For Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Magpie can 'recognise reflection'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7570291.stm

Pica pica

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

Wild dolphin 'is teaching others to tail-walk'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7570097.stm

Coal's toxic legacy to the Arctic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7568748.stm

Brain's counting skill 'built-in'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7563265.stm

Rare frog gains legal protection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7568882.stm

Ancient tree helps birds survive

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7566522.stm

Quercus cerris

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

Newfound Air Pollutant Mimics Cigarette Smoke

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080817223432.htm

Limbs Saved By Menstrual Blood Stem Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080818220609.htm

DEET's Not Sweet To Mosquitoes, Groundbreaking Research Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080818183942.htm

N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide

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

Plastics Suspect In Lobster Illness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814104833.htm

Experts Urge Industry To Broaden Carbon Footprint Calculations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080815170631.htm


Confused sea turtles march into restaurant

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080818/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_italy_turtles;_ylt=AgoGfW3w4.G14BPwvVi04pas0NUE

For Monday, August 18, 2008

Camera spots rare clouded leopard

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/green_room/7561940.stm

Neofelis diardi

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

Lost whale bonds with yacht

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7567784.stm

Wastewater fears for urban farms

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7563295.stm

Lab animal use 'tops 100 million'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7561614.stm

Ant eye view

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7563372.stm


Do Yetis exist? British scientists test 'unknown' hair

http://www.yahoo.com/s/937332


Dinosaurs Are Back

http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=B3K-oUo2pSIOkGJS0VPeK-KMK-cq6P9PyoJAGwI23AZDHLBABGAEg0qD0ASgDOABQg-v87_j_____AWDJ3siJkKToD7IBFHd3dy5zY2llbmNlZGFpbHkuY29tugEJNzI4eDkwX2FzyAEB2gEvaHR0cDovL3d3dy5zY2llbmNlZGFpbHkuY29tL25ld3MvZm9zc2lsc1

For Saturday, August 16, 2008

Discovery of a new fish species

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7564122.stm

Claims of Bigfoot corpse found in US leave experts unconvinced

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7564635.stm

'Kill Crayfish on sight' appeal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7564004.stm

Pacifastacus leniusculus

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

Arsenic-munching bacteria found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7558448.stm

New Bird Species Discovered In Gabon, Africa

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080815130415.htm

Dying Frogs Sign Of A Biodiversity Crisis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812135654.htm

Potatoes May Hold Key To Alzheimer's Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080815170629.htm

New Mushroom Study Shows The Power Of Energy Density

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080815130413.htm


Argentina investigates deaths of vaccinated kids

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26220805/

Egyptian woman gives birth to septuplets

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/16/egypt.septuplets.birth.ap/index.html

Bigfoot fails DNA test

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/sc_nm/bigfoot_dc;_ylt=ArwZBQopZh0T9WvWGdN_g6Ws0NUE

In Germany, wandering whale creates wonderment

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080816/ap_on_sc/germany_wandering_whale;_ylt=Aht0dxxmxYEohK8y8oRyw9is0NUE

For Friday, August 15, 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7562720.stm

Bats face dark times ahead


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7560833.stm

Species 'damaging waterways'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7559266.stm

Climate 'altering UK bird habits'


Rat-brain robot in memory study

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7559150.stm

Birds released in secret location

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7559305.stm

Water's the limit for tall trees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7556065.stm

Pseudotsuga

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


Study Shows Continued Spread Of 'Dead Zones'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814154325.htm


How Flesh-eating Bacteria Attack Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813120743.htm

Major Genetic Cause Of Colon Cancer Found, Linked To Unequal Gene Activity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814154337.htm

Hybrid 'Muttsucker' Has Genes Of Three Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080723190731.htm

Turning Waste Material Into Ethanol

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813164640.htm

Big-brained Animals Evolve Faster

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814210006.htm

'Flu Vaccination' Protects Bacteria Against Virus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814163649.htm

