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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Cetorhinus Winter Home Discovered and More for Sunday, May 10, 2009

Cooper, My Therapy Dog image licensed under Creative Commons by Marvin Kuo


Early cave bacteria hints at Mars life

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30649087/

Gorilla mums keep family in check

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8027000/8027622.stm

Gorilla

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

Orangutan escapes her enclosure at Adelaide zoo in Australia

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090510/K051004AU.html

Pongo

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

Baboons Benefit From Strong Social Networks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507181225.htm

Papio

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

Right whales break birth record

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30660700/

Eubalena glacialis

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

Way To Cut Cattle Methane By 25 Percent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507145752.htm

Methane

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

Domestication led to horse color explosion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30628354/

Equus ferus caballus

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

World's smallest pigs 'thriving'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8036405.stm

Porcula salvania

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

'Gecko Vision': Key To Future Multifocal Contact Lens?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507164407.htm

Gekkonidae

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

Ultrasonic Communication Among Frogs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508192231.htm

Huia cavitympanum

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

Scientists Airlift Giant, Endangered Frogs

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/08/tech/main5002548.shtml

Leptodactylus fallax


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

Scientists discover winter home of world's second-biggest fish

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/07/eco.baskingsharks/index.html

Cetorhinus maximus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basking_shark_(Cetorhinus_maximus)

Could climate change spell the end of the prawn cocktail?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8037888.stm

Dendrobrachiata

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

Flight Of The Bumble Bee Is Based More On Brute Force Than Aerodynamic Efficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507194511.htm

Bombus

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

Scientists Surprised By Unexpected Emergence Of Periodical Cicadas -- Four Years Early

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507142230.htm

Magicicada

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

Magi

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

Cicada/Cicadidae

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

Skeptic

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

Skepticada

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/skepticada-or-impacada.html

Honeybee Pollination Crisis 'A Myth'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507121949.htm

Mystery worms turn on northwest China herdsmen

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54735e-us-china-worms/

Filling The Gap In The Fossil Record

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504151505.htm

Fossil

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

Cave Painting Depicts Extinct Marsupial Lion

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090510/sc_livescience/cavepaintingdepictsextinctmarsupiallion;_ylt=Al07U1pNUEN9ukScqT.ETZUPLBIF

Thylacoleo carnifex Thylacoleo carnifex

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

Animals On Runways Can Cause Serious Problems At Small Airports

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504171955.htm

Small Brain Of Dwarf 'Hobbit' Explained By Hippo's Island Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507185535.htm

Homo floresiensis

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

Homo sapiens

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

Homo skepticis

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/homo-skepticis.html

Madagascan hippo

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

Toxic deformities case at High Court

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8039601.stm

Global Warming: Ocean Iron Disappoints

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506131512.htm

Tree-Killing Hurricanes Could Contribute To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501201353.htm

Climate Adds Fuel To Asian Wildfire Emissions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430144710.htm

Bacteria Play Role In Preventing Spread Of Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508103836.htm

Cytori signs stem cell deal with GE Healthcare

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5473sh-us-cytoritherapeutics/

Food Intake Alone Explains Rise In Obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508045321.htm

Pet Therapy Dogs May Carry MRSA And Clostridium Difficile Between Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507101820.htm

Therapy dog

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


MRSA

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

Clostridium difficile

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

From Rats To Humans: Around Thirty Europeans Infected With Cowpox Virus By Their Pet Rats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507192933.htm

Fancy rat


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

Cowpox virus

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

NASA Nanosatellite To Study Antifungal Drug Effectiveness In Space

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430120746.htm

PharmaSat

http://microsatellitefreeflyer.arc.nasa.gov/pharmasat.html

First Swine Flu DNA Test Produced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090509153309.htm

UK swine flu genetics unravelled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8040000.stm

Possible Canadian connection in Japan's first cases of swine flu

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/09/swine-flu.html

3rd U.S. flu death reported in Wash. state

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30398682/

Costa Rica reports first swine flu death

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

Key Protein Keeps Chronic Infection In Check

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508103842.htm

New Food Safety Technology Developed For Eggs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090510102122.htm

Food Safety

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

Red Fungus Turned Orange May Help Tackle Vitamin Deficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090510101752.htm

Monascus purpureus

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

Cigarette Smoke May Rob Children Of Needed Antioxidants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504151456.htm

Skin Color Clue To Nicotine Dependence

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508134951.htm

Nicotine

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

Meditate Your Way To Better Bladder Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504161657.htm

Cognitive therapy

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

Job Loss Can Make You Sick, New Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508045310.htm

Treatment For Extreme Nausea, Vomiting During Pregnancy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506110200.htm

Carbon Nanotubes: Innovative Technology Or Risk To Health Or Environment?

