Huggle

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Huggle: The VERY unfortunate conflation of honey and smuggle. Some executives have actually been charged with the allegations of honey smuggling and tainting it with antibiotics*. One might be tempted to conclude that now the honey supply cannot be trusted much like the egg and dairy supply...







Can you imagine what the agency phone call was like? Riinnnggg: Hello, Special Crimes Unit, Bee and Honey Division. Actually, when that phone rings it sounds like a buzzing bee...






FOM: * US Indicts 11 Executives with Honey Smuggling (from BBC News), Honey, Honey Bee (from Wikipedia), Smuggling (from the Wikipedia), Memorandum from Senator Chuck Schumer on Honey

Please note: This posting appears simultaneously on our sister publication, The Anti-Zen Dictionary

More on Human Genome and More for Sunday, May 17, 2009

* Corallium rubrum image licensed under Creative Commons by Axel Rouvin

Our Genome: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090514125146.htm

Human Genome

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

Children's Brains Organized Differently

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090515093228.htm

Progress Toward Artificial Tissue?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090515104227.htm

Study Demonstrates Link Between Appetite And Elderly Mortality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512093250.htm

Transplant Patients Have Worse Cancer Outcomes, Analysis Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090515191549.htm

Drug That Targets Vasculature Growth Attacks Aggressive Thyroid Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090515093232.htm

Pazopanib

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

*Derivative Of Red Sea Coral May Fight Skin Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090515152853.htm


Mathematical Model Developed To Predict Immune Response To Influenza

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513121057.htm

Expression Of Infrared Fluorescence Engineered In Mammals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507141353.htm

Phytochromes

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

Galapagos scientists mount cameras on tortoises

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30772980/

Plants' Sex Life: Conflicts Between Sexes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508045726.htm

Space tomato packs nutritional super-punch

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30767047/

NASA grows algae for biofuel, treats waste

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30767086/

Secret to sea urchin's sharp teeth found

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30765006/

Echinoidea

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


Sweet Deception: New Test Distinguishes Impure Honey From The Real Thing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511115627.htm

Viroids: Molecular Vestiges Of The RNA World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511091731.htm

Viroid

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

Environmentally-friendly Cooling With Magnetic Refrigerators Coming Soon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090515083822.htm

Magnetic refrigeration

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

Filly’s Preakness win gives racing a boost

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30784937/

Rachel Alexandra

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

Tiny stolen pet donkey devastates family

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/05/14/dnt.donkey.stolen.wjxt

Mammalian Northward Migration Due to Warming and More for Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Alces alces image licensed under Creative Commons by Fool-On-The-Hill

Changes In Sun Not Causing Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511122425.htm

Climate change threatens millions who live off sea

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090513/ap_on_sc/as_coral_crisis;_ylt=AtCGb9arFfBaxKJKqdXNEKcPLBIF

Advance Toward Producing Biofuels Without Stressing Global Food Supply

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511115003.htm

Bacteria Create Aquatic Superbugs In Waste Treatment Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512193238.htm

Climate Change Driving Michigan Mammals North

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512193300.htm

Michigan

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

New Dinosaur Species Possible In Northwestern Alberta

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512134657.htm

Troodon

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

Blue Whales Re-establishing Former Migration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511140953.htm

Balaenoptera musculus

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

DNA Analysis Reveals The Prime Stock Of Indonesian Cattle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512202738.htm

Bos primigenius indicus

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

Bos javanicus

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

Motorist: 500-pound moose 'fell out of the sky'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090513/ap_on_fe_st/odd_falling_moose;_ylt=AmbQO2IQZwAmegFN8IDvOv_tiBIF

Alces alces

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

Largest herd of gazelles sighted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8034000/8034392.stm

Procapra gutturosa

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

Penguin mystery solved

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1071148

Eudyptes chrysolophus

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

Predators Ignore Peculiar Prey, Bird And Salamander Study Finds


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512102555.htm

Project launched to fight frog-killing fungus

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30686761/

Chytridiomycota

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

Earwig mums 'sniff out' best babies for lavishing with care

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8040259.stm

Dermaptera

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

U.S. scientists fight fire ants with parasite that makes them 'zombies'

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/13/tech-090613-fire-ant-parasite-zombies-texas.html

