

Scientists seek to sort sundry names for sealife - Yahoo! News

http://www.coml.org/

Census of Marine Life Portal


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080625/sc_nm/oceans_dc;_ylt=AmifvW2fdfHzTllpJXfsgHkPLBIF

Wrong names for fish seen complicating conservation - Yahoo! News



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7464437.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Sun-loving frogs aid fungus fight

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7472310.stm

BBC NEWS UK England Close encounters over Mersey

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080623125003.htm

When Threatened, A Few African Frogs Can Morph Toes Into Claws

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080623113715.htm

Life On The Edge: To Disperse, Or Become Extinct?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080623105012.htm

Laser Fluorescence Could Find Life On Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080619142102.htm

Scientists Fix Bugs In Our Understanding Of Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2007/0304-sea_urchins_reveal_medical_mysteries.htm

Sea Urchins Reveal Medical Mysteries -- Sea Urchins' Genetics Add To Knowledge Of Cancer, Alzheimer's And Infertility

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_urchin

Echinoidea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616115700.htm

Mini Subs To Probe Odd Coral-like Growths In British Columbia, Canada, Lake

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080625153342.htm

No Scent, No Sex For The Japanese Beetle

Monday, June 23, 2008

For Monday, June 23, 2008

Bluetongue photo licensed under Creative Commons by AJC1
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080623/sc_livescience/earlyearthmarredbyacidrain

Early Earth Marred by Acid Rain - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_on_re_us/ivory_billed_woodpecker;_ylt=ApRSPRA2J9WzacIwOZ4y6Vas0NUE

Some searchers still expect to see rare woodpecker - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_Billed_Woodpecker

Campephilus principalis

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_sc/sci_mars_extreme_life;_ylt=Amt3z7srf69WMq5zUs1dIais0NUE


Can the Martian arctic support extreme life? - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_re_us/zoo_senior_citizens;_ylt=AgAFvUuYDPEfzxxjxyboxcOs0NUE

Zoos ask, what to do with an aged lemur? - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_re_us/stranded_whale;_ylt=AndU4RUqktCxMwTfggGQT7ys0NUE

Navy conducts hearing tests on rare whale in Fla. - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gervais%27_beaked_whale

Mesoplodon

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_fe_st/odd_attacking_birds;_ylt=AiPNHuksgdF_FDX_RKKd..3tiBIF

Outdoors in Chicago? Watch out for the blackbirds - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-winged_Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/od_nm/curse_dc;_ylt=AkXBdCxZnErSvQb2oUPPvjHtiBIF

Whaling commission meet to debate hunting resumption - Yahoo! News

http://www.iwcoffice.org/


Welcome to the Website of the International Whaling Commission

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7466735.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature 'Neanderthal tools' found at dig

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal

Homo neanderthalensis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7451452.stm

BBC NEWS Health Chickens 'unlock allergy secrets'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7464583.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Meteorite could hold solar clues

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080622225503.htm

DNA Study Unlocks Mystery To Diverse Traits In Dogs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog

Canis lupus familiaris

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080620115925.htm

Birds Migrate Earlier, But Some May Be Left Behind As Climate Warms Rapidly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080619104407.htm

New Findings On Immune System In Amphibians






http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080623092538.htm

Engineers Create 3-D Model To Help Biologists Combat Blue Tongue Virus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetongue_disease

Bluetongue disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616133113.htm

Project Succeeding To Relocate Caspian Terns

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080622001716.htm

Phoenix Mars Lander Delivers Soil Sample To Microscope

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080622001541.htm

Phoenix Mars Lander Confirms Frozen Water On Red Planet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080623093549.htm

Building Giant 'Nanoassemblies' That Sense Their Environment

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24777955/

8 drugs doctors wouldn't take - Health care- msnbc.com


Friday, June 20, 2008

For Friday, June 20, 2008


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=AnC9OOG_5ybI3WrAdQ5CxmKs0NUE

Scientists believe Mars lander exposed ice crumbs - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_re_us/alaska_zoo_tigers;_ylt=Alt8W0wfQTB_.79CKZuCBS.s0NUE

Alaska Zoo gets 2 new rare Amur tigers from N.Y. - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080620/od_nm/australia_python_dc;_ylt=AuYLKX0TieZW6omDSSVKOvWs0NUE

Python found in toilet - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080620/od_nm/extraterrestrial_odd_dc;_ylt=Asvz9jXEK12JQYA5s9VFZyDtiBIF

Life in outer space? Astronomers hunt aliens - Yahoo! News

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25281490/

Life in space? Japanese astronomers hunt aliens - Space- msnbc.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080620/sc_afp/japanwhalinggreenpeace;_ylt=AnJWZbz1EfLJ8VrcwQw7G.EPLBIF

