LCROSS Points to Life Detection on Other Planets and New Himalayas Species and More for Monday, August 10, 2009

LCROSS Spacecraft Detects Life On Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806091014.htm

LCROSS (Wiki Link)

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

Bonn hosts climate change talks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8193203.stm

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Wiki Link)

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

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Website)

http://unfccc.int/

Psychological Factors Help Explain Slow Reaction To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090807154404.htm


'Motion Picture' Of Past Warming Paves Way For Snapshots Of Future Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141138.htm

Global Warming

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

Climate-caused Biodiversity Booms And Busts In Ancient Plants And Mammals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806121757.htm

Ozone Depletion Reduces Ocean Carbon Uptake

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806141716.htm

Ozone depletion

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

Carbon sink

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

Wastewater Produces Electricity And Desalinates Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806112601.htm

Orangutans Make Musical Instrument

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090810/sc_livescience/orangutansmakemusicalinstrument;_ylt=Aoq8ShvIDyusRoE_LV.PwBYPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNkaGgzYThzBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwODEwL29yYW5ndXRhbnNtYWtlbXVzaWNhbGluc3RydW1lbnQEY3BvcwM0BHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9oZ

Pongo

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

Greater Yellowstone Elk Suffer Worse Nutrition And Lower Birth Rates Due To Wolves

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717121424.htm

Yellowstone National Park

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

Cervus canadensis

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

Canis lupus

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

Canis lupus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328607


Is Bat White-nose Syndrome An Emerging Fungal Pathogen?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090803185832.htm

White-nose syndrome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-nose_syndrome

Scottish species reach new heights

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8189613.stm

Mary Had A Lot Of Lambs: Researchers Identify Way To Accelerate Sheep Breeding

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806112401.htm

Ovis aries

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

Ovis aries (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/311906

Flying frog among 353 new Himalayan species: WWF

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090810/sc_afp/asiaenvironmentwildlifewwfhimalayas;_ylt=AvzzLle_EJmbbqWQt6NiSc.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTMxZmpoOGljBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDgxMC9hc2lhZW52aXJvbm1lbnR3aWxkbGlmZXd3ZmhpbWFsYXlhcwRwb3MDNQRzZWMDeW5fbW9zdF9wb3B1bGFyBHNsawNmbHlpb

Invasive Species Threaten Critical Habitats, Oyster Among Victims

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717121426.htm

Links Between Nerve Roots And Plant Roots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806121724.htm

New Cancer Drug Delivery System Is Effective And Reversible

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806112359.htm

Incomplete Entries & Computing Bacteria for Friday, July 24, 2009

* Chrysina image licensed under Creative Commons by Charles Lam

You know we often strive to deliver a 'complete' entry of the daily major postings concerning biology, zoology and other life science topics. Today, we had some unique issues with Blogger freezing up, our (public) Dell Optiplex 755 deleting our data and Microsoft Word (the most current version) and DOS dumping our data...all at the same time. We spoke to the IT people who 'run' the computers and servers here at our IP address, but they reported that it is policy for them to delete all documents when rebooting the servers - even when they have been saved. But, we know that is false based on our previous experience.

Warning!: Based on our experience (above) we strongly suggest moving any and all Word Document work to Google Documents as soon as possible if you are working in the same type of environment.

'Bacterial Computers': Genetically Engineered Bacteria Have Potential To Solve Complicated Mathematical Problems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090723194321.htm

Halting A Pandemic: NIH Mounts Search For A H1N1 Vaccine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090723194958.htm

Chinese experts grow live mice from skin cells

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre56m4pw-us-stemcells-china/

Cloud Changes Worsen Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090723141812.htm

Swine flu is now in 160 Countries

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8167961.stm

Copper Can Help In The Battle Against Influenza A H1N1, Says Scientist

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090723201456.htm

Landmark Panda Birth Caught on Camera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8166949.stm

