Immense Oil Seep? and More for Tuesday, May 19, 2009

WHO: Swine flu shot to take months to produce

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30823371/

Egypt criticized for 'inhumane' killing of pigs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090518/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_swine_flu;_ylt=AuJM77NBRgWAAydpgfo4B6oPLBIF

Natural Oil Seep Bigger Than Exxon Spill?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513130944.htm

From Greenhouse To Ice House: Important Role Of The Indonesian Gateway Suggested

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518102954.htm

Move Any Mountain: New Research Tracks Snowmelt Accurately

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513234814.htm

Lakes face 'complex' challenges

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/8056860.stm

Nitrogen From Human Activities May Be As Damaging As Phosphorus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518120956.htm

Fossil Of 'Giant' Shrew Found In Spain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518103229.htm

Dolinasorex glyphodon

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122294885/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Agency agrees to deadline for review of walrus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090518/ap_on_re_us/us_pacific_walrus;_ylt=AjKFb1Fjp4nV5AlKxcOFMs0PLBIF

Odobenidae

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

Bill of health: Injured stork gets artificial beak

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8057461.stm

Ciconiiformes

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

Mockingbirds Can Recognize A Face In A Crowd

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518172437.htm

Mockingbird

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

Komodo dragons have venomous bite

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8056040.stm

Varanus komodoensis

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

Monitoring Water Through A Snake's Eyes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512193241.htm

Fish Poisoning May Be Why Polynesians Left Paradise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518111717.htm

Ciguatera poisoning

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

Fast And Efficient As Soon As They Are Dead: Jellyfish-like Creatures May Play Major Role In The Marine Carbon Transport System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513091618.htm

Pyrosoma atlanticum

http://jellieszone.com/pyrosoma.htm

Beetles To Be Used To Show Consequences of Inbreeding

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519075852.htm

Tenebrionidae

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

Insight Into Evolution Of First Flowers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518172453.htm

Biomass As A Source Of Raw Materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512102549.htm

Leaves reveal smog pollution levels

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30808843/

Plant Life Discovery On Boston Harbor Islands Could Help Future Damage Caused By Exotic Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090514221501.htm

Scientists Work To Plug Microorganisms Into The Energy Grid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518101906.htm

Artificial Skin Made In Fully Automated Process

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518102959.htm

Tumour make-up 'fuels depression'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8055104.stm

Salmonella's Sweet Tooth Predicts Its Downfall

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519075850.htm

Salmonella

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

Too much cola 'zaps muscle power'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8056028.stm

Cola

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

Microscopic Manufacturers Produce Eco-friendly Plastics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519084631.htm

New Sponge-like Material Can Remove Mercury From Water, Separate Hydrogen From Other Gases And Pull Sulfur Out Of Crude Oil

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090517143341.htm

Chalcogel

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

For Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Earth Day 2009

http://www.earthday.net/

Earth Day (Wikipedia)

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

Growing Antarctic Sea Ice Tied To Ozone Hole

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421101629.htm

Plants Could Override Climate Change Effects On Wildfires

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421111701.htm

New hope for rainforests in Panama

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/21/panama.deforestation/index.html

Lab finds new method to turn biomass into gasoline

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53k4uu-us-biofuels-usa-study/

Secret To Night Vision Found In DNA's Unconventional 'Architecture'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416125159.htm

Ancestor of T rex found in China

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8010292.stm

Sightings show cougars expanding into central US

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090422/ap_on_re_us/us_living_with_lions;_ylt=AguTZXpy3OIvYdTA4BJz01Ks0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlMjJpNjU5BHBvcwM1OQRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawNzaWdodGluZ3NzaG8-

Puma concolor

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

Woman attacked by 200-pound wild hog in her yard

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090422/ap_on_fe_st/odd_wild_hog_attack;_ylt=Apn8YaZcQdH1CIEkxtguDsPtiBIF

Seabirds' Suitability As A Mate Tied To Crest Size

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416190948.htm

Aethia cristatella

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

Guam Rhino Beetles Got Rhythm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414102657.htm

Dynastinae

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

Are ants better than people at finding a home?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/8011998.stm

Pools become nasty mosquito havens in foreclosure

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30344932/

Gambusia affinis or Gambusia holbrooki

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

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

Egyptian boy dies of bird flu

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53k5tg-us-birdflu-egypt/

Swine flu cases in Calif. worry health officials

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329560/

Swine flu

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

Walnuts May Prevent Breast Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421154325.htm

Juglans

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

Sugary drinks 'worsen vomit bug'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8010346.stm

Charred Meat May Increase Risk Of Pancreatic Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421154327.htm

Ultrasound Imaging Now Possible With Smartphone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421120858.htm

Environmentally Friendly Beer Brewing: Repaired Gene Improves Commercial Lager Fermentation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421101635.htm

UK to bid for Mars sample centre

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8011299.stm

Search For Unusual Alien Life On Earth And Life That Can Survive On Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421120906.htm

Ecologists Put Price Tag On Invasive Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420103542.htm

For Saturday, September 27, 2008

Captive Breeding Introduced Infectious Disease To Mallorcan Amphibians

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922122427.htm

Bees Can Mediate Escape Of Genetically Engineered Material Over Several Kilometers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922100152.htm

Mother Of A Goose! Giant Ocean-going Geese With Bony-teeth Once Roamed Across SE England

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926143908.htm

Dasornis emuinus

http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/dasornis_emuinus_prehistoric_goose_was_the_size_of_a_small_plane_and_had_bony_teeth

From One Laying To Another, The Female Collembolan Adapts Its Eggs To Environmental Constraints

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922100150.htm

Collembola

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

Animals Farmed For Meat Are The No. 1 Source Of Food Poisoning Bug, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925214821.htm

Campylobacteriosis

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


Australian Frog Species Chooses Not To Put Eggs In One Basket

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080918091335.htm

Pseudophryne bibronii

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibron%27s_Toadlet

New More Efficient Ways To Use Biomass

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080923104307.htm

Special Probe Aids In Looking For Water On Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926194617.htm


Tainted milk crisis hits more global companies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080927/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk_quality_control;_ylt=AiGPetnrkoExwW2e9Xwdfyqs0NUE

Chinese leader vows better food safety, ethics

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080927/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk;_ylt=AvSvPoGNaRbcuYvAnXOGcm.s0NUE

For Friday, May 16, 2008

Parrot photo licensed under Creative Commons by Swamibu

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080516/hl_nm/myanmar_cyclone_cholera_dc

Some cholera confirmed in cyclone-hit Myanmar - Yahoo! News

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

Cholera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_on_sc/nitrogen;_ylt=AsczeGShq7B9wAQEr8ynb_Ks0NUE

Researchers warn of nitrogen hazard to environment - Yahoo! News

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

Nitrogen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080516/sc_livescience/12speciesonthebrinkofextinction;_ylt=AnEQ2fEb9iEHE9D88FpJlrYPLBIF

12 Species on the Brink of Extinction - Yahoo! News



http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080515/sc_afp/russiaspaceanimaloffbeat;_ylt=AiFbeTTGX8iWTKONHr_6f4YPLBIF

Russian scientists announce 'spaceroach' grandchildren: report - Yahoo! News

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

Cockroach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080516/ts_afp/worldenvironmentanimals;_ylt=AoFgQ1KKs93opWdAoVYyuKkPLBIF

Wildlife numbers plummet globally: WWF - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7403989.stm

BBC NEWS UK Wildlife populations 'plummeting'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7404268.stm

BBC NEWS Health Obese blamed for the world's ills

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

Obesity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/7404581.stm

BBC NEWS UK England Beds/Bucks/Herts Woman led into river by guide dog

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7402853.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Ancestors had leg-up to trees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7405004.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Alien threat to truffle delicacy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuber_(genus)#Black_truffle

Tuber melanosporum



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7401099.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Concern over small biomass option

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

Biomass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515154635.htm

'Mitochondrial Eve' Research: Humanity Was Genetically Divided For 100,000 Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515120759.htm

Rapid, Dramatic 'Reverse Evolution' Documented In Tiny Fish Species

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

Gasterosteidae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514131125.htm

Warming Climate Is Changing Life On Global Scale, Says New Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515171023.htm

Simple Artificial Cell Created From Scratch To Study Cell Complexity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514082019.htm

Bears And Hibernation: New Insights Into Metabolism In Extreme Conditions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080516111849.htm

Success By Learning -- Smallest Predator Recognizes Prey By Its Shape

http://www.americazoo.com/goto/index/mammals/48.htm

Savi's pygmy shrew, Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080516112715.htm

Biodiversity Loss Puts People At Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080513140127.htm

Introducing Virus Resistant 'Orange Bulldog' Pumpkins

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

Pumpkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515171017.htm

Bacteria-resistant Films Created: Microbe Adhesion Depends On Surface Stiffness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080516123153.htm

55 Million Year Old Parrot Fossil Discovered In Scandinavia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515145406.htm

Climbing As Easy As Walking For Smaller Primates

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24665086/

Death toll hits 43 in China from hand, foot and mouth disease virus sickening young kids - MSNBC Wire Services- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24624782/

Mom rejects rare tiger cub born on Mom's Day - Science- msnbc.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/16/croatia.body.ap/index.html

Woman's dead body lies in flat for 35 years - CNN.com