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