Ailuropoda melanoleuca


http://www.eol.org/pages/328070

Hot secret behind toucan's bill

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8165895.stm

Ramphastidae

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

New Lizard Specie Discovered in India


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8166904.stm

Modest Fisheries Reduction Could Protect Vast Coastal Ecosystems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090722093802.htm

The Secret of the Green Beetle's Shine

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8166157.stm

Chrysina gloriosa

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

Mayan Forest Conservation 3000 Years Ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090722150825.htm

Bacterial Wall to Stop Sahara's Growth?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8166929.stm

'Long-haired' Water Molds Are The Most Virulent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090721090136.htm

Saprolegnia

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


Longer Life For Milk Drinkers, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090722083720.htm

Deglaciation and More for Friday, June 5, 2009

Mount Rainier and Carbon Glacier image licensed under Creative Commons by brewbooks

Deglaciation

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/06/deglaciation.html

Younger Dryas

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

Glacier

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

History Channel: MegaDisaster Episode Archives

http://www.history.com/content/megadisasters/episode-archive

The End of Nations? And More for Friday, February 6, 2009

http://americanpoliticalhandbook.blogspot.com/2009/02/for-friday-february-6-2009.html

Stem Cells On Contact Lens Restore Sight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090605081151.htm

Climate Change Models Find Staple Crops Face Ruin On Up To One Million Square Kilometers Of African Farmland

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602204259.htm

Origin of Antarctic ice revealed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8079767.stm

Rainforest is worth more standing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8083706.stm

Prehistoric Whale Discovered On The West Coast Of Sweden

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090605110420.htm

After failed courtship, zoo helps rare birds breed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_re_us/us_national_zoo_rare_crane;_ylt=ApphHFChYBUz2VvfT6Jnt9sPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMwaGQ4NGQ3BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNjA0L3VzX25hdGlvbmFsX3pvb19yYXJlX2NyYW5lBHBvcwMxMARzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA2FmdGVyZmFpbG

Grus vipio

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-naped_crane

Grus vipio (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/143775/0



Bee-killing Parasite Genome Sequenced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604222430.htm

Nosema ceranae

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

Sacred plants of the Maya forest

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8083000/8083812.stm

Ceiba pentandra

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

Pachira aquatica

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

Pseudobombax ellipticum

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

Quararibea funebris

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

Long-standing Mystery Of How Plants Make Eggs Solved

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604144332.htm

Plantae

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

Do Dinosaurs Still Exist?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/dodinosaursstillexist;_ylt=Annd33a3BTCQtYSFjiPknboDW7oF

Dinosaur

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

Bacteria From The Deep Can Clean Up Heavy Metals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604222432.htm

Carbon Payments Help Protect Threatened Tropical Mammals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604181251.htm

'Beehive fence' deters elephants

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8081000/8081521.stm

Elevated Water Temperature And Acidity Boost Growth Of Key Sea Star Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601140926.htm

Bacteria And Algae Act As Biocatalysts For Deep-sea Raw Material Deposition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601085918.htm

Researchers Solve 'Bloodcurdling' Mystery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604144326.htm

How Humans Have Disrupted The Nitrogen Cycle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604144322.htm

Nitrogen cycle

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

Diarrhea vaccine urged for all children

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31121962/

Rotavirus vaccine

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

8-Year-Old N.M. Boy Dies Of Bubonic Plague

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/05/health/main5064847.shtml

Bubonic plague

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


Is There a Lake Champlain Monster?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=7760355&page=1

More on Global Warming and More for Thursday, May 28, 2009

* Physeter catodon image licensed under Creative Commons by alh1

Melting Ice Sheets May Threaten Northeast U.S.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527121055.htm

Methane rise detected in Arctic

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30889664/


European Shipping Routes Linked To Locations With High Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522132001.htm

Microfossils Challenge Prevailing Views Of 'Snowball Earth' Glaciations On Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526140846.htm

Hospital workers save orang-utan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/jersey/8068358.stm

Pongo

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

Glowing monkeys 'to aid research'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8070252.stm

