MRSA in the Food Supply and More for Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Drug-resistant bugs in food vex experts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31766160/ns/health-food_safety/

MRSA

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

Indian tiger park admits it has no tigers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8150382.stm

Panna National Park

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

Newsweek: Raids, rage at puppy mills across U.S.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/206163

Puppy mill

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

Amphibs mate under a full Moon

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8145000/8145125.stm

Gigantic shark washes ashore in N.Y.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/07/14/vo.ny.shark.ashore.news12longisland

Megachasma pelagios

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

Crocodile Skull Unearthed At Arlington Archosaur Site In Texas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715102305.htm

Therizinosaur Fossil Skeleton Found in Utah

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/potbellieddinosaurskeletonfoundinutah;_ylt=AgNghnQ4IKVR59lCmOhwiMIDW7oF

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

Help call for vanishing honeybees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8148999.stm

Public Accounts Committee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(United_Kingdom)

New Insect Specie on Balearic Islands

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715101507.htm

Tyrrhenoleuctra antoninoi

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Plecoptera.html

Balearic Islands

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

Bee Colony Collapse Disorder: New Bait Lures Varroa Mite To Its Doom

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090705145109.htm

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)

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

Varroa destructor

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

Longest insect migration revealed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8149000/8149714.stm

Pantala flavescens

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

Anax guttatus

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

Hemianax ephippiger

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

Tholymis tillarga

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

Diplacodes trivialis

http://eol.org/pages/131133

Fire Ant Outcompetes Other Species, Even In Its Native Habitat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090705141721.htm

Solenopsis

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

Sex Involved In Plant Defense

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090713201448.htm

Climate Change May Spell Demise Of Key Salt Marsh Constituent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090713085016.htm

Forb

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

Avian Bacterium More Dangerous Than Believed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090705145642.htm

Bordetella hinzii

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

First Remote, Underwater Detection Of Harmful Algae, Toxins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090714154036.htm

Swedish PM sounds climate alarm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8151143.stm

Fredrik Reinfeldt

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

Ontario to offer $10,000 electric car incentive

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/07/15/ont-electric-cars511.html


Tagging technology to track trash

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8149183.stm

Trash Track (Blog)

http://senseable.mit.edu/trashtrack/

Whale Shark Rescued and Rising/Acidic Waters and More for Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Report: Images from Mars lander show liquid water

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_sc/sci_phoenix_mars;_ylt=Ahp875mU9cMyzUYggyrhit6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlaGI1MmJ2BHBvcwMxMDkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNyZXBvcnRpbWFnZXM-

Acidic seas fuel extinction fears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7936137.stm

Sea rise 'to exceed projections'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935159.stm

Rising Sea Levels Set To Have Major Impacts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310104742.htm

Current Sea Level Rise (Wiki page)

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

Trunk tricks Elephants discover how to get a drink of fresh water when faced with a stagnant pool


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7932769.stm

The elephants in action

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7933058.stm

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

WATCH: Baby Elephant Gets a Jumbo Leg

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7047253

Elephas

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

Poached skins matched to tigers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935661.stm

Why monkey mums bow to baby temper tantrums

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7934852.stm

Calif. whale watchers delight

javascript:vPlayer('29615560','458170a4-b4f8-477f-9908-b1314e2998c2')

Walruses are world's most unusual snoozers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29616122/

Odobenus

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

Indian police enroll rat recruits

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7933538.stm

Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Traced To Andes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309205313.htm

Tiny whale shark rescued

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29615174/

Rhincodon typus

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

'Dracula' fish shows baby teeth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935482.stm

New Fish Discovered In Antarctic Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305150919.htm

Gosztonyia antarctica

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

Big-hearted Fish Reveals Genetics Of Cardiovascular Condition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132534.htm

Danio rerio

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



Coral Reefs Dissolving From CO2 In Air?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309162125.htm

Live Evolution In Tiny Predator-Prey Battle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305150917.htm

Yellowstone Alga Found To Detoxify Arsenic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191850.htm

Cyanidioschyzon

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

Electric Signals In Plants Induced By Wounding

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309105030.htm

Hemlock Trees Dying Rapidly, Affecting Forest Carbon Cycle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226122730.htm

Tsuga

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

Tree-eating Bugs Seen By Satellite As They Denude Invasive Tamarisk Trees In Southwest U.S.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310084729.htm

Tamarix

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

How Increased UV Exposure Impacts Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309105058.htm

Bryophyte

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

Discovering The Secret Code Behind Photosynthesis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224230709.htm

Photosynthesis

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

Corn-for-ethanol's Carbon Footprint Critiqued

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302183321.htm

Airborne Ecologists Help Balance Delicate African Ecosystem

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302182954.htm

Cleansing Toxic Waste With Vinegar

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303084334.htm

Peanut industry: Recall price tag $1 billion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29634279/

Custom-made meds may pose deadly threat

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29532018/

Recession may worsen spread of exotic diseases

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29599786/

5 deadly exotic diseases

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29603635/

16 Have Hepatitis In Army Needle Blunder

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/11/health/main4858722.shtml

