Regrow Your Teeth? and More for Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Scientists study huge plastic patch in Pacific

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5730et-us-ocean-plastics/

NASA goes green with new sustainability base

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32299032/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Geckos' Amazing Grip Is Triggered By Gravity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090804210625.htm

Gekkonidae

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

Replacement teeth grown in mice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8182684.stm

Scientists halt epilepsy in mice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8178703.stm

Orangutan ruse misleads predators

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8184015.stm

Pongo

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

Fishermen attack Amazon dolphins

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8184000/8184157.stm

Poaching Crisis As Rhino Horn Demand Booms In Asia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090726092605.htm

Rhinoceros horn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros_horn#Horns

European bison on 'genetic brink'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8182000/8182104.stm

Bison bonasus

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

Bison bonasus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328110

Bison bonasus (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2814/0

Domestic dog origins challenged

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8182371.stm

Canis lupus familiaris

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

Canis lupus familiaris (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1228387

Iconic fire-singed koala faces risky surgery

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32296776/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

Phascolarctos cinereus

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

Phascolarctos cinereus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/128425

Rare turtles at risk from tourists in Greece

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8183308.stm

Thinking Crickets: 'Cognitive' Processes Underlie Memory Recall In Crickets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090803193645.htm

Gryllidae

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

Urban dwellers 'should keep bees'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8184655.stm

Apiary

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

Ancient spiders yield 3D secrets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8184396.stm

Forests fall to beetle outbreak

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre57300n-us-usa-forests-beetle/

Dendroctonus ponderosae

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

First-ever 'Wanderlust Gene' Found In Tiny Bony Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090804193236.htm

Sick Fish May Get Sicker Due To Climate Change And Other Stresses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090803185830.htm

Coral Reefs Face Increasing Difficulties Recovering From Storm Damage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090623112119.htm

International Marine Project Helps Protect Some Of The World's Rarest And Most Fragile Coral Reefs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090804071820.htm

Galapagos Coral Conservation: Impact Mitigation, Mapping and Monitoring

http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/66755/

Ocean coral 'offers pain therapy'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8183039.stm

Terpenoids—LXXII1: Chemical studies of marine invertebrates—XXVI, 2 Δ9(12)-capnellene-3β,8β,10α,14-tetrol, a novel polyoxygenated sesquiterpene from the alcyonarian capnella imbricata


http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6THR-42NJFYR-75&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=3243f026b51d0c8c20e535253c5ca00b
Coral

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

Greenroofs Can Save Cities Millions Of Gallons Of Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090803083628.htm

Green roof

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

Understanding Biology Of Guam's Native Fadang Tree

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090723113504.htm

Cycas micronesica

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

Cycas micronesica (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/630768

Cycas micronesica (IUCN Red List – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/61316/0

Tires Made From Trees: Better, Cheaper, More Fuel Efficient

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090721122846.htm

Newly Discovered Snow Roots Are 'Evolutionary Phenomenon'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090611192134.htm

Corydalis conorhiza

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

Trees are 'crucial famine food'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8182673.stm

Growing Evidence Of Marijuana Smoke's Potential Dangers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090805110741.htm

An Ancient Bug Makes Electricity

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/JustOneThing/story?id=8249436&page=1

Geobacter

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

New Yeasts Could Help Fast-Track Biofuel Production

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090801193917.htm

Structure Of Antibiotic Ramoplanin Reveals Promising Mechanism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090803185828.htm

Ramoplanin

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

Middle Miocene Oxygen Minimum Zone Expansion Offshore West Africa: Evidence For Global Cooling Precursor Events

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090801095806.htm

Miocene

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

New Technique to Catch Fossil Thieves

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32271709/ns/technology_and_science-science/page/2/

For Monday, July 28, 2008

Basking shark image licensed under Creative Commons by kernosweb

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_go_ot/salmonella_lobbying

Food industry bitten by its lobbying success


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7520868.stm

Rare fossils in India threatened

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7524557.stm

Shark-spotters wanted in Cornwall

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=90

Cetorhinus maximus - FishBase


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080727/ap_on_re_as/china_pandas;_ylt=AgKv9On5UsSiuGXiECL18dCs0NUE

4 panda cubs born at Chinese breeding center

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080726/sc_livescience/thesurprisinghistoryofamericaswildhorses;_ylt=Av4Of_v3hokLY3oLbA6KVz0PLBIF