Rare blue whale found dead on New Zealand beach

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090528/ap_on_re_au_an/as_new_zealand_rare_whale;_ylt=AuOmTghBIBefOoNb3QKpxuWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlOW43aWU1BHBvcwMxMjIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNyYXJlYmx1ZXdoYWw-

Balaenoptera musculus

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

Balaenoptera musculus (IUCN Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2477/0

Balaenoptera musculus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328574

Caught on tape! How whales steal fish

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30944866/

Physeter catodon

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

Physeter catodon (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328547

Physeter macrocephalus (IUCN link) Species notation: You may find this specie listed under Physeter catodon in the Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia of Life. You will find it listed only under Physeter macrocephalus in the IUCN Red List (Vulnerable).

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41755/0

Notothenia microlepidota

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=12014&genusname=Notothenia&speciesname=microlepidota

Pink dolphin makes splash in shipping channel

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30968596/

Tursiops truncatus

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

Tursiops truncatus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/129548

Thais cheer surprise panda birth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8071393.stm

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

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

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (IUCN Red List Link)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/712/0

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (EOL link)

http://eol.org/pages/328070

Mountain lion killed after escape at Kansas zoo

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30947607/

Puma concolor

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

Puma concolor (EOL Link) Species notation: You may find this specie listed under Felius concolor in the Wikipedia, but you may find it listed only under Puma concolor in the Encyclopedia of Life.

http://eol.org/pages/311910


Mouse genome laid bare to science

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8069235.stm

Mouse Genome Informatics

http://www.informatics.jax.org/

More Genetic Differences Between Mice, Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526202722.htm

Climate Change Threatens Endangered Honeycreeper Birds of Hawaii

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526140840.htm

Cyanerpes

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

Cuckoo's call becomes rarer in UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8070021.stm

Cuculidae

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

Cuculus canorus

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

CBC MANITOBA Falcon cam

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/features/falcon/

Falco peregrinus

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

Falco peregrinus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1049164

Komodo dragon attacks terrorize villages

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30913500/

Varanus komodoensis

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

Varanus komodoensis (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/790179

Varanus komodoensis (IUCN Link)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22884/0


Did The North Atlantic Fisheries Collapse Due To Fisheries-induced Evolution?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526202809.htm

Shellfish At Risk In High Carbon Dioxide World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526202807.htm

Shellfish

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

Giant Dinosaur Posture Is All Wrong

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526213918.htm

Giant dinosaurs 'held heads high'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8068789.stm

Sauropoda

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

New Extinct Lemur Species Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527073030.htm

Palaeopropithecus kelyus

http://www.em-consulte.com/article/212118/iconosup

Cancer patient held at U.S. airport for missing fingerprint

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090527/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_cancer_fingerprints

Capecitabine

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

Australia swine flu ship isolated

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8071292.stm

Scientists develop new basis for H5N1 vaccine: WHO

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54r2yg-us-flu-who-vaccine/

British scientists make H1N1 flu strain for vaccine

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54r3ay-us-flu-britain-vaccine/

Child diabetes cases 'to double'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8068941.stm

Ocean monster shows hidden depths

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8071021.stm

Chikyu Hakken

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

Brain Activation Can Predict Strategies People Use To Make Risky Decisions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527121043.htm

Investigating The Development Of Mechanosensitivity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522101924.htm

Can you "hear" shapes and "taste" sounds?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8070210.stm

Synaesthesia

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

Watermelons Tapped For Ethanol

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522180918.htm

Citrullus lanatus

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

Postwar Food Vetch Is An Important Source Of Antioxidant Activity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528092528.htm

Vicia

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

Vicia (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/13463


Geographic Isolation Drives Evolution Of Hot Springs Microbe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527105715.htm

Viruses Are Sneakier Than We Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526202724.htm

Portable Device Can Detect Viruses In Minutes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528093004.htm

Would have been an 'insult' not to accept seal heart: Gov. Gen.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/27/jean-hunt.html

