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

For Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Walden Pond image licensed under Creative Commons by robinpresta

Ivory auction opens amid concerns

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7693816.stm

Climate link to amphibian decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7693381.stm

Bumblebees Learn The Sweet Smell Of Foraging Success

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081024144101.htm

Increase in Leptospirosis Disease in Sea Lions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135842.htm

Leptospirosis

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

Ants Prefer Salt over Sugar

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081028/sc_livescience/antsprefersaltoversugar;_ylt=Ag_VKcVkKlZbDKj6CNWHWwAPLBIF

Purple tomato 'may boost health'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7688310.stm

Arctic ice thickness 'plummets'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7692963.stm

China coal 'true cost' at $250bn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7694014.stm

US claims rule changes don't threaten wildlife

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/bush_endangered_species;_ylt=AvHWPkSyXKAgoBIHYm3pErsPLBIF

Orange Peel Can Help Clean Up Dirty Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020093500.htm

Models Help Assess Biofuels' Sustainability

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013195322.htm

Climate change affecting Walden Pond plants

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_sc/sci_walden_pond;_ylt=AosvYxAFtLGpvKkqZC2oI7cPLBIF

Bacteria Cause Old Buildings To Feel Off-color

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027140819.htm

Masks, Hand Washing, Prevent Spread Of Flu-like Symptoms By Up To 50 Percent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027155907.htm

Cost of diabetes drugs skyrockets for Americans

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27405027/

Air travel helps exotic viruses find new homes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27408079/

'Full' artificial heart implant

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7694663.stm

Revealing Secrets Of 'African Sleeping Sickness'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027113047.htm

WHO: Heart, infectious diseases, cancer kill most

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_he_me/un_who_death_report;_ylt=AiYLYLiUDxo05hZr4QYV2ves0NUE

New Clue To Muscular Dystrophy Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135807.htm

Screening hope for pre-eclampsia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7692836.stm

Pre-eclampsia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-eclampsia

Jab hope for rheumatoid arthritis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7692701.stm

Tocilizumab

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

Africa's Newest Killer Virus

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/wireStory?id=6121630

Arenavirus

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

Vitamin E A Flop In Prostate Cancer Trial

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/27/eveningnews/main4550717.shtml

Scientists Unwrap The Elements Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135429.htm

Role Of Slave Trade In Evolution Of American Wild Rice Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027152539.htm

Oryza

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

How Plants Know to Send Roots Down and Leaves Up

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027115431.htm

Diversity Of Trees In Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest Defies Simple Explanation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023175133.htm

Teens Record Texas UFO Sighting

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6122436