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Monday, July 06, 2009

Namibia To Club Seals & More for Monday, July 6, 2009


Ambystoma mexicanum image licensed under Creative Commons by LPEstrela


G8 leaders to set emissions goals

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8135261.stm

G8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G8

Frozen Carbon In Arctic Could Worsen Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630132005.htm

Arctic

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

Many Antarctic Species Ill Prepared To Cope With Warmer Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630074951.htm

$1B needed to fight swine flu: UN

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/06/swine-flu-un.html

Climate change may spur chronic hunger, Oxfam says

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/06/oxfam-g8-hunger265.html

Oxfam

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


Echolocation In Humans Developed To Aid Blind

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630075445.htm

Echolocation

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

Vitamin D Deficiency Is Widespread And On The Increase

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630143523.htm

Vitamin D

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

Hypovitaminosis D

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

Potential New Drugs: 970 Million And Still Counting

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629124912.htm

Prescription drug abuse ravages state's youth

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31707246/ns/health-addictions/


Do tiger farms earn their stripes?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8124176.stm

Panthera tigris

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

Panthera tigris (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328674

Panthera tigris (IUCN Red List Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15955/0

iReport.com: Rin-Tin-Tin's grave found in France

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-292504

Rin-Tin-Tin

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

Namibian seal hunt to go on, 90,000 to be clubbed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090706/ap_on_re_af/af_namibia_seal_hunt;_ylt=ApMTbdYgvD.FMM3R8WooJ5YPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJwbm5vazZwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzA2L2FmX25hbWliaWFfc2VhbF9odW50BHBvcwM5BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDbmFtaWJpYW5zZWFs

Namibia

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

Caffeine Reverses Memory Impairment In Mice With Alzheimer's Symptoms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090705215237.htm

Caffeine

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

Alzheimer’s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%E2%80%99s

Challenge of Living With Celiac Disease

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/story?id=7988436&page=1

Coeliac disease

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


Battle Of The Sexes Benefits Offspring, Says Research In Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090706090604.htm


Regenerated legs no big trick for salamanders

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5606a6-us-salamanders-limbs/

Ambystoma mexicanum

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

Ambystoma mexicanum (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1019571

Ambystoma mexicanum (IUCN Red List Link – Critically Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/1095/0



Spider builds life-sized decoys

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8135000/8135844.stm

Cyclosa mulmeinensis (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1194961

Melons Sweetened With DNA Sequence

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626190939.htm

Melon

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


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Friday, April 10, 2009

Megaptera in NY and More for Friday, April 10, 2009




Humpback whale in New York Harbour

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7993135.stm

Megaptera novaeangliae

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

Charles Darwin's egg is rediscovered in a museum

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7992911.stm

Tinamidae

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

As the bird turns: Scientists figuring out flight

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30142188/

Aves

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

Snake diet find aids anti-venom

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/7990317.stm

Echis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw-scaled_vipers

Amphibians May Develop Immunity To Fatal Fungus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401101745.htm

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

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

iReport.com: Killer bees take over backyard

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-241592

Africanized bee

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

US wages war on bugs afflicting troops abroad

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090410/ap_on_re_us/war_and_bugs;_ylt=Ao_N2HJdhd.RYexFyPYa81MPLBIF

Researchers Unravel Role Of Priming In Plant Immunity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402143449.htm

Algae Genes Shed Light On Carbon In Oceans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409142240.htm

Algae

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

Robot gardener plants, tends and harvests

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30109901/

Flame Retardants Concern To US Coastal Ecosystems, NOAA Reports

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401112450.htm

Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers

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

Water monitor eyes farm runoff in Gulf of Mexico

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090410/ap_on_bi_ge/farm_scene_gulf_runoff;_ylt=Atg5i7GKRjvKB.yTJFUu0mEPLBIF

Gulf of Mexico

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

Eye 'compensates for blind spot'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7958838.stm

Human eye

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

Waist Size Found To Be Predictor Of Heart Failure In Both Men And Women

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407174647.htm

Sagittal Abdominal Diameter

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

Early HIV therapy improves survival: review

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/09/hiv-treatment-early.html

HIV

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

Chemical Compound May Stop Deadly Brain Tumors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409142256.htm

α-KG (α-Ketoglutaric acid?)

Cancer, Asthma: New Light Shed On Inflammatory Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409142238.htm

Increase In P53 Mutation Linked To Advanced Colorectal Cancer In African Americans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401101741.htm

p53

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P53_(protein)



New Studies Examine Elimination Of Hepatitis B And C

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401112452.htm







Non-antibiotic Drugs To Combat Infections?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408145546.htm

Adults should be vaccinated for whooping cough, says N.S. expert

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/10/whooping-cough-study-dalhousie889.html

Pertussis

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


Chicken Soup May Fight Blood Pressure: Passover's Matzoh Ball Soup May Be Good For Your Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402120707.htm

Passover

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

Peanut Plant Fined $14.6M For Salmonella

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/10/health/main4934238.shtml

Plainview Peanut Corp. LLC

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

Report: Source of Okla. E. coli outbreak a mystery

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090409/ap_on_re_us/deadly_bacteria;_ylt=AgtjC5xaEQ8A.3J.HLLeJDas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkMm1mYXFsBHBvcwMxNDIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3JlcG9ydHNvdXJjZQ--