Decreased Ice Melt - Due to Lead? and More for Friday, May 15, 2009

Ice sheet melt threat reassessed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8050094.stm

Global Warming Curbed By Lead Pollution?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512093542.htm

Ocean Circulation Doesn't Work As Expected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513130942.htm

Breakthrough In The Treatment Of Bacterial Meningitis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513121048.htm

New Tissue Scaffold Regrows Cartilage And Bone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511122429.htm

Brain chemical may play key role in anxiety

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54b6v6-us-anxiety-brain/

Basic fibroblast growth factor 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibroblast_growth_factor_2

Eating Fish, Nuts And Olive Oil May Be Associated With Reduced Risk Of Age-related Blindness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511164235.htm

Neandertals Sophisticated And Fearless Hunters, New Analysis Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090514084115.htm

Homo neanderthalensis

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

Swine flu closes schools

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1072102

Human noses too cold for bird flu

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8050523.stm

Tall story: Scientists fail to get to the bottom of giraffe evolution

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8050000/8050298.stm

Giraffa camelopardalis

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

Australian court halts killing of kangaroos

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090514/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_killing_kangaroos;_ylt=Agc3N8_zytePmxJ1kQqSndkPLBIF

Surfer rescues drowning kangaroo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8051264.stm

Exhibit explores world of weird mammals

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090514/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_extreme_mammals;_ylt=AhDkxpY1r0cufJYY10XK0VOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkMG9zMzhkBHBvcwMxNjUEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl90cmF2ZWwEc2xrA2V4aGliaXRleHBsbw--

More Critically Endangered Birds On Red List

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513224124.htm

Anodorhynchus leari

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

Eriocnemis isabellae

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

Heteromirafra sidamoensis

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

Camarhynchus pauper

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

Bizarre bird gets private beach in Indonesia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090515/ap_on_re_as/as_indonesia_bird_beach;_ylt=ArSGvqRjbESsUhuzXXiZ7gIPLBIF

Macrocephalon maleo

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

Hopes of fitting tags to ospreys

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8050529.stm

Fish that triggers hallucinations found off British coast

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5318202/Fish-that-triggers-hallucinations-found-off-British-coast.html

Sarpa salpa

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=204&genusname=Sarpa&speciesname=salpa

For Northern Shrimp Populations In North Atlantic, Timing Is Everything

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507145749.htm

Pandalus borealis

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

Oldest Example Of Mutualism: Termites And Protozoa Discovered Together In Ancient Amber

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090514153139.htm

George O Poinar Jr. Description of an early Cretaceous termite (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) and its associated intestinal protozoa, with comments on their co-evolution. Parasites & Vectors, 2009; 2 (12) DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-2-12

http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-2-12



Dire warnings of insect extinctions may be wide of the mark

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8040000/8040926.stm

Scorpion Sting: Antivenom Results In Prompt Recovery From Nerve Poisoning, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513173452.htm

How Bees Hold Onto Flowers: 'Velcro'-like Structures On Flower Petals Help Bees Stick

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090514125148.htm

Coral: Climate Change Could Displace Millions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513130953.htm

The plant that can water itself

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8049000/8049850.stm

Rheum palaestinum

http://www.zipcodezoo.com/Plants/R/Rheum_palaestinum.asp

Ginger Found to Ease Nausea of Cancer Treatment

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/health/15cancer.html?ref=global-home

Medicinal Plant Kava Safe And Effective In Reducing Anxiety, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511122619.htm

Piper methysticum

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

Potential Anti-ulcer Herb Medicine: Rocket 'Eruca Sativa'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507101824.htm

Eruca sativa

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

Medicinal Plant, St John's Wort, May Reduce Neuronal Degeneration Caused By Parkinson's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511181252.htm

Hypericum perforatum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Wort

Switchgrass Genome May Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512134651.htm

Panicum virgatum

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

Grilling With Charcoal Less Climate-friendly Than Grilling With Propane, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512093254.htm