Friday, October 31, 2008

For Friday, October 31, 2008

















Wednesday, October 29, 2008

For Wednesday, October 29, 2008









How Toxic Environmental Chemical DBT Affects The Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028121021.htm



Pregnant Women Consuming Flaxseed Oil Have High Risk Of Premature Birth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027140817.htm

Common Cold Symptoms Caused By Immune System -- Not The Cold Virus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020120131.htm

High blood pressure? Eating grapes may help

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27435396/

Antibiotic may plug up Montezuma’s Revenge

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27424952/

Prulifloxacin

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

Toward Non-invasive Disease Diagnosis With Wellness Cards

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027112944.htm

Tennis call 'brain bias' found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7693396.stm

Brain's 'Hate Circuit' Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028205658.htm

Brain's Code For 3-D Depth Perception

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027140825.htm

Tags unlock young salmon secrets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7694180.stm


Global Warming Is Killing Frogs And Salamanders In Yellowstone Park, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028184830.htm

Amphibians' Ability To Predict Changes In Biodiversity Confirmed By New Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028184750.htm

Mexico, US, Canada to protect endangered porpoise

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081029/ap_on_sc/lt_mexico_endangered_porpoise;_ylt=Ap.VsDkGnUIEbCZIhp.LEVas0NUE

Dinosaur Smelling Skills Open New Angle On Bird Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028205650.htm

Mapping The Boreal Forest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020120131.htm

Light Shortens The Life Of Supermarket Vegetables

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081024115342.htm

Cops: Centipedes are dangerous weapons


Tuesday, October 28, 2008

For Tuesday, October 28, 2008


Ivory auction opens amid concerns

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7693816.stm

Climate link to amphibian decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7693381.stm

Bumblebees Learn The Sweet Smell Of Foraging Success

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081024144101.htm

Increase in Leptospirosis Disease in Sea Lions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135842.htm

Leptospirosis

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

Ants Prefer Salt over Sugar

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081028/sc_livescience/antsprefersaltoversugar;_ylt=Ag_VKcVkKlZbDKj6CNWHWwAPLBIF

Purple tomato 'may boost health'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7688310.stm

Arctic ice thickness 'plummets'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7692963.stm

China coal 'true cost' at $250bn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7694014.stm

US claims rule changes don't threaten wildlife

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/bush_endangered_species;_ylt=AvHWPkSyXKAgoBIHYm3pErsPLBIF




Orange Peel Can Help Clean Up Dirty Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020093500.htm

Models Help Assess Biofuels' Sustainability

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013195322.htm

Climate change affecting Walden Pond plants

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_sc/sci_walden_pond;_ylt=AosvYxAFtLGpvKkqZC2oI7cPLBIF

Bacteria Cause Old Buildings To Feel Off-color

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027140819.htm

Masks, Hand Washing, Prevent Spread Of Flu-like Symptoms By Up To 50 Percent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027155907.htm

Cost of diabetes drugs skyrockets for Americans

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27405027/

Air travel helps exotic viruses find new homes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27408079/

'Full' artificial heart implant

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7694663.stm

Revealing Secrets Of 'African Sleeping Sickness'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027113047.htm

WHO: Heart, infectious diseases, cancer kill most

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_he_me/un_who_death_report;_ylt=AiYLYLiUDxo05hZr4QYV2ves0NUE

New Clue To Muscular Dystrophy Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135807.htm

Screening hope for pre-eclampsia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7692836.stm

Pre-eclampsia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-eclampsia

Jab hope for rheumatoid arthritis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7692701.stm

Tocilizumab

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

Africa's Newest Killer Virus

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/wireStory?id=6121630

Arenavirus

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

Vitamin E A Flop In Prostate Cancer Trial












Sunday, October 26, 2008

For Sunday, October 26, 2008

http://wildlifedirect.org/















Protein Compass Guides Amoebas Toward Prey

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023144057.htm

Australia scientists say bees can count to four

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081026/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_australia_science;_ylt=AlViAg4RYRGe_FcMTgGzv6_tiBIF