Japan police arrest Greenpeace members over whale meat - Yahoo! News


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7461707.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Arctic sea ice melt 'even faster'

http://nsidc.org/

National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7457818.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Key ocean mission goes into orbit

http://www.osd.noaa.gov/ostm/

Ocean Surface Topography Mission

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7463866.stm

BBC NEWS UK England Fisherman's shocking catch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7463810.stm

BBC NEWS Europe Rejected tiger adopted by dog


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616144848.htm

Lou Gehrig's Protein Found Throughout Brain, Suggesting Effects Beyond Motor Neurons

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617142851.htm

Latrines And Out-houses Trounce Toilets In Global War Against Poor Sanitation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616160514.htm

Technique Used In Human Ankle Injuries Modified To Treat Dogs' Knees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080619111748.htm

Zebra's Stripes, Butterfly's Wings: How Do Biological Patterns Emerge?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616091602.htm

Coats Of Cellulose From Bacteria Yield Greener, Stronger Natural Composites

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080619113055.htm

Protecting Muscles Of Astronauts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Acetylcysteine

Acetylcysteine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25273114/

Frigid future for ocean in Saturn moon - Space.com- msnbc.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus_%28moon%29

Enceladus (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thursday, June 19, 2008

For Thursday, June 19, 2008


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_el_pr/mccain;_ylt=At8TaWjaAMh603kDmugj0AKs0NUE

McCain calls for building 45 new nuclear reactors - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_he_me/med_melanoma_treatment;_ylt=AsGXkh6XsolZddpFgqgvfbms0NUE

Man with deadly skin cancer saved by new treatment - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma

Melanoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/sc_nm/iran_cheetah_dc;_ylt=AppGhkXDJqFS3xMH5uQNLykPLBIF

Bridging the Iran-West divide to save cheetahs - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus venaticus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080618/sc_afp/cambodiaenvironmentconservationanimalotter;_ylt=AoNEYYE7UIM07By9YftRk20PLBIF

Rare otter gets sanctuary in Cambodian zoo - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy-nosed_otter

Lutra sumatrana

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_sc/sci_britain_mutant_mosquitoes;_ylt=AunKwv6GNnij0NwUIPQPxVkPLBIF

Genetically modified mosquitoes may combat malaria - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anopheles

Anopheles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria

Malaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080612/sc_afp/madagascarfrancewildlifewwfenvironment;_ylt=Arnq14t3_Ht5LAGStvH8S4B4hMgF

Madagascar signs conservation deal with France: WWF - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_re_af/namibia_wildlife;_ylt=AnrsB8Q1RQ98cLCxraT1Vxd4hMgF

Namibia begins world's largest census of animals - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia

Namibia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_re_us/philly_zoo_elephant_dies;_ylt=Au.YXsADymNwxxelJUBhfIp4hMgF

Petal, oldest African elephant in US zoo, dies - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080611/sc_afp/japanaustraliadiplomacywhaling;_ylt=Amx0YGl_Usz9v.O87tssmNd4hMgF

Australian leader, in Japan, stands firm against whaling - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Rudd

Kevin Rudd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7460008.stm

BBC NEWS Africa Insecticide 'killing Kenya lions' (WARNING: VIDEO CONTENT OF DISTURBING AND SHOCKING NATURE. YOU ARE WARNED NOT TO VIEW THE VIDEO EMBED IN THIS LINK).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbofuran

Carbofuran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7463411.stm

BBC NEWS In Pictures In Pictures: Creature creations
The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site (link to site)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080618133715.htm

Worm-like Marine Animal Providing Fresh Clues About Human Evolution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphioxus

Cephalochordata

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080618161546.htm

Thinking Ahead: Bacteria Anticipate Coming Changes In Their Environment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611135103.htm

Flies Found To Have Internal Thermosensors To Monitor Environmental Temperatures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_%28animal%29

Diptera

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616115703.htm

Marine Biologists Investigate Aliens Beneath The Waves

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styela_clava

Styela clava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616115718.htm

Test Of Bacteria Toxin Delivery System Could Pave Way For New Antibiotic Drugs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_III_secretion_system#Type_III_secretion_system_.28T3SS.29

Secretion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080619090739.htm

Ancient Fort Opens New Chapter In First Nations' History

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25197962/

Science proves that bikinis turn men into boobs - Sexploration - msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25257616/

Dad gets life sentence for baby's cocaine death - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25244754/

CDC: 383 tainted tomato cases confirmed - Infectious diseases- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24932435/

Ethanol backers look way beyond corn - World environment- msnbc.com

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/tom_verducci/06/17/verducci.maplebats/index.html?bcnn=yes

The danger of maple bats is a major problem for MLB - Tom Verducci - SI.com