For Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Kiwi encounter (Rainbow Gardens) image licensed under Creative Commons by miss rogue (Apteryx)

Ancient Fossil Suggests Origin of Cheetahs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081230/sc_livescience/ancientfossilsuggestsoriginofcheetahs;_ylt=AmCwSn7UOePE52jXB5iZQq4PLBIF

Acinonyx jubatus

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

China finds "largest dinosaur fossil site" in world

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bt0ta-us-china-dinosaur/

7,600 fossils found at China's 'Dinosaur City'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28430361/

Chinese scientists claim discovery of earth's largest dinosaur fossil site

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/30/china-fossils.html

Kiwis (the birds) get help to avert extinction

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28392912/

Apteryx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_(bird)

Climate Change Effects On Imperiled Sierra Frog Examined

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211093559.htm

Rana sierrae

http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?rel-genus=like&rel-species=like&rel-common_name=like&rel-family=equals&rel-ordr=equals&rel-isocc=like&rel-description=like&rel-distribution=like&rel-life_history=like&rel-trends_and_threats=like&rel-relation_to_h

Researcher says Jell-O may eliminate lake trout

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_fe_st/odd_lake_trout;_ylt=Ag_ZjC_zDAlDpDfGgMUK41rtiBIF

Salvelinus namaycush

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

Bizarre Reproductive Techniques Discovered For Deep-ocean Squid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209130253.htm

Why Locusts Abandon A Solitary Life For The Swarm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218122152.htm

Acrididae

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

N.Z. airline flies jet partly run on veggie oil

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28433079/

Artistic clues to coastal change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7790416.stm

Metals, arsenic found in rivers near sludge spill

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/29/tennessee.sludge/index.html

'Huge year for natural disasters'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7803624.stm

Scientists eye swarm of Yellowstone quakes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28427187/

Humans, Oceans Shape North American Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227230140.htm

Competition, Not Climate Change, Led To Neanderthal Extinction, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081229105039.htm

Homo neanderthalensis

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

20% 'have blood pressure gene'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7802743.stm

Berry Compound Reduces Aging Effect

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228194218.htm

Pterostilbene

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

Common food additives may feed lung tumors

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28423711/

Researchers unlock secrets of 1918 flu pandemic

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bs564-us-flu-1918/

Voriconazole: A Highly Potent Treatment For Fungal Infections

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216104029.htm

Voriconazole

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


Flowering Plants Speed Post-surgery Recovery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081229104700.htm

For Monday, December 29, 2008

Homesick? Pandas leave China, lose weight

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28420691/

Can dolphins survive winter in NJ rivers?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081227/ap_on_re_us/wayward_dolphins;_ylt=Ak6sdhvRuY4Ez287YgB0ltMPLBIF

Female dead dolphin was pregnant

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28400281/

Attention: Rat Bite in Aisle 5

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6525228


Oldest bat has swingin’ birthday soiree

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28420864/

Mimon bennettii

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

Cost Of Hatchling Turtles' Dash For Freedom

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212080551.htm

Breeding 'success' for crayfish

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7802766.stm

Drilling Holes Through Deadly Bacteria's Hide

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227222727.htm

Powerful 'Molecular Motor' In Virus Decoded

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224215530.htm

More Severe Storm Linked To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227214927.htm

Hot Southern Summer Threatens Coral With Massive Bleaching Event

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228201342.htm

Cholera deaths soar in Zimbabwe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7802943.stm

Smiles and scowls 'in our genes'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7798687.stm

Our Unconscious Brain Makes The Best Decisions Possible

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224215542.htm

Sleep Disorders: Warning Sign For Neurodegenerative Disease?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224215534.htm

Thiamine 'reverses kidney damage'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7796073.stm

Thiamine

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

How Healthy Are America's Coasts?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216161145.htm

Food needs 'fundamental rethink'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7795652.stm

How Certain Vegetables Combat Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223121135.htm

Nanotechnology May Be Used For Food Safety

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228194854.htm

Nutritious Fast-food Kids' Meals Are Scarce, Researchers Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221541.htm

Obesity surgery reverses diabetes in teens

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28408895/

Top medical breakthroughs of 2008

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28392976/

Natural disasters killed more than 220,000 people in 2008

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1008367

Microbiologist Tests Safety Of Spiked Eggnog


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227223340.htm

For Friday, December 26, 2008 - Updated Saturday, December 27, 2008

Bubo scandiacus image licensed under Creative Commons by smbmeier

Amazon pollution case could cost Chevron

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28352583/

Orangutans learn to trade favours

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7797776.stm

Africa's oldest chimp, a conservation icon, dies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28368980/

