For Thursday, October 23, 2008

Limosa lapponica image licensed under Creative Commons by Changhua Coast Conservaction Action's photos

China Arrests 6 Over Tainted Milk Scandal

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/23/world/main4540906.shtml

'Magnetic Death Star' Fossils: Earlier Global Warming Produced A Whole New Form Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135844.htm

Gigantism in unique biogenic magnetite at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 20, 2008 DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0803634105

Building A Better Bee

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021185217.htm

Beetle invasion threatens New England trees

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081023/ap_on_re_us/beetle_battle;_ylt=AuLez_A.MJE6rSWuE.bndyKs0NUE

Anoplophora glabripennis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_long-horned_beetle



Bird sets record with 7,257-mile nonstop flight

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27322698/

Limosa lapponica

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-tailed_godwit



Rare Corals Breed Their Way Out Of Trouble

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021094006.htm

Sugar Plays Key Role In How Cells Work

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020171442.htm

Which Grass Is Greener? Study To Select Northeast Grasses That Can Power The Bioenergy Era

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135630.htm

Ecosystem-level Consequences Of Frog Extinctions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081016124252.htm

Biologists Discover Gene Behind 'Plant Sex Mystery'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135427.htm

Baby hedgehog sanctuary

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Soil health 'threatens farming'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7685643.stm

Transplanted cornea still sees after 123 years

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27339516/

Drug may reverse MS brain damage

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7680641.stm

Leukemia drug gives hopes to MS sufferers

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/10/23/ms.treatment/index.html

Alemtuzumab

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

Anti-obesity drug use suspended

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7687311.stm

Unique Properties Of Boron Harnessed To Develop New Drugs And Diagnostics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021094210.htm

Boron

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

Sick economy has patients skimping on meds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27325050/

Crossing Blood-Brain Barrier: New Drug Delivery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022073724.htm

Fluorescent feline a scientific breakthrough?

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Me-yow! This cat glows in the dark

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27338236/

For Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Carnegiea gigantea photo licensed under Creative Commons by jcolman

Chocolate lovers: more kinds of cacao

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27073996/

Cows may hold secret for efficient ethanol

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27050661/

Tree power could save forests from fires

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26973918/

Hundreds of new marine species discovered, scientists say

http://www.yahoo.com/s/967216

Penguins ride air force jet to South Atlantic

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_sc/lt_brazil_penguins;_ylt=AsmzW7uyYl16SKK96dhPVtus0NUE

Climate change poised to devastate penguins: WWF

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081008/sc_afp/environmentbiodiversityspeciespenguins;_ylt=Au6evBq4kLc8E5q5zsaAogQPLBIF


China sets melamine levels for milk products

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk;_ylt=AplNPQFqQ7Ro2MAr4EqRcj2s0NUE

Taiwan suggests SARS a China warfare plot

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081007/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_taiwan_china_sars;_ylt=ApGP5viiSwYfaowGfJjnDiXtiBIF

Severe acute respiratory syndrome

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

University: Stem-cell study used falsified data

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_he_me/stem_cell_study;_ylt=AoWsOpZsnfXu4fAsiTSt9NAPLBIF

Feds to use chips to foil cactus thieves

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/08/cactus.thefts.arizona.ap/index.html

Carnegiea gigantea

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

Newsweek: Pfizer sued over anti-seizure drug

http://www.newsweek.com/id/162906

Gabapentin

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

Police raid Nigeria 'baby farm'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7658882.stm

'End in sight' for elephantiasis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7659222.stm

Neurofibrome

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

Bioengineers Fill Holes In Science Of Cellular Self-organization

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006155919.htm

Good News For Pig Breeders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002094832.htm

Sus

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

Using Living Cells As Nanotechnology Factories

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008095710.htm

Turf Wars: Sand And Corals Don't Mix

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008095708.htm

Biological Alternatives To Chemical Pesticides

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008065841.htm

DNA Could Reveal Your Surname

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081007192526.htm

Half-Ton Mexican Man Dies After Public Plea

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5980926

Starbucks in hot water over water use

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/08/earlyshow/main4509437.shtml?tag=lowerContent;homeSectionBlock205

Oldest Skeleton in Americas Found in Underwater Cave?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080903-oldest-skeletons.html

Monkeys work in Japanese restaurant

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7654267.stm

Macaca

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

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 Saturday, May 24, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by alfonsotar
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_eu/germany_ebay_baby