Friday, March 27, 2009

Gorilla Gets MRI and More for Friday, March 27, 2009







http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/03/27/mf.dog.sniffing/index.html

Dogs (not chimps) most like humans

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29895614/

Canis lupus familiaris

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

Pan

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

Gorilla Gets MRI At Bronx Zoo

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326134018.htm

Gorilla gorilla gorilla

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

Bobby Murcer Mobile MRI Unit

http://waswatching.com/2008/11/16/the-bobby-murcer-mobile-mri-unit/

Bobby Ray Murcer

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

How Lizards Can Shed Their Tail When Attacked

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325170604.htm

Extermination day nears for toxic toads

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29895745/

Bufo marinus

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

Crabs 'sense and remember pain'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7966807.stm

Paguroidea

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

Blind Cavefish Inspire Next-generation Sensors (When we checked this article, we found that the blind cave fish referenced was Astyanax fasciatus – which FishBase.org reports as the “Banded Astyanax” Which does not appear to be a blind fish at all. We did further checking and found listed in FishBase the Australian Blind Cave Fish known as Astyanax jordani. See below. (We did email Science Daily).

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101745.htm

Astyanax fasciatus

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=8080&genusname=Astyanax&speciesname=fasciatus

Astyanax jordani

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6181

Millions of fish shoal in seconds

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7966335.stm

Clupea

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

Why Certain Fishes Went Extinct 65 Million Years Ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326134020.htm

A flower on the moon?

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/26/1867485.aspx

New Technique Used To Profile Anthrax Genome

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090320102134.htm

RNA-Seq

























http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/27/tech-090327-omega-3-quail.html

Omega-3 fatty acid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-3s

New theory blames cosmic rays for helping CFCs deplete ozone

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/23/tech-090323-ozone-hole-cosmic-rays.html

Feds fund 8 carbon capture projects in Western Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/26/cgy-carbon-capture-projects-funding.html

Nanoparticles In Cosmetics, Personal Care Products May Have Adverse Environmental Effects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326162747.htm

Awareness Of Darwin Not Evolving

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090327072909.htm

Charles Darwin

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

Evolution’s backers hail Texas vote

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29902944/

Scientists find safer way to make human stem cells


Wednesday, March 25, 2009

New Species Discoveries and Puppy Mill Busted (?) and More for Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Gorilla diary Rangers in Africa's oldest national park photograph a first-time mum with its new baby


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7549444.stm

Gorilla beringei beringei

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

Virunga National Park

http://www.gorilla.cd/

Nearly 70 dogs rescued from alleged puppy mill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29865929/

Wales reveals badger cull areas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7961770.stm

Melinae

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

Welcome visitor: Long-tailed tit flies into RSPB's top 10

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7962676.stm

Aegithalos caudatus

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

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

http://www.rspb.org.uk/

New species found in Papua-New Guinea

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52o0vm-us-spiders-papuanewguinea/

Conservation International

http://www.conservation.org/Pages/default.aspx

New Species Of Spiders Discovered In Papua New Guinea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325091815.htm

The Prestige Oil Spill Caused Changes In The Cell Structure Of Mussels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325091832.htm

Prestige Oil Spill

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

Gene Decides Whether Coral Relative Will Fuse Or Fight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319132913.htm

AAAS, Leading Texas Scientists Urge State Board To Reject Anti-evolution Effort

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324111556.htm

AAAS

http://www.aaas.org/

Al Gore pens sequel to ‘Inconvenient Truth’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29875493/
Study IDs Variations in Black, White Genomes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090325/hl_hsn/studyidsvariationsinblackwhitegenomes;_ylt=Ag_T8rBY7GGnF9vj5IBJh38PLBIF