The Surprising History of America's Wild Horses

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080724/sc_afp/spaingeologyhistoryscience;_ylt=AhW96ZW_0oUP.hqXMu5QpZwPLBIF

Unknown insects found in 110-million-year-old amber in Spain


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7526871.stm

Rare seahorses born at aquarium

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1801

Hippocampus hippocampus - FishBase

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080727224101.htm

Francisella Tularensis: Stopping A Biological Weapon

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

Francisella tularensis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080727224059.htm

Bacteria Reveal Secret Of Adaptation At Evolution Canyon

For Saturday, July 5, 2008

Golden eagle photo licensed under Creative Commons by insecta62

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080705/ap_on_sc/asia_orangutans

Study: Orangutan populations declining sharply - Yahoo! News


http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080702/sc_livescience/tigersvanishinnepal;_ylt=Ak9NWaQNczyIqs99ps6J4nUPLBIF

Tigers Vanish in Nepal - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/ts_afp/environmentsciencespeciesextinction;_ylt=Ar16KpJVRFWFu4WeZB9muMIPLBIF

Extinction risks vastly underestimated: study - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/7490202.stm

BBC NEWS Have Your Say Tofu 'may raise risk of dementia'

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

Tofu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2008/07/tofumentia.html

Tofumentia


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7489038.stm

BBC NEWS Americas Stolen fossils back in Argentina

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7483451.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Diamonds hint at 'earliest life'

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

Hadean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7489000.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Badger cull proposals 'rejected'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger_%28animal%29

Badger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7485839.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature True cost of the ocean heist

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7486169.stm

BBC NEWS Africa Africa moves to stop fish theft

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7483750.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Highlands and Islands Report finds golden eagle decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7483832.stm

BBC NEWS Health Cold sore virus secret revealed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_virus_1

Herpes simplex virus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703145849.htm

'Mind's Eye' Influences Visual Perception


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080702132219.htm

Worms Do Calculus To Find Meals Or Avoid Unpleasantness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080702160950.htm

Exploding Asteroid Theory Strengthened By New Evidence Located In Ohio, Indiana

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703160749.htm

Agriculture Linked To Frog Sexual Abnormalities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703181839.htm

Puzzle In The Control Of Cell Division Unraveled

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080704154143.htm

To Multiply, Ant Colonies Adapt To Environmental Conditions


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25502281/

Rising temperatures could doom reptile - LiveScience- msnbc.com

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

Sphenodon

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/03/medicine.biomimic/index.html

Humpback whales pioneer new heart treatment - CNN.com

For Saturday, May 31, 2008

Galapagos Island Floreana photo licensed under Creative Commons by Yvonne Denman Photography

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/528/2

Make Way for Superfrog -- Cahoon 2008 (528): 2 -- ScienceNOW

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

Arthroleptidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7428955.stm

BBC NEWS South Asia Baby leopard spotted in house

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7429300.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Italy track rescued turtles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7424281.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Fossil reveals oldest live birth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080530204454.htm

Possible Ice On Mars Seen By Phoenix Lander Robotic Arm Camera

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080529141344.htm

Slide Rule Sense: Amazonian Indigenous Culture Demonstrates Universal Mapping Of Number Onto Space

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

Munduruku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080529091128.htm

Fruits, Vegetables And Teas May Protect Smokers From Lung Cancer, Researchers Report

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24901077/

Killer elephant 'Osama' dies in hail of bullets - South and Central Asia- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24897878/

Zoos adapting to animals - Science- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24897855/

Quake-damaged panda reserve plans move - Science- msnbc.com


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080530/sc_afp/peruunrestjusticerights;_ylt=AjTPchTXCGAGYEsk6SAgB3QDW7oF

Scientists find murdered children in Peru's largest mass grave - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080530/od_nm/suit_dc;_ylt=Ah6tz4sKjf_l17wGHlCOebUDW7oF

Fox News worker sues over bedbugs in office - Yahoo! News

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

Cimicidae

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080531/ap_on_sc/ecuador_galapagos_volcano;_ylt=AvNXCykHIPp0OfA.SoI5pEUPLBIF

Volcano erupts in Galapagos Islands - Yahoo! News