German parents post baby on eBay for 1 euro - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080523/ts_afp/environmentpollutionspeciescoral

Sun screen lotion threatens coral: study - Yahoo! News


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7418279.stm

BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Great Barrier Reef divers found

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

Great Barrier Reef - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7415423.stm

BBC NEWS Health Cancer vaccine target pinpointed


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7417123.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080523083007.htm

Dramatic Impact Of Sea-Level Rise On Chesapeake Bay's Coastal Habitats

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

Chesapeake Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080520130807.htm

Joint NASA-French Satellite To Track Trends In Sea Level, Climate

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

Ocean Surface Topography Mission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080522210025.htm

New Statistical Method Reveals Surprises About Our Ancestry

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24804797/

Shark kills surfer in Mexico - Americas- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24797206/

Toad aphrodisiac kills man, NY issues warning - Sexual health- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24797061/

Seas off West Coast dangerously acidic - Climate Change- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24719524/

Smugglers try to mail geckos - World environment- msnbc.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/23/fda.nipple.cream.ap/index.html

FDA warns of harmful nipple cream - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/05/23/shagren.man.saves.ducks.kxly

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_sc/tortoise_decline;_ylt=AuDjQcNSFNQm4SHZOsEHCD.s0NUE

Southern Utah tortoise continues decline - Yahoo! News

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

Gopherus agassizii

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/japan_suicide;_ylt=ArH6jOIV8PXZK3Pc5Uts_JKs0NUE

Suicides linked to work-related stress up in Japan - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/od_nm/foot_odd_dc;_ylt=AtjHG8GTwrLhkQaMNVOivuSs0NUE

Mystery deepens as 4th severed foot found - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/od_nm/sex_odd_dc;_ylt=At45Jz1ocMVQiB.0zpLbOZWs0NUE

Warning issued over unlicensed sex drugs - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080523/sc_afp/costaricaenvironmentturtlesanimals;_ylt=AgqrBkDs96ZbDc57fFWqnNMPLBIF

Record birthrate of leatherback turtles in Costa Rica: WWF - Yahoo! News

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/nhl_experts/post/Why-the-octopus-still-won-t-twirl-in-Detroit?urn=nhl,84176

Why the octopus still won't twirl in Detroit - Puck Daddy - NHL - Yahoo! Sports

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

Octopoda

For Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by Wllly Volk

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_colossal_squid;_ylt=Ao4MuYcaFLFna9_Q_.Sv2cSs0NUE

New Zealand scientists thaw 1,000-pound squid corpse - Yahoo! News

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

Colossal Squid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_re_us/polar_bears;_ylt=Ap3l1VgzlRK9k0kr9uABUqes0NUE

Judge orders federal government to decide polar bear listing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080429/sc_nm/brazil_lizard_dc;_ylt=AtZlYtgE1GNSvSeZVzhAozkPLBIF

Legless lizard found in Brazil may be new species - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_re_us/shark_attack;_ylt=AsT.T4QCI808WQ8kxsBRKYAPLBIF

Shark expert: Autopsy confirms great white killed triathlete - Yahoo! News

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

Carcharodon carcharias

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080428/sc_livescience/bughassexwithorchids;_ylt=AhTBwQm0fIWlrFBo8jHNhv4PLBIF

Bug Has Sex with Orchids - Yahoo! News


http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/080428-orchid-climax.html

Bug Has Sex with Orchids LiveScience




http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7373998.stm

BBC NEWS Europe Paris rat-catchers tackle rodents

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

Rattus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7371686.stm

BBC NEWS Technology Free game hopes to save gorillas


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7370737.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Device 'spins silk like spiders'

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

Spider silk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia








http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080424140400.htm

When Did Dinosaurs Go Extinct? Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Dating Refined

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon-argon_dating

Argon-argon dating - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080428104518.htm

Endangered Right Whales Protected With New Warning Buoys In Shipping Lanes

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

Eubalaena

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080428140002.htm

Will Corals Survive The Stormy Future?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080429130927.htm

Bison Can Thrive Again, Study Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080429075327.htm

Scientists Make Chemical Cousin Of DNA For Use As New Nanotechnology Building Block

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNA_%28nucleic_acid%29

Glycerol nucleic acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080428200309.htm

Ancient Ecosystems Organized Much Like Our Own

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

Cambrian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24360996/

Dolphins collide mid-air, one dies - Science- msnbc.com

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

Tursiops truncatus