Erasing TB could take 1,000 years, official says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29864238/

WHO issues pessimistic global tuberculosis report

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_he_me/lt_med_who_tb_report;_ylt=AqMr1uW8q4vTPw.ExoWuTUWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNGtuaDY3BHBvcwMxNDAEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3dob2lzc3Vlc3Blcw--

Study: Range of pharmaceuticals in fish across US

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_he_me/pharmawater_fish;_ylt=AswfRqNeuy7PfPCFVWsyWBms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNGk4cWFnBHBvcwMxMzgEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3N0dWR5cmFuZ2VvZg--

Single embryo best for fertility treatment: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52o05f-us-reproduction-embryos/

Source of drywall rotten egg smell found

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/24/chinese.drywall/index.html

Strontium sulfide

http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/chemical/21036

Vets may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/florida.va.facilities/index.html

To Fight Drug Addiction, Researchers Target The Brain With Nanoparticles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101747.htm

Codeine Use And Accident Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101749.htm

Codeine

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

Friday, March 13, 2009

Irreversible Climate Change and More on MRSA and More For Friday, March 13, 2009




Researchers: 'Irreversible' climate change

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/12/irreversible.climate/index.html

Hospital Mobile Phones 'Superbug' Scare

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305204324.htm

MRSA

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

Masks in smoggy cities a good idea, study says

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/13/masks-pollution.html

Recalled foods still making people sick

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29619415/

Nation’s first E. coli vaccine for cattle approved

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29665562/

E. Coli 0157:H7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._coli_0157_H7

High IQ Linked To Reduced Risk Of Death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312140009.htm

FDA hazy on e-cigarettes' safety

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/13/ecigarettes.smoking/index.html

Spotless Mind? Human Fear Memories Weakened

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311103611.htm

Propanolol

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

Aspirin Improves Survival In Women With Stable Heart Disease, According To Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312092440.htm

Microbicide Promising As HIV Prevention Method For Women, Clinical Trial Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121735.htm

Biomarkers Detected For Chikungunya Fever

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090304131222.htm

Chikungunya

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

How Cranberry Products Prevent Urinary Tract Infections

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309121937.htm



Vaccinium

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

Live Fast, Die Young? Maybe Not

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309162121.htm

Drink Green Tea For Healthy Teeth And Gums

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305183128.htm

Green tea

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

New List Of HIV Mutations Vital To Tracking AIDS Epidemic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305204330.htm

Intensive care errors 'frequent'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7938320.stm

Man Says Spider Bite Helped Him Walk

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/13/national/main4863762.shtml

Loxosceles reclusa

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



Climate scenarios 'being realised'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7940532.stm

Deep water fish decline concerns

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7935733.stm

Baby gorilla rejected by mom, named by dad

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29676261/

Gorilla gorilla gorilla



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

American Carnivores Evolved To Avoid Each Other, New Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310100835.htm

Celebrity hippo calf won't be fed to zoo's tigers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29676241/

Hippopotamus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus_(genus)

Monkeys teach their babies to floss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7940052.stm

Preserved Shark Fossil Adds Evidence To Great White's Origins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312174733.htm

Carcharodon carcharias

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_White_shark_(Carcharodon_carcharias)

Video: Divers recount struggle with shark

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Divers questioned about shark encounter

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/03/13/am.intv.man.vs.shark.cnn

Galeocerdo cuvier

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

How Mosquitoes Could Teach Us A Trick In The Fight Against Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305141641.htm

Malaria

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

Danger Lurks Underground For Oak Seedlings

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303161419.htm

Quercus

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

Microtus pinetorum

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

Dust Deposited In Oceans May Carry Elements Toxic To Marine Algae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191457.htm

Solar Water Heating Pays For Itself Five Times Over

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309105021.htm


Simple Upgrades In Rural Sanitation Could Save 1.2 Million Lives Annually

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309223207.htm

New ‘Pollution Radar’ Developed To Provide Unprecedented Picture Of Urban Smog

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309122159.htm

Researchers Study Cave’s 'Breathing' For Better Climate Clues

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309210846.htm

Australia declares oil spill a disaster zone

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29656572/

Swire Group

http://www.swire.com/