WHO Loses H1N1 Count & Cure for MD? & More for Friday, July 17, 2009

WHO to stop counting swine flu cases

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/17/who-swine-flu-counting.html

Swine flu so widespread, WHO stops counting

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31962005/ns/health-swine_flu/

Fight for swine flu vaccine could get ugly

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31944668/ns/health-swine_flu/

H1N1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1N1

Genetic Source Of Muscular Dystrophy Neutralized: Possible Cure?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141127.htm

Muscular dystrophy

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


Male Sex Chromosome Losing Genes Via Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716201127.htm

Y Chromosome

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

DNA Not The Same In Every Cell Of Body

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715131449.htm

DNA

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

Neanderthals were likely poised for extinction

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31948849/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Homo neanderthalensis

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

How Dachshunds Got Such Short Legs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141146.htm

Dachshund

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

Canis lupus familiaris

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

Canis lupus familiaris (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1228387

Tiny lizard falls like a feather

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8150000/8150333.stm

Holaspis guentheri

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

Holaspis guentheri (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/793276

In sand, desert lizard swims like a snake

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31949660/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Scincus scincus

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

For fish, it’s the more the merrier

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31952465/ns/technology_and_science-science/


San Diego menaced by jumbo squid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8155417.stm

Dosidicus gigas

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

Dosidicus gigas (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/403181

Tiger moths can thwart bats by jamming sonar

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31950404/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Bertholdia trigonia

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

Eptesicus fuscus

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

Eptesicus fuscus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/327553


Ecologist Brings Century-old Eggs To Life To Study Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716203205.htm

Ancient Microbes Helped Build Rock Structures

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141221.htm

Stromatolite

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

Capturing CO2: Global Warming Fix From Microbes?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715101441.htm

‘Catching CO2 in a Bowl’ – Inorganic Chemistry

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic802454w

Arctic Sea Ice Images Derived From Classified Data Should Be Made Public, According To A New Report

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715112033.htm

Major Arctic Sea-ice Formed Earlier Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715131435.htm

Arctic Climate Under Greenhouse Conditions In The Late Cretaceous

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709095422.htm

Summer Is Here And The Mercury Is Rising ... Literally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715160446.htm

Organic Mercury

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_mercury#Safety

Waste From Textile Industry Transformed Into Rich Compost With Help Of Manure And Earthworms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716093959.htm

How do you build a wind farm out at sea?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8151222.stm

Low carbon way 'to reshape lives'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8150919.stm

Solar Power: New SunCatcher Power System Ready For Commercial Production In 2010

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709205950.htm

Retailers miss plastic bag target

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8155057.stm

Baking Soda: For Cooking, Cleaning, And Kidney Health?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716201123.htm

Sodium Bicarbonate

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

Fabulous Darwinius Fossil and More for Wednesday, May 20, 2009

* Falco image licensed under Creative Commons by kevincole

Stunning 47-million-year-old fossil unveiled in the US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8057465.stm

Common Ancestor Of Humans, Modern Primates?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519104643.htm

Scientists unveil ancient fossilized primate

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54i73y-us-primate-fossil/

47-million-year-old primate fossil unveiled

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/19/primate-ancient-plos-one-hurum-missing.html

Darwinius masillae

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

Darwinius masillae

http://everyone.plos.org/2009/05/19/plos-one-introduces-darwinius-masillae/

Feeding In Monkeys And Humans: Ancient Roots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519214940.htm

New Insight Into Primate Eye Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518213952.htm

Circus faces suit over elephants

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30809719/

Triplet jaguar cubs born in Berlin

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Panthera onca

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

Man charged over kangaroo attacks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8059368.stm

* Kestrels for pest kills: birds replace pesticides in Israel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8004426.stm

Falco

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

How Crabs That Live In Hydrothermal Vents Reproduce

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519111550.htm

Bythograeidae

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

Survey finds slower decline of honeybee colonies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090519/ap_on_re_us/us_disappearing_bees;_ylt=AnEmqEGQCRsWlV6fjx_gnqYPLBIF

Critical Role Of Evolutionary Processes In Species Coexistence And Diversity Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519075422.htm

Epigenetics: 100 Reasons To Change The Way We Think About Genetics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518111723.htm

Epigenetics

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

Climate Change Odds Much Worse Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519134843.htm

River Delta Areas Can Provide Clue To Environmental Changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511180707.htm

River delta

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

Pre-industrial Mercury Pollution In The Andes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518172644.htm

Mercury (Hg)

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

Stem cells "seek and destroy" cancer cells: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54i76u-us-cancer-treatment/

New cancer-killing method found in stem cells

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30832998/

Warning over new threat from MRSA

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8058841.stm

MRSA

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

Why Eczema Often Leads To Asthma

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518213939.htm

Eczema

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

Asthma

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

HIV's spread around Europe mapped

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8056299.stm

Wiping data 'hits flu prediction'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8058084.stm

Pandemic Passenger Screening For Airports

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519104107.htm


Trace Elements Unbalanced In Dialysis Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518213941.htm

Trace element

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

Dialysis

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

News on the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event and Giant Trilobites and More for Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Permian diorama image licensed under Creative Commons by quantumdtell

Poison bacteria set up worst extinction

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30563213/

Chlorobium

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

Permian extinction

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

US supports reducing climate-warming gases

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090504/ap_on_re_us/un_un_ozone_treaty;_ylt=AhognnvvI1fu0K43Yfl5UEIPLBIF

Climate Debate: Short-Term Data 'Misleading'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504141047.htm

Global warming

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

Earth Still Recovering From A Glacial Hangover

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429180955.htm

New Energy Source? Structure Of Highly Efficient Light-harvesting Molecules In Green Bacteria Determined

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504171947.htm

Mercury Levels In Arctic Seals May Be Linked To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504165950.htm

Mercury (Hg)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)

European Parliament approves ban on seal products

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/05/05/eu-seal-ban-505.html

EU ban looms over seal products

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8033498.stm

Norwegian Red Foxes Have More Trichina, But Less Scabies Than Previously

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090427075414.htm

Vulpes vulpes

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

Trichinella

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

Scabies

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

About 200 New Species Of Amphibians In Madagascar Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090505061942.htm

White Blood Cells Can Sprout 'Legs' And Move Like Millipedes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504094424.htm

Leucocyte

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

Lithium May Help Radiation Target Cancer, Spare Healthy Tissue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504141841.htm

Lithium (Li)

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

New Light Shed On Enigma Of Salt Intake And Hypertension

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504094428.htm

Cellular On And Off Switch For Allergies And Asthma Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430101451.htm

Toward Giving Artificial Cells The Ability For Sustained Movement

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504165810.htm

Is The Channel Creature The Loch Ness Monster?

http://www.allnewsweb.com/page6756754.php

Loch Ness Monster

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

Man pays $1k for freak 'kiwi fruit'

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/05/2561032.htm

Feijoa sellowiana

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

Giant Trilobites And Trilobite Clusters From The Ordovician Of Portugal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090505072714.htm

Trilobite

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