Ozone/Smog Death Link and Peking Man Ages Noticeably and More for Thursday, March 12, 2009

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Ozone In Smog Linked To Risk Of Death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311170627.htm

Ozone

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

'Peking Man' older than thought

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7937351.stm

Homo erectus pekinensis

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

First Right Whale Sedation Enables Disentanglement Effort

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311180335.htm

Eubalaena glacialis

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

Whaling opponents slam commission over Japan talks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090311/sc_afp/whalingiwctreatyjapanskorea;_ylt=AjPTVe7PYFzg2FacfKEwB.UPLBIF

WWF launches urgent appeal to save polar bears

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090312/sc_afp/arcticclimatewarminganimalwwf;_ylt=Au1XKHUmwR9ereHGPPvy6sMPLBIF

Ursus maritimus

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

Environmental group defends Canada's seal hunt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090311/sc_afp/canadaanimalenvironmentseals;_ylt=ApTZix3xg730Xl9SFzimYX0PLBIF



Human-generated Sounds May Be Killing Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312093658.htm

World-record Colony Of Amoeba Clones

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311131608.htm

Dictyostelium discoideum

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

Huge Corn Plants Developed: Doubling A Gene In Corn Results In Giant Biomass

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302120106.htm

Zea mays

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

Artificial Photosynthesis: Turning Sunlight Into Liquid Fuels Moves A Step Closer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311103646.htm

Artificial Photosynthesis

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

Microbial Societies Do Not Like Oligarchy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312093914.htm

Oligarchy

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

'Flawed' Red List Puts Species at Risk

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=7061642&page=1

Muscular Dystrophy: Stem Cells That Repair Injured Muscles Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121655.htm

Neuroscientists Map Intelligence In The Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311124020.htm

New Technique Developed To Date Forensic Death Based On Corpse Microorganisms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312093706.htm

Time: 'Flying Dutchman' of climate change

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1884617,00.html

Probe: Federal agency ignores health hazards

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29634477/

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/

'Fat neck' a clue to heart risk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7935635.stm

Obesity Linked To Dangerous Sleep Apnea In Truck Drivers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311111002.htm

EU needs 'brutal' science advice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935663.stm