Gregoire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregoire_(chimpanzee)

Wolf captured near tourist part of Great Wall

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081225/od_nm/us_china_wolf_odd;_ylt=AiiPl_86EREPioFv5vUAgHWs0NUE

Quiet Bison Sire More Calves Than Louder Rivals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131014.htm

Male Rhino, 20, Seeks Mate to Save Species

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6522115

Snowy Owl -- A Marine Species?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210143416.htm

Bubo scandiacus

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

Why some Scottish salmon are leaping for joy this year

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/7797156.stm

Fisheries Catch-22: Captive Breeding Aims To Conserve Biodiversity But Plunders Genetic Diversity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211081616.htm

Honey Bees On Cocaine Dance More

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223091308.htm

Modified Plants May Yield More Biofuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222163051.htm

Hobbyists try genetic engineering at home

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390773/

DIY Genetics: Revolutionary or Risky?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/wireStory?id=6527921

Tainted milk trial opens in China

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7799986.stm

Millions of older Americans use risky drug combos

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081224/ap_on_he_me/med_drug_interactions;_ylt=AnpY2opzcw3bEcrrOFfOoAGs0NUE

Too sick to work? Need health care? Take a number

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081223/ap_on_he_me/health_care_gap;_ylt=AkkZ1KxZhnrevUbOOOpuwIOs0NUE

U.S. Medical Trash Saving Lives In Africa

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/24/eveningnews/main4686034.shtml

Speed your metabolism with these fat-burners

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28301841/

Diet appears to alter heart failure risk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390490/

Another reason to slim your belly

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390722/

Whooping Cough Making a Comeback

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6512732&page=1

Bordetella pertussis

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

'Nano' Drugs Kill Skin, Breast Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215151147.htm

New Evidence That Humans Make Aspirin's Active Principle -- Salicylic Acid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222122559.htm

Salicylic acid

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

Unwanted Memories Might Be Erasable

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223121137.htm

Premature Babies Have Altered Senses Later On

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222100710.htm

How limb pain limits web surfing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7792671.stm

Water tested where sludge hit homes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390371/

Section Update:

Death Valley works to preserve night sky

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390772/

In U.S., Threat of Rising Sea Levels

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6531712&page=1

No Quick Or Easy Technological Fix For Climate Change, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217190429.htm

Ecosystem Changes In Temperate Lakes Linked To Climate Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216133442.htm

Real-time Gene Monitoring Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216141855.htm

New Anti-cancer Components Of Extra-virgin Olive Oil Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217192815.htm

Coral springs back from tsunami

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7800796.stm

Erratic weather 'harms wildlife'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7800869.stm

More than 200 NI rivers polluted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7798536.stm

Warmer Temperatures Could Lead To A Boom In Corn Pests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131024.htm

Huge Chesapeake Bay cleanup falters

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28397801/

Sludge spill estimate now 1 billion gallons

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/26/tennessee.sludge/index.html

Humans And Chimps Register Faces By Using Similar Brain Regions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218122150.htm

Visual Areas Of Brain Light Up For Valuables

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224215540.htm

'Painful legacy' of heart attack

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7469236.stm

Skipping sleep 'hardens arteries'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7796922.stm

Whole grains offer heart failure protection

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390490/

Zimbabwe child malnutrition rises

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7800840.stm

UN says Zimbabwe cholera death toll over 1,500

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/12/27/zimbabwe-cholera.html

For Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Aid Group Names Top 10 Humanitarian Crises of 2008

Doctors Without Borders' Top 10 Humanitarian Crises

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/

Chinese pandas arrive in Taiwan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7796312.stm

Rare rhino calves found in Indonesian jungle


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/indonesiawildlifeanimalspeciesrhino;_ylt=AuMCVIkhBH84QOkh4rsyNSADW7oF


Baby Fish In Polluted San Francisco Estuary Waters Are Stunted And Deformed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209100940.htm

Protea Plants Help Unlock Secrets Of Species 'Hotspots'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221539.htm

South African Protea Plants List

http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=Protea&submit=Search&sp-a=0002249e-sp00000001

Origin Of Life On Earth: Simple Fusion To Jump-start Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218213634.htm

Evolution: Life On Earth Got Bigger In 2-million-fold Leaps

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221537.htm

Robotic Technology Improves Stroke Rehabilitation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081203084306.htm

Artificial Human Bone Marrow Created

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221558.htm

In America, Millions Breathe Too Much Soot

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/22/tech/main4683513.shtml

Even a tiny bit of flab raises heart failure risk

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bl4io-us-heart-obesity/

FDA warns of 28 diet pills sold online

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28355841/

Too many pain pills can make migraines worse

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28354911/

Drug shields mice from chronic lung disease: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bl4ys-us-lung-drug/