Managing the Conch Fishery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812135511.htm

Strombidae

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

Trees, Forests And The Eiffel Tower Reveal Theory Of Design In Nature

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814104839.htm


Scientists 'listen' to plants to find pollution

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26200052/

Octopuses have six 'arms' and two 'legs'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26197656/


Is that a Bigfoot carcass in the freezer?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/14/bigfoot.body/index.html

Hunters claim to have nabbed Bigfoot, Internet goes nuts

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080814/tc_cnet/83011357731001710236;_ylt=AgQtDB_qZivG_JVwAsfVE5ms0NUE

Scientists worried about tiny invasive snail found in Michigan

http://www.yahoo.com/s/935574

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

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

King penguin receives Norwegian knighthood

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_fe_st/odd_penguin_knighted;_ylt=Am.CGkhBK80hxcVucrXNnj6s0NUE

For Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Charles in GM 'disaster' warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7557644.stm

Link to Official website of HRH The Prince of Wales

http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/

Dangerous jellyfish on rise in UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7558354.stm

Creatures given more protection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7556309.stm

Tiny Molecule Helps Build, Repair Blood Vessels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812094524.htm

microRNA

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

Strange Molecule In Sky Cleans Acid Rain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812213935.htm

O'Donnell et al. Special Feature: Spectroscopic identification and stability of the intermediate in the OH HONO2 reaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800320105

New Group Of Plant Hormones Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812100327.htm

5-deoxy-strigol

http://tel.readfree.net/bbs/simple/t72489.html

With Skate Eyes, Scientists Peer Into Human Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813101953.htm

Invasion Of Comb Jellyfish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813101741.htm

Mnemiopsis ledyi

http://nas.er.usgs.gov/taxgroup/Coelenterates/default.asp

World's tallest woman dies at 53

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26178315/

Sandy Allen

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

Fuel from E. coli poop

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/08/12/bug.diesel/index.html

How to talk to your doctor about chronic pain

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/01/hm.pain.management/index.html

Shark eats Polar Bear

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/clash-of-the-fiercest-predators-as-shark-eats-polar-bear-891512.html

For Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Mixed fortunes for world's whales

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7553805.stm

Southern seals sample salty seas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7550199.stm

Radio hogs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7511030.stm

Prized eggs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7529335.stm

Eretmochelys imbricata

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

Bugs Put The Heat In Chili Peppers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811195315.htm

Prehistoric Animal Extinctions Humans' Fault?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811200028.htm

Mass Extinction Of Amphibians 'Unprecedented'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811195627.htm

Low Vitamin D Levels Pose Large Threat To Health; Overall 26 Percent Increased Risk Of Death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811195629.htm

Vitamin D

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


Electronic Tongue Tastes Wine Variety, Vintage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080804100254.htm

Aphids Are Sentinels Of Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080806113145.htm

Aphidoidea

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

Dying frogs could bring mosquito boom

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2008/08/12/simon.pip.frogs.cnn

What is this hairless, big-nosed beast?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/08/12/pkg.tx.chupucabra.kens

For Monday, August 11, 2008

Cell change 'keeps organs young'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7548874.stm


New Bacterial Species Found In Human Mouth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080810214006.htm

In Scientific First, Researchers Correct Decline In Organ Function Associated With Old Age

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080810213958.htm

Ricin's Deadly Action Revealed By Glowing Probes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807112641.htm


Are Pronghorns Smarter Than Classical European Royalty?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080806210529.htm


Pacific Shellfish Ready To Invade Atlantic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807144238.htm


Bunch of grapes auctioned for $910 in Japan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26136200/


Snake slithers into weatherguy's pants

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/08/09/vo.snake.in.pants.kcci

For Sunday, August 10, 2008

Baobab image licensed under Creative Commons by Daniel Montesinos

Nebraska Beef recalls more meat

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26101733/

Vampire bats suspected in Venezuela deaths

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26099346/

Desmodontinae

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





Gettysburg 'witness tree' falls

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/09/historic.tree.ap/index.html