E. Coli

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Coli

Water cut off in Mexican capital

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/country_profiles/7993279.stm

Mexico City

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

City to run solely on sun's power

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/04/09/boxleitner.fl.solar.city.wbbh

PETA asks Pet Shop Boys to change name

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/10/peta.pet.shop.boys/index.html

PETA

http://www.peta.org/
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

FDA Pistachio Warning and Where Martian Life Might Be and More for Tuesday, March 31, 2009













http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7973417.stm

South Downs National Park Wiki page

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

Many Natural-selection Studies Could Be Wrong

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200821.htm

You Big Baby! An Elephant Is Born

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7207172

The Secret To Chimp Strength

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200829.htm

Pan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(biology)

Nine Lives: Cats' Central Nervous System Can Repair Itself And Restore Function

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200722.htm

Felidae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feline_(cat)

New hope for endangered bald ibis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7973836.stm

Geronticus

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

Genes tell butterflies to head south

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52u2kn-us-butterflies/

Danaus plexippus

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

Ants really are random wanderers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29960401/

Formicidae

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

Ice Storms Devastating To Pecan Orchards

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324131456.htm

Carya illinoinensis

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

Can talking to plants really bear fruit?










Why Some People Shake Off The Flu In A Couple Of Days, While Others Suffer Longer, Or Die

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326100706.htm

Superbug Risk To War Wounded

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205451.htm

Antibiotic resistance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205451.htm

Slow-growing TB Bacteria Point The Way To New Drug Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205447.htm

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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

Month Of Conception Linked To Birth Defects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330130235.htm

Licorice May Block Effectiveness Of Drug Widely Used By Transplant Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324171417.htm

Cyclosporine

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

Glycyrrhizin

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

Polypill 'could become a reality'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7971456.stm

Polypill












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Friday, February 20, 2009

NASA Predicts RVF Outbreak & Sighting of the "Nabau" and More For Friday, February 20, 2009

Most Wars Occur In Earth's Richest Biological Regions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220110910.htm

New Monitoring Stations Detect 'Silent Earthquakes' In Costa Rica

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151609.htm

Bolivian Andes glaciers at risk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7900813.stm

Retreat of Glaciers Since 1850

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat_of_glaciers_since_1850

Permafrost Is Thawing In Northern Sweden

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218081629.htm

Coastal Wetlands In Eastern U.S. Disappearing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219141134.htm

Half Of Oil In Ocean Bubbles Up Naturally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219101658.htm

100-Foot 'Borneo Monster' Said Photographed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090220/sc_livescience/100footborneomonstersaidphotographed;_ylt=AjhSv7l8kNulWwY14_LktPUPLBIF

Link to Photo of the “Nabau”

http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=strangenews&c=news&l=&pic=090219-monster2-02.jpg&cap=The+snake-like+monster+of+Borneo+in+an+allegedly+real+photograph+of+the+river+Baleh.+The+creature+is+said+to+be+100+feet+long.+Loo


Origin of Life On Earth: Scientists Unlock Mystery Of Molecular Machine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219105324.htm

Crew cuts ice for dolphins but bid may have backfired: expert

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/02/20/dolphin-rescue.html

Baby meerkats make their debut

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7901055.stm

Suricata suricatta

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

How Fat or Fit Were Dinosaurs? Scientists Use Laser Imaging

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220110912.htm

Shark Attacks Decline Worldwide In Midst Of Economic Recession

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219111000.htm

Mexico's Monarch Butterflies Under Threat

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=6896813&page=1

Danaus plexippus

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

Japanese Corals Change Sexes On Sea Floor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219202833.htm

Scientists find genes to protect wheat from rust

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51i5nz-us-wheat-genes/

Puccinia triticina

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(fungus)

Indoor Plants Can Reduce Formaldehyde Levels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217141419.htm

Formaldehyde

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

Detecting Disease In Greenhouse Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217112128.htm

Soybean Product Fights Abnormal Protein Involved In Alzheimer’s Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218223842.htm

Single-celled Algae Took The Leap To Multicellularity 200 Million Years Ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219140546.htm

Billions Of Years Ago, Microbes Were Key In Developing Modern Nitrogen Cycle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219141436.htm

FDA: Psoriasis drug could cause deadly brain infection

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/20/raptiva.brain.infection/index.html

FDA OK's implant to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/20/medtronic-reclaim.html

Meningitis Bacteria Dress Up As Human Cells To Evade Our Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218135039.htm

Food poisoning strikes 1 in 4 Americans a year

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29285754/

High-fat Diets Inflame Fat Tissue Around Blood Vessels, Contribute To Heart Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218142001.htm

Commonly Available Drug Found To Treat Opioid Addiction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217212255.htm

Ondansetron

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

Chewing Gum Helps Treat Hyperphosphatemia In Kidney Disease Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212150854.htm

Hidden Phosphorus Food Additives Dangerous To Kidney Disease Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210161912.htm

Bacteria In Urinary Tract Infections Caught Making Burglar's Tools
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Saturday, December 20, 2008

For Saturday, December 20, 2008







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






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