Examination Of Widely Used Antimicrobial Compound Reveals New Strategies To Fight Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210121910.htm

Racial Tension In A 'Split Second'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217124146.htm

Genes May Influence Popularity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222074607.htm

Blocking The Spread Of Antibiotic Resistance In Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218141730.htm

Men more responsive to caffeine

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7797132.stm

Pollen Grain Study Yields New Picture Of Ice Age

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222113522.htm

For Monday, December 22, 2008

Aztec Ruins Nat'l Monument licensed under Creative Commons by Steve Farris

Arctic Greening Linked To Retreating Sea Ice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217203316.htm

Malaysia 'to double tiger stock'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7795944.stm

Pangolin meat seized

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081222/wl_asia_afp/vietnamanimalspangolin;_ylt=Akasx9bN0gFtQyWQE9avoGUDW7oF

Manis

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



Plea for help spotting bat killer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7779793.stm

Stitch-up to save puffin chicks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7793919.stm

'Illegal threat' to hen harriers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7794682.stm

Circus cyaneus

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

Bees get plants' pests in a flap

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7796138.stm

Length Of Root Hairs On Plants Made To Grow Longer: Potential Broad Implications For Agriculture

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081214191012.htm

'Little Ice Age' hastened fall of Aztecs, Incans

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28353083/

Gene disease 'recreated in lab'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7791283.stm

Yeast Mimics Severity Of Mutations Leading To Fatal Childhood Illness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222074557.htm

Breathing Life Into Injured Lungs: World First

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219172039.htm

Selflessness Has Neuropsychological Connection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217124156.htm

Blind man navigates maze

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7794783.stm

New guidelines boost web access

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7789622.stm

How technology helps the blind shop online

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7792662.stm

Brazil remembers slain activist

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7795194.stm

Francisco Alves Mendes Filho

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

Nostrano brand sausage recalled for possible listeria contamination

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/12/22/listeria-recall.html

For Sunday, December 21, 2008

Rangifer tarandus image licensed under Creative Commons by m.prinke

Taiwan prepares for the arrival of two pandas from China

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7794572.stm

Global warming is endangering reindeer near the North Pole

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1005380

Rangifer tarandus

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

'Meaning' Within Bird Communication Deciphered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219172125.htm

Pink, cyanide-oozing millipede found

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/12/17/dcl.levs.new.species.cnn

Bacteria Tricked Into Killing Themselves To Survive

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216104309.htm

Advance In The Battle Against 'Gray Mold'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215151106.htm

New Vaccine Protects Monkeys From Pneumonic Plague

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219093756.htm

Can Large-scale Pumps Inject Oxygen And Life Into The Lifeless Seabed Of The Baltic?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218132258.htm

Archaeological Discovery: Earliest Evidence Of Our Cave-dwelling Human Ancestors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219172137.htm

Flu Drug Fails Against One U.S. Strain

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/wireStory?id=6496565

Inflamed Gums Linked To Heart Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215184308.htm

Bowel cancer link to stem cells

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7788645.stm

Caffeine painkiller risk claimed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7013877.stm

Find 'may cut painkiller damage'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7785330.stm

New No-Cal Sweetener OK'd For Soft Drinks

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/19/health/webmd/main4677346.shtml

For Saturday, December 20, 2008

Orcinus orca image licensed under Creative Commons by Franco Folini

Earth's Breathing Cycles Tied To Solar Wind

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215184317.htm

Swiss glaciers 'in full retreat'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7770472.stm

Obama picks climate specialist as science adviser

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bi5uz-us-usa-obama/

Humpback whale rescued from net

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7793211.stm

Researchers probe scat for clues to orca decline

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081220/ap_on_sc/endangered_orcas;_ylt=Alew7UNzR2ILbRXVsTqOdIGs0NUE

Dugongs to go on show at aquarium

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7791207.stm

Dugong dugon

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

New York City Beaver Returns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218080817.htm

Early flu season cases are resisting Tamiflu

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28315023/

Oseltamivir

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

Gut Instinct: Salmonella Bacteria's Molecular Tactics To Cause Illness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217101539.htm

New Tooth Cavity Protection: Make Surface Too Slippery For Bacteria To Adhere

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081220085436.htm

Biofuel Development Shifting From Soil To Sea, Specifically To Marine Algae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081220084424.htm

Lawsuit seeks to halt gas and oil drilling in Utah

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/17/utah.land.lawsuit/index.html

Mice suspected in deadly cat fire

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7792475.stm