Swine Flu 2009 and More for Monday, April 27, 2009

U.S. advises against travel to Mexico as swine flu spreads

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1063663

American swine flu cases climb to 40

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

Mexico closes schools as deaths climb to 149

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30434921/

Swine Flu Outbreak 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_swine_flu_outbreak

Swine flu case confirmed in Spain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8020552.stm

Asia on high alert for flu virus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8019907.stm

Swine flu cases confirmed in UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8020222.stm



Kenya poachers admit ivory haul

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8021094.stm

Poaching

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

Gray whales granted rare reprieve

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8017291.stm

Eschrichtius robustus

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

Cow genome 'to transform farming'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8014598.stm

Rare albino buffalo seen in Kenya

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8017328.stm

EU acts to save 'hungry vultures'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8018115.stm

Shark fins protection welcomed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8018284.stm

'Bleach bath' benefit for eczema

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8015995.stm

Eczema

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

Type Of Vitamin B1 Could Treat Common Cause Of Blindness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423180237.htm

Adding Walnuts To Good Diet May Help Older People Improve Motor And Behavioral Skills

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419201207.htm

Juglans

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

How Plants Protect Us From Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419202029.htm

Search For Alien Life Gets A Hand(edness)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423105846.htm

'Super Reefs' Fend Off Climate Change, Study Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423132612.htm

Anthozoa

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

Sea shells used to clean up heavy metals

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30435640/

'Moderately Large' Potential For Red Tide Outbreak In Gulf Of Maine Region

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090422085146.htm

Red tide

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

Greenhouse Gases Climb Despite Economic Slump

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090424195920.htm

Blood Testing, Mosquito Style

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090424114218.htm

Could Climate Change Worsen Lyme Disease?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090426182944.htm

Lyme disease

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

Computational Biology Illuminates How Cells Change Gears

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420182226.htm

Most Distant Detection Of Water In The Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090422085756.htm

For Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Earth Day 2009

http://www.earthday.net/

Earth Day (Wikipedia)

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

Growing Antarctic Sea Ice Tied To Ozone Hole

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421101629.htm

Plants Could Override Climate Change Effects On Wildfires

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421111701.htm

New hope for rainforests in Panama

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/21/panama.deforestation/index.html

Lab finds new method to turn biomass into gasoline

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53k4uu-us-biofuels-usa-study/

Secret To Night Vision Found In DNA's Unconventional 'Architecture'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416125159.htm

Ancestor of T rex found in China

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8010292.stm

Sightings show cougars expanding into central US

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090422/ap_on_re_us/us_living_with_lions;_ylt=AguTZXpy3OIvYdTA4BJz01Ks0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlMjJpNjU5BHBvcwM1OQRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawNzaWdodGluZ3NzaG8-

Puma concolor

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

Woman attacked by 200-pound wild hog in her yard

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090422/ap_on_fe_st/odd_wild_hog_attack;_ylt=Apn8YaZcQdH1CIEkxtguDsPtiBIF

Seabirds' Suitability As A Mate Tied To Crest Size

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416190948.htm

Aethia cristatella

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

Guam Rhino Beetles Got Rhythm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414102657.htm

Dynastinae

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

Are ants better than people at finding a home?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/8011998.stm

Pools become nasty mosquito havens in foreclosure

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30344932/

Gambusia affinis or Gambusia holbrooki

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

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

Egyptian boy dies of bird flu

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53k5tg-us-birdflu-egypt/

Swine flu cases in Calif. worry health officials

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329560/

Swine flu

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

Walnuts May Prevent Breast Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421154325.htm

Juglans

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

Sugary drinks 'worsen vomit bug'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8010346.stm

Charred Meat May Increase Risk Of Pancreatic Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421154327.htm

Ultrasound Imaging Now Possible With Smartphone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421120858.htm

Environmentally Friendly Beer Brewing: Repaired Gene Improves Commercial Lager Fermentation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421101635.htm

UK to bid for Mars sample centre

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8011299.stm

Search For Unusual Alien Life On Earth And Life That Can Survive On Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421120906.htm

Ecologists Put Price Tag On Invasive Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420103542.htm