Battle of Gettysburg

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

Family dog chases 200 lb. bear up tree

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/08/07/pkg.bear.treed.wtlv


African 'tree of life' recast as European superfruit

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080810/sc_afp/senegalhealthfoodbaobab;_ylt=Aodf6D05YRzEK17Y_91XnkKs0NUE

Adansonia

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



Losing the yeti in forgotten nation of Bhutan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080810/ap_on_re_as/losing_the_yeti;_ylt=Ao0DwBMfA_yPqaGhvyHzhUkDW7oF


High-rise honey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7552005.stm


Scientists ask to plant GM trees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7551988.stm

Asthma, Outdoor Air Quality And The Olympic Games

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080808104921.htm



Cancer-inhibiting Compound Found Under The Sea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807175446.htm

Structure and activity of largazole, a potent antiproliferative agent from the Floridian marine cyanobacterium Symploca sp.

http://www.medscape.com/medline/publicationbrowser/6255/130_6/dt_02132008/limit_0

Did cloned puppies expose old mystery?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26112845/

For Saturday, August 9, 2008

Analysis: What if a jury heard the anthrax case

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080809/ap_on_an/anthrax_opening_arguments;_ylt=AuwMpTcUpdzM1iLbShaXz6ms0NUE

Rabies from bats suspected in Venezuela deaths

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080809/ap_on_he_me/venezuela_vampire_bats;_ylt=AqdGpH7sBZUeYWBpt0TW8nCs0NUE

Lyssavirus

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

Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_sc/poisoned_lake;_ylt=Ag2xZh.yxKD8AzsDb.Pthrms0NUE

Great Salt Lake

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

Mercury (element)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28element%29

2.5 million-year-old mastodon unearthed in Romania

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_sc/sci_romania_prehistoric_mammal;_ylt=AgDZ_SEsRIi.P1mC8.Fjd3Gs0NUE

Eat kangaroo to 'save the planet'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7551125.stm



Dachshund gene 'blindness clue'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7547883.stm

Study examines bluetongue spread

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7549866.stm




Spiders Who Eat Together, Stay Together -- And Form Enormous Colony Sizes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080806113318.htm




1.2 million pounds of beef recalled in E. coli scare

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26101733/

For Friday, August 8, 2008

Henna tattoo photo licensed under Creative Commons by freshelectrons

Spices May Protect Against High Blood Sugar

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080805153830.htm

32 research monkeys die in accident at Nevada lab

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_re_us/research_monkey_deaths;_ylt=AlNlNR1s4JO2RtloxTifFvAPLBIF

Deep mystery: why sea turtles plumb the depths

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/ts_afp/sciencebiologyturtles;_ylt=AqBBFQHRp3kXOYD1ukhhI3APLBIF

Poland to open museum for cousin of T-Rex

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080806/sc_nm/poland_dinosaur_dc;_ylt=AofsmjsS7H.ULTXBPk2CRQIPLBIF


A Nigerian with 86 wives warns others not to follow his example

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7547148.stm

Melon Genes Elucidate Evolution Of Sex

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807144242.htm



Perfect Legs Keep Water Striders Striding

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080804121631.htm

Gerridae

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

Hot Peppers Really Do Bring The Heat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080806140130.htm

Climate Change: When It Rains It Really Pours

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807144240.htm

Brown Tree Snake Could Mean Guam Will Lose More Than Its Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080808090313.htm

Boiga irregularis

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


Complete Neandertal Mitochondrial Genome Sequenced From 38,000-year-old Bone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807130824.htm

Henna hazard: Chemical causes ornate allergies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26080350/

