For Monday, December 22, 2008

Aztec Ruins Nat'l Monument licensed under Creative Commons by Steve Farris

Arctic Greening Linked To Retreating Sea Ice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217203316.htm

Malaysia 'to double tiger stock'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7795944.stm

Pangolin meat seized

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081222/wl_asia_afp/vietnamanimalspangolin;_ylt=Akasx9bN0gFtQyWQE9avoGUDW7oF

Manis

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



Plea for help spotting bat killer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7779793.stm

Stitch-up to save puffin chicks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7793919.stm

'Illegal threat' to hen harriers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7794682.stm

Circus cyaneus

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

Bees get plants' pests in a flap

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7796138.stm

Length Of Root Hairs On Plants Made To Grow Longer: Potential Broad Implications For Agriculture

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081214191012.htm

'Little Ice Age' hastened fall of Aztecs, Incans

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28353083/

Gene disease 'recreated in lab'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7791283.stm

Yeast Mimics Severity Of Mutations Leading To Fatal Childhood Illness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222074557.htm

Breathing Life Into Injured Lungs: World First

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219172039.htm

Selflessness Has Neuropsychological Connection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217124156.htm

Blind man navigates maze

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7794783.stm

New guidelines boost web access

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7789622.stm

How technology helps the blind shop online

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7792662.stm

Brazil remembers slain activist

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7795194.stm

Francisco Alves Mendes Filho

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

Nostrano brand sausage recalled for possible listeria contamination

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/12/22/listeria-recall.html

For Monday, December 8, 2008

California's Deep Sea Secrets: New Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081203184926.htm

Test reveals dogs' jealous side

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7771259.stm

Dog tries to rescue dog that was hit by car

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_chile_hero_dog;_ylt=Ai6H6mxy8ceEWMm7et4j7YDtiBIF

Has climate change claimed first mammal extinction?

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2008/12/climate-change-claims-its-firs.html

Hemibelideus lemuroides

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

Nature's top 40: Puffins put on their eye make-up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7762652.stm

Fratercula

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

Amazon Butterflies: Evolution Favors Mutualism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081201233452.htm

Spider Love: Little Guys Get Lots More

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208081008.htm


Living with threat of melting Himalayas in Nepal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7771933.stm

Lebanese finds 'heaviest' potato

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7771042.stm

Toughest Ceramic Mimics Mother Of Pearl

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081205171011.htm

Biomimicry

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

'Intelligent' Materials To Revolutionize Surgical Implants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081203133813.htm

What Makes The Heart 'Tick-tock'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081202133220.htm

Death by Common Cold: One Boy's Story

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6403481&page=1

The Key to Washing Flu Away

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6033400

We Scream for Vanilla Ice Cream: At Risk?

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6415470

Malaria vaccine shows promise in tests

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28112611/

Cold sores 'an Alzheimer's risk'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7770680.stm

Robotics Integrated With Human Body In Near Future? Technology Gulf Between 'Have' And 'Have Nots' Predicted By 2020

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081205100137.htm