Bacteria-killing Enzyme Cures Mice With Fatal Pneumonia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302221316.htm

(Chorismate lyase)

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

Streptococcus pneumoniae

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

Bioencapsulation: Creating A Safe Haven For Sensitive Ingredients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226105130.htm

Stem Cell Focus Part Of New Harvard Major

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/11/health/main4858723.shtml

Experts use nanotech to deliver anti-cancer genes

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5294yt-us-cancer-nanotechnology/

Airborne Fungi Linked To Asthma Epidemic In Puerto Rico

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302115757.htm



Feeling Down And Out Could Break Your Heart, Literally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191852.htm

Compulsive Hoarding Poses Safety And Psychological Risks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309211632.htm

Salt Might Be 'Nature's Antidepressant'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310152329.htm

Table Salt

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

Inactivity Of Proteins Behind Longer Shelf Life When Freezing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303084053.htm

Genetics Of Fear: Anxiety Disorder Genes?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310161503.htm

Headaches Linked To High Temp, Low Pressure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309161951.htm

Toxoplasmosis Parasite May Trigger Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311085151.htm

Dead Gene Comes Back To Life In Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305204321.htm

New Genre Of Sugar-coated 'Quantum Dots' For Drug Delivery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309223403.htm

Quantum Dot

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

Hunters switch to 'green' bullets

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/04/green.bullets/index.html

For Monday, November 17, 2008

Uca image licensed under Creative Commons by queenroly

Anthropologist Assembles And Copies Skeleton Of Extinct Lemur

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081114201106.htm

Tiger cub receives rare blood transfusion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27767540/

Low Concentrations Of Pesticides Can Become Toxic Mixture For Amphibians

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111183041.htm

Malaysian mosques to give turtle conservation sermon

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081117/sc_afp/malaysiaenvironmentanimalturtle;_ylt=Ap3ojhqrnSgSbN9_tLwpE60PLBIF

Fiddler Crabs Reveal Honesty Is Not Always The Best Policy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111203501.htm

Uca

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

Chemical From Medicinal Plants May Be Used To Fight HIV

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110090619.htm

Astragalus membranaceus

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

Parasite-resistant Peppers Green Alternatives To Chemical Pesticides

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081112113603.htm

Scientists hope pictures taken inside eggs will shed new light on human diseases

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7727645.stm

Outrage Over China Forced Abortion Case

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6256644&page=1

For Monday, June 23, 2008

Bluetongue photo licensed under Creative Commons by AJC1

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080623/sc_livescience/earlyearthmarredbyacidrain

Early Earth Marred by Acid Rain - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_on_re_us/ivory_billed_woodpecker;_ylt=ApRSPRA2J9WzacIwOZ4y6Vas0NUE

Some searchers still expect to see rare woodpecker - Yahoo! News

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

Campephilus principalis

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_sc/sci_mars_extreme_life;_ylt=Amt3z7srf69WMq5zUs1dIais0NUE


Can the Martian arctic support extreme life? - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_re_us/zoo_senior_citizens;_ylt=AgAFvUuYDPEfzxxjxyboxcOs0NUE

Zoos ask, what to do with an aged lemur? - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_re_us/stranded_whale;_ylt=AndU4RUqktCxMwTfggGQT7ys0NUE

Navy conducts hearing tests on rare whale in Fla. - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gervais%27_beaked_whale

Mesoplodon

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_fe_st/odd_attacking_birds;_ylt=AiPNHuksgdF_FDX_RKKd..3tiBIF

Outdoors in Chicago? Watch out for the blackbirds - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-winged_Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/od_nm/curse_dc;_ylt=AkXBdCxZnErSvQb2oUPPvjHtiBIF

Whaling commission meet to debate hunting resumption - Yahoo! News

http://www.iwcoffice.org/


Welcome to the Website of the International Whaling Commission

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7466735.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature 'Neanderthal tools' found at dig

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

Homo neanderthalensis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7451452.stm

BBC NEWS Health Chickens 'unlock allergy secrets'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7464583.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Meteorite could hold solar clues

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080622225503.htm

DNA Study Unlocks Mystery To Diverse Traits In Dogs

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

Canis lupus familiaris

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080620115925.htm

Birds Migrate Earlier, But Some May Be Left Behind As Climate Warms Rapidly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080619104407.htm

New Findings On Immune System In Amphibians






http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080623092538.htm

Engineers Create 3-D Model To Help Biologists Combat Blue Tongue Virus

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

Bluetongue disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616133113.htm

Project Succeeding To Relocate Caspian Terns

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

Hydroprogne caspia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080622001716.htm

Phoenix Mars Lander Delivers Soil Sample To Microscope

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080622001541.htm

Phoenix Mars Lander Confirms Frozen Water On Red Planet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080623093549.htm

Building Giant 'Nanoassemblies' That Sense Their Environment

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24777955/

8 drugs doctors wouldn't take - Health care- msnbc.com