Seabass And Chips: Harnessing Science To Predict Ocean Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023222558.htm

Dolphins Use Complex Coordination During Predation, High-tech Acoustics Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021093946.htm

Making Flies Sick Reveals New Role For Growth Factors In Immunity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023175137.htm

Hippocratic Oath What's in the famous medical promise and why?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7654432.stm

Hippocratic Oath

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

A guide to the Hippocratic Oath

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7654432.stm

Acupuncture Used For Animal Ailments

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081026100516.htm

'Cheshire Cat' Escape Strategy In Response To Marine Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081026094351.htm

Why Some Marine Algae Is Shaped Like Crumpled Paper


























Saturday, October 25, 2008

For Saturday, October 25, 2008





















Friday, October 24, 2008

For Friday, October 24, 2008












http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7688299.stm

'New prostate' grown inside mouse


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7685105.stm

Tiny Juvenile Dinosaur Fossil Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023222248.htm

Heterodontosaurus

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

Worms, Deprived Of Smell Sense, Live Longer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023222254.htm

Digesting The Termite Digestome: A Way To Make Biofuels?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021190648.htm

Genomic Changes Found In Brains Of People Who Commit Suicide

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023100543.htm

Female Plant 'Communicates' Rejection Or Acceptance Of Male

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023113107.htm

Modern Genetics Versus Ancient Frog-killing Fungus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014111403.htm

Cause Of Weakness In Marine Animal Hybrids Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013132625.htm

Mercury Pollution Causes Immune Damage To Harbor Seals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020191532.htm

Methylmercury


















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





Thursday, October 23, 2008

Mistaken Identity? Reunion Dodo?


In the excellent book review by Storrs L. Olson "ECOLOGY: Biohistory of the Mascarenes ", Science, 15 AUGUST 2008, Vol 321, No. 5891, pp. 913 - 914, reveals that the Reunion dodo (not Raphus solitarius) was not so much a dodo but actually an ibis (Threskiornis solitarius) based on the evidence available. And may have actually been derived from the sacred ibis, T. aethiopicus.

See Pieter Holsteyn's image (pictured on the right) and Pieter Withoo's image (on the left) "White Dodo's" above in our new title and description box. Olson goes on to say that there might have been a "dodolike bird" on Reunion Island, but obviously does not have the time nor space to discuss further. Was there ever a real Reunion Dodo? We may never know. But, the two very similar images by Withoos and Holsteyn rendered in approximately the same time frame do not remind us of an ibis, even though we are "laypersons". They definitely look like white Dodos, maybe not albino but leucistic.

The book in the review is "Lost Land of the Dodo" by Anthony Cheke and Julian Hume. (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2008. 480 pp. $ 55. ISBN 9780300141863. T & AD Poyser (A & C Black), London. 45 pounds. ISBN 978071366544. So, if you care to pick up further on this mystery, this is probably the book for you - or not. Olson does give an uneven, but qualified, review of the book. We haven't found our copy yet, either, and we are loathe to shell out $ 55 for the item at this time. But, it is a book we would love to have in our collection, anyway.

For Thursday, October 23, 2008

China Arrests 6 Over Tainted Milk Scandal

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/23/world/main4540906.shtml

'Magnetic Death Star' Fossils: Earlier Global Warming Produced A Whole New Form Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135844.htm

Gigantism in unique biogenic magnetite at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 20, 2008 DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0803634105

Building A Better Bee

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021185217.htm

Beetle invasion threatens New England trees

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081023/ap_on_re_us/beetle_battle;_ylt=AuLez_A.MJE6rSWuE.bndyKs0NUE

Anoplophora glabripennis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_long-horned_beetle



Bird sets record with 7,257-mile nonstop flight

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27322698/

Limosa lapponica

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-tailed_godwit



Rare Corals Breed Their Way Out Of Trouble

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021094006.htm