For Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Penicillin bug genome unravelled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7638379.stm

Carbon Dioxide Capture Device: Warming Fix?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929123941.htm

New Dinosaur Had Bird-Like Breathing System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929212931.htm

Mars Lander Sees Falling Snow On Red Planet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929175934.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929220900.htm

Free-Living Protozoa Found In Meat-Cutting Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926162142.htm

Like An Arrow: Jumping Insects Use Archery Techniques

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929212928.htm

Mass Extinctions And The Evolution Of Dinosaurs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080930102631.htm

TB Bacterium Uses Its Sugar Coat To Sweeten Its Chances Of Living In Lungs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929163722.htm

Officials: Amazon deforestation speeding up

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/29/amazon.rainforest.destruction.ap/index.html

Crested pterodactyl inspires aircraft design

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26949339/

Elephants 'phone' friends with rumbles

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26957207/


Turtles rescued as highway project looms

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26956682/

Fla. man dives in to save dog from shark

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26956958/

'Iceman' row ends after 17 years

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7643286.stm

For Monday, September 29, 2008

Ladybug photo licensed under Creative Commons by Thomas Hawk

Ladybug, ladybug, where have you gone?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26857828/

Coccinella novemnotata

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

With that said, we have to mention our rather unscientific observation of the apparent decline of the insects in our region. Not just missing ladybugs, but other whole sections - even families - of the order insecta seem to have disappeared from our landscape. Further examples, notably the honeybee and others - treehoppers, lacewings, and others that once seemed commonplace appear to be, well, just missing. Grasshoppers, flies, crickets, ants and others still seem to abound...but are they becoming less common, too? Even the dreaded Vespa vulgaris appears to be much, much less common and bothersome than previous summers ago. Are we witnessing an even bigger - potentially more catastrophic phenomena than Colony Collapse Disorder? Are we responsible - is it due to cell phone useage, pesticide (notably the Neonicotinoid - clothianidin) use or other human inventions? Has anyone else noticed this? Please comment as we are very disturbed by the anecdotal evidence - though unscientific - as we fear for a total collapse of agriculture in the face of what appears to be a declining insect population.

Even Viruses Catch Viruses

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080928/sc_livescience/evenvirusescatchviruses;_ylt=Ai6DDACxiiw99tfTv1sq22UPLBIF

Is The Salad Bar Safe? Produce Concerns Linger After Summer Scares

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922135233.htm

Ethical Argument: Include Pregnant Women In Research

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926100627.htm

Deadly Rugby Virus Spreads In Sumo Wrestlers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080928210041.htm

Scrumpox

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

When Leaves Fall, More Is Occurring Than A Change Of Weather

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922174511.htm

Abscission

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

Pistachio Nuts May Improve Heart Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926105025.htm

Pistacia vera

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

For Saturday, September 27, 2008

Captive Breeding Introduced Infectious Disease To Mallorcan Amphibians

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922122427.htm

Bees Can Mediate Escape Of Genetically Engineered Material Over Several Kilometers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922100152.htm

Mother Of A Goose! Giant Ocean-going Geese With Bony-teeth Once Roamed Across SE England

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926143908.htm

Dasornis emuinus

http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/dasornis_emuinus_prehistoric_goose_was_the_size_of_a_small_plane_and_had_bony_teeth

From One Laying To Another, The Female Collembolan Adapts Its Eggs To Environmental Constraints

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922100150.htm

Collembola

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

Animals Farmed For Meat Are The No. 1 Source Of Food Poisoning Bug, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925214821.htm

Campylobacteriosis

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


Australian Frog Species Chooses Not To Put Eggs In One Basket

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080918091335.htm

Pseudophryne bibronii

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibron%27s_Toadlet

New More Efficient Ways To Use Biomass

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080923104307.htm

Special Probe Aids In Looking For Water On Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926194617.htm


Tainted milk crisis hits more global companies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080927/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk_quality_control;_ylt=AiGPetnrkoExwW2e9Xwdfyqs0NUE

Chinese leader vows better food safety, ethics

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080927/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk;_ylt=AvSvPoGNaRbcuYvAnXOGcm.s0NUE

For Friday, September 26, 2008

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Europe's toads face bleak future, researchers warn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7635714.stm

Extinct tortoise 'can live again'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7630239.stm

Brazil unveils deforestation plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7637070.stm

Bacteria ready to make plastic from sugar

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26903611/

Plant-eating dinosaur spills his guts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26893497/

New species discovered in Yosemite

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26872421/

Fossils tell of mass exodus from sea to land

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26873266/

Beetle invasion seen changing weather

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26872373/

Mountain pine beetle

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/04/23/pine-beetle-canada.html

Dendroctonus ponderosae

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

Traces of alien life could survive space travel

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26893147/

Carbon-rich Molecules In Meteors Brought Life?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925102706.htm

Martian Meteorites Could Carry Traces Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925083252.htm

America's Smallest Dinosaur Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080923104414.htm

Bats Pick Up Rustling Sounds Against Highway Background Noise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080919074828.htm


Primordial Fish Had Rudimentary Fingers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922090843.htm

New Life Found In Ancient Tombs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924192443.htm

Bizarre Morgellons remains a mystery

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26890110/

Morgellons

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

Delusional parasitosis

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