For Thursday, February 26, 2009

Tiger attacks trigger expert plea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7910722.stm

Long-necked stegosaur defies reputation

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29388217/

Miragaia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miragaia_(dinosaur)

Giant stingray captured

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1035796

Fish fossil clue to origin of sex

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7909984.stm

Odd life found in Lake Huron

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1035797

Scots fir is 'tallest tree in UK'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7911032.stm

Pinus sylvestris

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

Cosmologist Explores Notion Of 'Alien' Life On Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090214162626.htm

Obama counts on revenue from carbon permits

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29395517/

Space solar power crowd bets on Obama

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29387782/

Ice in east Antarctica a bigger threat long term

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_sc/aa_un_warming_antarctic_the_east;_ylt=AiNF56yM3ohnYPD1Hr51DiEPLBIF

Polar regions found warming fast, raising sea levels

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51o4zx-us-climate-polars/

Will Large Amounts Of Soil Carbon Be Released If Grasslands Are Converted To Energy Crops?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217104433.htm

Scientist Models The Mysterious Travels Of Greenhouse Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215171614.htm

Reversing Ecology Reveals Ancient Environments

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132530.htm

Pretty fish, nasty disease

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29392319/

Ciguatera fish poisoning

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

New Theory On How Animals Smell: Brain Encodes Complex Plumes Of Odors With A Simple Code

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132247.htm

'Dark Cells' Of Living Retina Imaged For The First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226082224.htm

Video Imaging Provides Dynamic View Of Airway Obstruction In Those With Sleep Breathing Disorder

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216164521.htm

New Software Dramatically Speeds Enzyme Design

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216175118.htm

Building A Better Protein: Researchers Use Computers To Find Keys To Stabilizing Proteins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221432.htm

Clean living way to beat cancer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7908675.stm

Researchers Report Breakthrough In Human Papillomavirus Research

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221620.htm

HPV

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

Rapid HIV evolution avoids attack

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7907774.stm

Experimental Antiarrhythmic Drug Reduces Death Rate In Patients With Atrial Fibrillation, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216131448.htm

Molecule Helps Sleep-deprived Rebound Mentally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224132908.htm

Adenosine

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

Hormone Disorder Drug Could Help Drinkers Stay Sober

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221610.htm

Additional Evidence That Potato Chips Should Be Eaten Only In Moderation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213161040.htm

Acrylamide

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

The Science Behind The 'Anthrax Letter' Attack Investigation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224225909.htm

Anthropologist's Studies Of Childbirth Bring New Focus On Women In Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217173043.htm

Year Without Summer: Effects Of Tambora Volcanic Eruption On Iberian Peninsula Studied For First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225161422.htm

Mount Tambora

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

For Thursday, February 5, 2009

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Animal life 'significantly older'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7871099.stm

Global Scientists Draw Attention To Threat Of Ocean Acidification

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090201124553.htm

Ecologists Report Quantifiable Measures Of Nature's Services To Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202102930.htm

Buying Local Isn't Always Better For The Environment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202113553.htm

EU gives shark protection teeth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7872032.stm

Activists, circus square off over elephants

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29020334/

Video: Judd vs. Palin over animal rights

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Endangered Catalina Island fox population booms

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_re_us/catalina_foxes;_ylt=AqKDJU.K8KcWETDxZnhawTCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlZHF0ampkBHBvcwMxMDgEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNlbmRhbmdlcmVkY2E-

Urocyon littoralis

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

'Seuss-like' sea creatures found

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29021242/

Bees 'Naturally Predisposed' To Social Roles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128211438.htm

Insecticide malaria impact clue

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7867055.stm

Mosquito genes could be target in malaria fight

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5137cr-us-malaria-genes/

Fighting Malaria By Changing The Environment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128183932.htm

Bill Gates releases mosquitoes into audience

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29022220/

Natural Solar Collectors On Butterfly Wings Inspire More Powerful Solar Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204170548.htm

Connectivity Illuminates Risk Of Spread Of Crop Pests, Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202074854.htm

Beaming New Light On Life: From Beetles To Aircraft, Nanoparticles Aid Microscope Views

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205083304.htm

Alien life forms 'could number thousands', UK scientist says

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7870562.stm

Drake Equation

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

1st deep sea observatory looks at climate change

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_sc/deep_sea_observatory;_ylt=AiMLD5vzu0vDERzs2y2gmSsPLBIF