Lawsonia inermis

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

For Thursday, August 7, 2008

Jabiru image licensed under Creative Commons by kevin.j

119 illegal African clawed frogs seized in Nevada

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_sc/frogs_seized;_ylt=AlmlzKuZi3y7L3lCUhX060as0NUE

Xenopus laevis

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

South American stork spotted in Louisiana

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_sc/stork_sighting;_ylt=AigARza3vCe9XC.OcWyJBDus0NUE

Jabiru mycteria

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

Researchers compile West Nile gene "dictionary"


'Can anyone hear that picture?'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7545888.stm

Synesthesia

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

Crystal clue in army brain injury

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7545568.stm


Acid Sea Hampers Reproduction Of Marine Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728111400.htm

Red Flour Beetle's 'Selfish' Gene Sequenced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807081350.htm

Tribolium castaneum

http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/urban/beetles/red_flour_beetle.htm

Nine To Twenty Individual Fire Ant Queens Started U.S. Fire Ant Population

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807080832.htm

Solenopsis

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

Is There Life On Jupiter's Moon Europa? Finding Signs Of Current Geological Activity On A Frozen World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080806210116.htm

For Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Sea squirt image licensed under Creative Commons by uw-eric

Cholera outbreak in Philippines kills 21

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26052912/

Vibrio cholerae

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

Arctic park faces melting crisis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7538341.stm


Duck-billed Dinosaurs Outgrew Predators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080805192720.htm

Antarctic Fossils Show Much Warmer Continent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080805124052.htm


Little squirts
"Watery workshop to raise sea squirts awareness" - BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7544157.stm

Urochordata

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

Athletes aided by mollusc testing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7543162.stm


At Doggyspace, social networking goes to the dogs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_re_us/doggyspace;_ylt=Aj1LOK0pWx9_SfOBVcMCoxWs0NUE

Doggyspace

http://www.doggyspace.com/

Scientists: Salt in Mars soil not bad for life

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=AoxLPNIANC52l2ni3CQIhVKs0NUE

Scientists puzzle over chemical found on Mars

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/08/05/mars.soil/index.html

Scientists: Martian soil similar to Chile's desert

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26043028/


Wily sea lion slips aboard family's Wash. sailboat

111-year-old reptile finally becoming a father

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_fe_st/odd_old_reptile_fatherhood;_ylt=AhnvYtO5hk3rC2OAJ2RVtqLtiBIF

Fido's not just yawning -- he's empathising


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080805/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_italy_beach_church;_ylt=AmkJc9jNQLT6t62mkbg5zvDtiBIF

For Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Martian soil may contain detrimental substance

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080805/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=Ai1DP0HO1ry0AWSRZ2ye6Fis0NUE

Perchlorate

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080805/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=Ai1DP0HO1ry0AWSRZ2ye6Fis0NUE

Scientists: 125,000 gorillas found in African zone

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080805/ap_on_sc/britain_primate_in_peril;_ylt=AmHCTzpgkGKP05DKPLl1vT6s0NUE

'Astonishing' gorilla find reported

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/05/congo.gorillas/index.html

Ancient moss, insects found in Antarctica

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/sci_southern_tundra;_ylt=AlxMkDHTbFdPbjzEt7hyOfes0NUE

SKorean firm delivers commercial dog clones

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080805/ap_on_fe_st/odd_skorea_cloned_dogs;_ylt=Ah4xFsuVPjLHWZMQbit3LQPtiBIF

RNL Bio

http://www.rnl.co.kr/


Unusually large swarms of jellyfish invading world's beaches

http://www.yahoo.com/s/929163

Primates 'face extinction crisis'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7541192.stm

Ancient shark had colossal bite

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7540835.stm

Carcharodon megalodon

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

'Sex link' to French oyster rout

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7541645.stm

Ostreidae

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

Bird Could Rewrite 'Ring Theory' Of Speciation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731140317.htm

Platycercus elegans

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

Researchers Tag First-ever Free-swimming Leatherback Turtles In New England

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731173123.htm