For Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Walden Pond image licensed under Creative Commons by robinpresta

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

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/27/eveningnews/main4550717.shtml

Scientists Unwrap The Elements Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135429.htm

Role Of Slave Trade In Evolution Of American Wild Rice Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027152539.htm

Oryza

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

How Plants Know to Send Roots Down and Leaves Up

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027115431.htm

Diversity Of Trees In Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest Defies Simple Explanation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023175133.htm

Teens Record Texas UFO Sighting

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6122436