Solenopsis

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

Phoridae

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

Why Silkworms Find Mulberries Attractive

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507121951.htm

Bombyx mori

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

Morus

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

New Method Used To Detect Antibiotics In Honey

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508045723.htm

Honey

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

Insect Gene Expression Responds To Diet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506202939.htm

Trichoplusia ni

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

Fungi Pathogenic To Insects Are New Tool In Fight Against Chagas Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511210409.htm

Chagas disease

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

Old Genes Can Learn New Tricks, Horned Beetles Show

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511180655.htm

Color-shifting cuttlefish inspire TV screens

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30702154/

Sepiida

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

True Grit: How Sea Urchins Carve Hiding Holes in Limestone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504094304.htm

Echinoidea

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

Key coral reefs 'could disappear'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8047138.stm


Rules Proposed To Save The World's Coral Reefs


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511101735.htm

Coral Triangle could die by century's end: WWF


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090513/sc_afp/environmentoceansclimateindonesia;_ylt=Aq6rmZ0b1tqdAZIsHgO56G8PLBIF

Coral Triangle


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

Rare island species 'undervalued'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8043907.stm

How banana waste could make new fuel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8047155.stm

Musa

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

Unprecedented Data On Circadian Rhythms Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507072824.htm

Circadian rhythm

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

Mexican Genome Reveals Significant Variation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512081744.htm

The Mexican Genome Diversity Project (Web Page)

http://diversity.inmegen.gob.mx

Swine flu fears evident as world's cases top 6,000

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090513/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu;_ylt=AmFkaEXrKzlYGLGlx5EBOGis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkY2ZzODE1BHBvcwMxMzkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3N3aW5lZmx1ZmVhcg--

Molecular Structure Could Help Explain Albinism, Melanoma

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512121255.htm

Winnipeg researcher charged with smuggling biological material into U.S.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/13/border-biological-agents.html

Canada's environment minister to speak against U.S. green tariff proposal

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/13/tech-090613-prentice-greenhouse-carbon-tariffs-emissions-us-imports.html

Jim Prentice

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

Belgian city plans 'veggie' days

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8046970.stm

Ghent

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

CNNMoney: Cheerios warned on health claims

http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/13/news/companies/General_Mills_FDA/index.htm?postversion=2009051310

Cheerios

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

For Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Japan approves whalemeat import

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7735355.stm

Bird killings 'deeply troubling'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7733759.stm

Fears for UK honey supply

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7734769.stm

Indian 'transfusion tiger' dies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7735631.stm

Bolivian farmer leads to dinosaur discovery

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4ah5fk-us-bolivia-dinosaurs/

Damage Inflicted During Cardiac Attacks More Widespread, Researchers Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111130844.htm

How Cells Take Out The Trash To Prevent Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110154032.htm

Ethanol Will Curb Farm Income Until Economy Rebounds, Economist Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110153944.htm

Water Vapor Important In Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117193013.htm


Drug-resistant ward bug concern

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7732860.stm

Indigo plant may treat chronic skin disease

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27783645/

Experts warn of water shortage by '80

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27781117/

Tainted meats point to superbug C. diff in food

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27774614/

For Sunday, August 10, 2008

Baobab image licensed under Creative Commons by Daniel Montesinos

Nebraska Beef recalls more meat

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26101733/

Vampire bats suspected in Venezuela deaths

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26099346/

Desmodontinae

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





Gettysburg 'witness tree' falls

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/09/historic.tree.ap/index.html

Battle of Gettysburg

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

Family dog chases 200 lb. bear up tree

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/08/07/pkg.bear.treed.wtlv


African 'tree of life' recast as European superfruit

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080810/sc_afp/senegalhealthfoodbaobab;_ylt=Aodf6D05YRzEK17Y_91XnkKs0NUE

Adansonia

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



Losing the yeti in forgotten nation of Bhutan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080810/ap_on_re_as/losing_the_yeti;_ylt=Ao0DwBMfA_yPqaGhvyHzhUkDW7oF


High-rise honey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7552005.stm


Scientists ask to plant GM trees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7551988.stm

Asthma, Outdoor Air Quality And The Olympic Games

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080808104921.htm



Cancer-inhibiting Compound Found Under The Sea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807175446.htm

Structure and activity of largazole, a potent antiproliferative agent from the Floridian marine cyanobacterium Symploca sp.

http://www.medscape.com/medline/publicationbrowser/6255/130_6/dt_02132008/limit_0

Did cloned puppies expose old mystery?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26112845/