Combining Drugs Makes Colon Cancer Worse

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/04/health/main4776665.shtml

Scientists explore how Zen meditation reduces pain perception

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/04/pain-meditation.html

Surgeons Use Microwaves To Destroy Tumors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204173038.htm

U.S. experts foresee more effective cancer radiation

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51369d-us-cancer-stemcells/

Study links gene variant and vitamin D to MS risk

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5143o0-us-multiplesclerosis-vitamin/

Vitamin D Found To Stimulate A Protein That Inhibits The Growth Of Breast Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204172437.htm

FDA defends its handling of salmonella outbreak

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_go_co/salmonella_outbreak;_ylt=Ai7EZoTFYtQTz8SU7otNanas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJlb3BmaWg0BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMjA1L3NhbG1vbmVsbGFfb3V0YnJlYWsEcG9zAzE1BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2ZkYWRlZmVuZHNpdA--

Peanut recall a headache for food banks, too

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29021845/

FEMA Meals May Have Tainted Peanut Butter

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/05/health/main4777259.shtml

Poultry inspection changes could pose health risk, say veterinarians

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/05/poultryvets-cfia.html

For Friday, September 26, 2008

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Europe's toads face bleak future, researchers warn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7635714.stm

Extinct tortoise 'can live again'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7630239.stm

Brazil unveils deforestation plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7637070.stm

Bacteria ready to make plastic from sugar

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26903611/

Plant-eating dinosaur spills his guts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26893497/

New species discovered in Yosemite

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26872421/

Fossils tell of mass exodus from sea to land

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26873266/

Beetle invasion seen changing weather

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26872373/

Mountain pine beetle

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/04/23/pine-beetle-canada.html

Dendroctonus ponderosae

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

Traces of alien life could survive space travel

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26893147/

Carbon-rich Molecules In Meteors Brought Life?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925102706.htm

Martian Meteorites Could Carry Traces Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925083252.htm

America's Smallest Dinosaur Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080923104414.htm

Bats Pick Up Rustling Sounds Against Highway Background Noise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080919074828.htm


Primordial Fish Had Rudimentary Fingers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922090843.htm

New Life Found In Ancient Tombs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924192443.htm

Bizarre Morgellons remains a mystery

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26890110/

Morgellons

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

Delusional parasitosis

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

For Friday, June 20, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by cybaea

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=AnC9OOG_5ybI3WrAdQ5CxmKs0NUE

Scientists believe Mars lander exposed ice crumbs - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_re_us/alaska_zoo_tigers;_ylt=Alt8W0wfQTB_.79CKZuCBS.s0NUE

Alaska Zoo gets 2 new rare Amur tigers from N.Y. - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080620/od_nm/australia_python_dc;_ylt=AuYLKX0TieZW6omDSSVKOvWs0NUE

Python found in toilet - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080620/od_nm/extraterrestrial_odd_dc;_ylt=Asvz9jXEK12JQYA5s9VFZyDtiBIF

Life in outer space? Astronomers hunt aliens - Yahoo! News

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25281490/

Life in space? Japanese astronomers hunt aliens - Space- msnbc.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080620/sc_afp/japanwhalinggreenpeace;_ylt=AnJWZbz1EfLJ8VrcwQw7G.EPLBIF

Japan police arrest Greenpeace members over whale meat - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7461707.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Arctic sea ice melt 'even faster'

http://nsidc.org/

National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7457818.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Key ocean mission goes into orbit

http://www.osd.noaa.gov/ostm/

Ocean Surface Topography Mission

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7463866.stm

BBC NEWS UK England Fisherman's shocking catch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7463810.stm

BBC NEWS Europe Rejected tiger adopted by dog


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616144848.htm

Lou Gehrig's Protein Found Throughout Brain, Suggesting Effects Beyond Motor Neurons

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617142851.htm

Latrines And Out-houses Trounce Toilets In Global War Against Poor Sanitation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616160514.htm

Technique Used In Human Ankle Injuries Modified To Treat Dogs' Knees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080619111748.htm

Zebra's Stripes, Butterfly's Wings: How Do Biological Patterns Emerge?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616091602.htm

Coats Of Cellulose From Bacteria Yield Greener, Stronger Natural Composites

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080619113055.htm

Protecting Muscles Of Astronauts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Acetylcysteine

Acetylcysteine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25273114/

Frigid future for ocean in Saturn moon - Space.com- msnbc.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus_%28moon%29

Enceladus (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia