Dinosaur-Bird Link is Real and More for May 1, 2009

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Today, May 1, 2009, is the day Natural History changed. The dinosaur-bird link is real and was proven by 80 million year old soft tissue. 80 million years old. The editors are in a state of awe.

Dinosaur-Bird Link: Ancient Proteins Preserved In Soft Tissue From 80 Million-Year-Old Hadrosaur

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430144528.htm

Mary H. Schweitzer, Wenxia Zheng, Chris L. Organ, Recep Avci, Zhiyong Suo, Lisa M. Freimark, Valerie S. Lebleu, Michael B. Duncan, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, John M. Neveu, William S. Lane, John S. Cottrell, John R. Horner, Lewis C. Cantley, Raghu Kalluri, and John M. Asara. Biomolecular Characterization and Protein Sequences of the Campanian Hadrosaur B. canadensis. Science, 2009; 324 (5927): 626 DOI: 10.1126/science.1165069

Brachylophosaurus Canadensis

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

Tyrannosaurus rex

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


Swine Flu Or Bird Flu: Scientist Warns Of Six-month Time Lag To Manufacture Pandemic Flu Vaccine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090427193234.htm

Vaccine pursued as U.S. swine flu cases top 100

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30471035/

Many states lack drugs to treat swine flu

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30511446/

Mexico shuts down to control flu

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8028169.stm

1918 Flu Resulted In Current Lineage Of H1N1 Swine Influenza Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430111640.htm

Pandemic Study Of 1918-1919 Outbreak Provides Background And Death Rates For 14 European Countries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430101453.htm

1918 flu pandemic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic

Lessons from past pandemics

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/30/swine.flu.1918.lessons/index.html

‘Pandemic’ means pay attention, not panic

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30500863/

World fights new flu virus with latest science

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5400wc-us-flu-science/

New flu virus may be a real mongrel, study shows

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5400qi-us-flu-genetics/

Hong Kong's doctors prepare for battle

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/01/1917199.aspx

Bardot slams planned pig cull in Egypt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090501/wl_mideast_afp/healthfluegyptfrancebardot;_ylt=ArGul0isJpL6Q8AP2ip_6d4PLBIF

Brigitte Bardot

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

Species at Risk Act lacks teeth, conservationists say

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/01/species-risk-conservation.html

Species at Risk Act

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/s-15.3/text.html

Obama Restores Endangered Species Act

http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20090430/wl_oneworld/world3621191241124253;_ylt=AkojviUj4jXKEaoivGa73g8PLBIF

Endangered Species Act

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/esa/content.html

Dolphins Keep an Eye Out While Sleeping

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090501/sc_livescience/dolphinskeepaneyeoutwhilesleeping;_ylt=AlexQpkR98vmA43VTJmkFYkPLBIF

Video evidence of birds' remarkable talent for dancing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8026592.stm

Some Vocal-mimicking Animals, Particularly Parrots, Can Move To A Musical Beat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430121936.htm

Dogs Are Aggressive If They Are Trained Badly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090424114315.htm

Canis lupus familiaris

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

Forest Service tries to halt spread of bat fungus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090501/ap_on_re_us/us_bat_die_off;_ylt=Av2eTVPTT_B01gPWRdSvN34PLBIF

White nose syndrome

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

Fish May Actually Feel Pain And React To It Much Like Humans Do

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430161242.htm

Fish

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

US: Air Dirty Enough To Endanger Lives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429131158.htm

Cousin Of The 'Ice That Burns' Emerges As Greener New Way To Fight Fires

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090427091548.htm

Fire Extinction Using Carbon Dioxide Hydrate

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie8019533

Why plants can survive cold, heat, drought

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/01/plant.stress/index.html

Plantae

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

Fertilisers 'reducing diversity'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8026552.stm

Lithium in water 'curbs suicide'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8025454.stm

Lithium

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

FDA announces recall of popular diet pill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30518843/

Hydroxycut

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

Africa's genetic secrets unlocked

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8027269.stm

Africa

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

China database to track children


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8028256.stm

First edition of Darwin's Origin of Species fetches $60K

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/30/darwin-origin-auction-london.html

For Friday, June 27, 2008

North Pole photo licensed under Creative Commons by 9.81 meters per second squared

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080627/sc_livescience/northpolecouldbeicefreethissummer;_ylt=AmGqBYn9_lcd5MHUyXj864us0NUE

North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer - Yahoo! News

http://www.livescience.com/environment/080626-north-pole.html

North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_fe_st/odd_horse_commute;_ylt=Av91h6SA3Df_H_op9qD7WAis0NUE

Wash. dentist's staff saddles up to beat gas costs - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080626/sc_nm/birds_evolution_dc;_ylt=AuAPB7Ixg1QFqU2pnfjnBX4PLBIF

New bird family tree reveals some odd ducks - Yahoo! News

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25395007/

10 things you didn’t know about birds - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626141117.htm

Huge Genome-scale Phylogenetic Study Of Birds Rewrites Evolutionary Tree-of-life

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7470859.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Highlands and Islands Bees seeking 'sugary' garden pest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080623175401.htm

Database Shows Effects Of Acid Rain On Microorganisms In Adirondack Lakes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080624145103.htm

Genomics Of Large Marine Animals Showcased

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626142526.htm

What It's Like To Be A Bat: Vocal Sonar Does More Than Locate Objects; It Cues Memory And Assists Flight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626075537.htm

How To Build A Plant: Plant Architecture From The Genomics Toolbox

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080625091640.htm

Breakthrough In Plant Medicine Production

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

Glycosylation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25395515/

Scientists take a swat at mosquitoes - LiveScience- msnbc.com

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

Aedes aegypti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25410938/

Museum confirms discovery of rare fossil - Science- msnbc.com

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

Stromatolite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25396517/

Early life survived huge cosmic impact - Space.com- msnbc.com

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/east_coast_asteroid_010320.html

SPACE.com -- Huge East Coast Impact Crater Leaves Legacy of Water Woes

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/06/27/floods/index.html

Muskrats weaken, bust Mississippi River levee

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

Ondatra zibethicus

http://www.ktvu.com/news/16722523/detail.html

SF Zoo Denies Report That Tiger In Fatal Attack Was Underfed - News Story - KTVU San Francisco

For Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons on Flickr by photos_martha

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7457755.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature First farmers made 'lucky beads'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617151845.htm

Symmetry Of Homosexual Brain Resembles That Of Opposite Sex, Swedish Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617204512.htm

Shallow Water Corals Evolved From Deep Sea Ancestors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616170807.htm

Nanotechnology, Biomolecules And Light Unite To 'Cook' Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617204509.htm

Female Chimps Use Copulation Calls Strategically

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080612125038.htm

Unraveling Bacteria Communication Pathways

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617102853.htm

New Research On Octopuses Sheds Light On Memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613093732.htm

Threatened Or Invasive? Species' Fates Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080618091707.htm

Unlocking Genome Of World's Worst Insect Pest

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

Helicoverpa armigera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080618082046.htm

Birds Communicate Reproductive Success In Song

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617210034.htm

Phoenix Makes First Trench In Science Preserve

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080610191910.htm

Leicestershire Burial Mounds Reveal Ancestral Insights

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

Tumulus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25218580/

Millions of cicadas screech a serenade - Science- msnbc.com

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

Magicicada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25209226/

Japan makes robot girlfriend for lonely men - Innovation- msnbc.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/18/veganic.farm.ap/index.html

Vegan farming takes organic to next level - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/17/cardboard.bike/index.html

The ultimate in recycling - CNN.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080618/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_peanut_probe;_ylt=AuyM3fap.pXSIvDBXECgu5is0NUE

Peanut probe part of NASA mission - Yahoo! News

http://www.livescience.com/animals/080618-whale-sharks-fly.html

Huge Sharks 'Fly' Like Fighter Pilots LiveScience

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

Rhincodon typus

For Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Lesser prairie hen photo licensced under Creative Commons by epburn

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080610095001.htm

'Cursus' Is Older Than Stonehenge: Archeologists Step Closer To Solving Ancient Monument Riddle

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

Cursus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080606105454.htm

School Of Robofish Communicate With Each Other In Underwater Robot Teams

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080609141215.htm

New Catfish Species Named For Museum Mail Supervisor

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=63775&genusname=Rhinodoras&speciesname=gallagheri

Rhinodoras gallagheri, : (NOTE: WRONG SPECIES IMAGE DEPICTED IN LINK!!!)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25061258

Cat-sized reptiles roamed ancient Antarctica - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080607232647.htm

Fossilized Burrows 245 Million Years Old Suggest Lizard-like Creatures In Antarctica

Conn. police find pipe bomb stuffed inside chicken - Yahoo! News

Fighter jet hits UFO Metro.co.uk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7447582.stm

BBC NEWS Business Corn prices surge to record high

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7447994.stm

BBC NEWS Americas Whale birth captured on video

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7448006.stm

BBC NEWS UK England North Yorkshire Mud phobia pig gets its own boots

Limusphobia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7448215.stm

BBC NEWS Technology Honour for biomaterials pioneer

http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/langer.html

:: MIT ChE :: People in the Department - Faculty - Robert S. Langer

http://www.millenniumprize.fi/

Millennium Prize - Frontpage

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7446112.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Fast fall of Mediterranean sharks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7444266.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Chinese parks 'sell tiger wine'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7447381.stm

BBC NEWS UK Biologists call for balloon ban

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7446647.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Bird family trees predict decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7443534.stm

BBC NEWS Health Brain size 'not key to intellect'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7446348.stm

BBC NEWS UK Magazine Why do dolphins beach en masse?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080609115216.htm

Climate Change Hastens Extinction In Madagascar's Reptiles And Amphibians

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080610212404.htm

The Symbolic Monkey? Animals Can Comprehend And Use Symbols, Study Of Tufted Capuchins Suggests

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

Cebus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080605095616.htm

Otters Reveal Their Identity

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

Lutra lutra

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080610185204.htm

Technology Enrolled In Hunt For Life On Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080605095623.htm

New Type Of Glass Can Dissolve And Release Calcium Into The Body

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

Bioactive glass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080610165057.htm

Early Humans Experimented To Get Bow And Arrow Just Right, Findings Suggest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080609172919.htm

New Research Refutes Myth Of Pure Scandinavian Race

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080606145620.htm

Mystery Of Infamous 'New England Dark Day' Solved By Tree Rings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England%27s_Dark_Day

New England's Dark Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/11/1130193.aspx

Google co-founder aims for space - Cosmic Log - msnbc.com

http://www.spaceadventures.com/index.cfm

Space Adventures

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25049471/

U.S. tobacco farming is bigger than ever - CNBC TV- msnbc.com

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

Tobacco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25083233/

Death risk chart shows smokers should beware - Health care- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25085264/

Did food sellers overreact to tomato scare? - Food Inc.- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25075424/

FDA closing in on source of tomato outbreak - Infectious diseases- msnbc.com

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

Solanum lycopersicum

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/09/tiger.conservation/index.html

Stars come out to support tiger initiative - CNN.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_re_as/hong_kong_bird_flu;_ylt=Ahs1L5kRzAxISVax0BuZg4Os0NUE

Hong Kong slaughters all market poultry - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_sc/indonesia_fishing_macaques;_ylt=AnU0xEy_XXQezwifPA5ZzQis0NUE

Scientists find monkeys who know how to fish - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tailed_macaque

Macaca fascicularis

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_re_us/prairie_chicken;_ylt=AgOKFdTCcI3xZKkg2fWi6Eys0NUE

Report: Rare chicken's numbers on the decline - Yahoo! News

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

Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080611/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_india_tigers;_ylt=Am_GvvVBQOdAY_H7ukYNvCbtiBIF

Tigers spill out of Indian sanctuary - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080611/sc_afp/whalingusjapan;_ylt=Agnb36dxfUqfw1C2MJxkBrwPLBIF

US moves to plug loophole for slaughter of whales - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_re_as/china_quake_pandas;_ylt=AjuaMEUkn5XYx8uKA25alfAPLBIF

Honors for Mao Mao the panda killed in China quake - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080610/sc_afp/wwfchinaenvironment;_ylt=AnJSPFgBh0A3WsEVUCfE6UoPLBIF

China consuming twice what its ecosystems can supply: WWF - Yahoo! News