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Friday, May 29, 2009

Tortoises/Turtles/Herptiles in the News, The Permian Extinction and More for Friday, May 29, 2009

* Dermochelys coriacea image (right) and image (left) licensed under Creative Commons by Paul Mannix














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





Red Glow Sheds Light on Ocean Health

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090529/sc_livescience/redglowshedslightonoceanhealth;_ylt=AicPkj8Ey5KgBPtJxMWKzGYPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNsZTYxZnVxBGFzc2V0Ay9saXZlc2NpZW5jZS8yMDA5MDUyOS9zY19saXZlc2NpZW5jZS9yZWRnbG93c2hlZHNsaWdodG9ub2NlYW5oZWFsdGgEcG9zAzEEc2

Report: Climate change crisis 'catastrophic'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/29/annan.climate.change.human/index.html

Climate pressure 'building on US'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8073434.stm

Most Polluted Ecosystems Can Recover, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527105713.htm

Greening Arctic Not Likely To Offset Permafrost Carbon Release

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527130826.htm

Spring Agricultural Fires Have Large Impact On Melting Arctic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526140850.htm

U.S. company finds "safer" way to make stem-like cells

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54r6ti-us-stemcells-reprogramming/

Why Coral Reefs Around The World Are Collapsing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142819.htm

Malaria parasites 'resist drugs'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8073118.stm

Beavers return after 400-year gap

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8072443.stm

Castor

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

Rare Madagascan tortoises stolen

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8072000/8072511.stm

Geochelone yniphora

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

Astrochelys yniphora (IUCN Red List Link Species notation: Geochelone yniphora nomenclature not located in the IUCN Red List nor the EOL pages. Only Astrochelys yniphora could be located). Critically endangered.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/9016/0

Astrochelys yniphora (EOL Link – no image)

http://eol.org/pages/794291

* 'Crazy' woman saves sea turtles from slaughter




http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/28/cnnheroes.suzan.lakhan.baptiste/index.html

Dermochelys coriacea

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

Dermochelys coriacea (IUCN Red List Link)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6494/0

Dermochelys coriacea (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/815711

Everglades swamped with invading pythons

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090528/od_nm/us_everglades_pythons;_ylt=AmBwHA7bgxDK5Rw39xaTnmqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmaDY5MHJyBHBvcwMyMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDZXZlcmdsYWRlc3N3

Pythonidae

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

Toothy sharks once ruled Tuscany

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30987630/


Non-toxic Hull Coating Resists Barnacles, May Save Ship Owners Millions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528110623.htm

Cirripedia

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

Honey Bee Colony Losses In U.S. Almost 30 Percent From All Causes From September 2008 To April 2009

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522180642.htm


Waxy Plant Substance Key For Absorption Of Water, Nutrients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522154506.htm

Suberin

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

Discoveries Upend Traditional Thinking About How Plants Make Certain Compounds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526094249.htm

Unexpected Bacterial Diversity On Human Skin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142821.htm

New killer virus found in Africa

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30989694/

Lujo virus

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


Virtual Reconstruction Of A Neanderthal Woman’s Birth Canal Reveals Insights Into Evolution Of Human Child Birth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528133423.htm

Homo neandethalensis

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

Study: Climate change kills 300,000 a year

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30998907/

Lessons From The Past: Research Examines How Past Communities Coped With Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527103528.htm

Climate change

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


Antibiotic Multi-resistance: Why Bacteria Are So Effective

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527170308.htm

Carbon capture technology tested

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8072583.stm

Aker Clean Carbon

http://www.akercleancarbon.com/index.cfm

Ancient Mudstones Could Provide Alternative Source Of Energy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527110137.htm

Mudstone

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

Obama moves to curb road-building in forests

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_roadless_forests;_ylt=AvTmbw5.dA7uNp__kF5jGoCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNjlocG03BHBvcwMxMjEEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNvYmFtYW1vdmVzdG8-

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?

Sunday, April 19, 2009

EPA: CO2 is Hazardous/Dangerous and Will Rising Seas Swallow Up the Islands? and More for Sunday, April 19, 2009






No-gas cars soon to hit market

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/04/18/levs.green.cars.cnn

3 patients HIV-positive after VA clinic mistakes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30269569/

Factories dumping drugs into sewage

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30267705/

King: Waterman finds Chesapeake Bay 'dying daily'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/17/king.sotu.chesapeake/index.html

Chesapeake Bay

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

Desert clash in West over solar potential, water

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_re_us/water_for_solar;_ylt=AoHmqTJrLt.IwuGFQJ.XHY6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNGIzM3N1BHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNkZXNlcnRjbGFzaGk-

NYT: A possibly deadly route to beauty

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30267013/

Silicone embolism

Silicone embolism syndrome

http://www.chestjournal.org/content/127/6/2276.abstract

Embryos From IVF OKd for Research Dollars

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=7363394

'Green Nobel' for forest champion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8000936.stm


Goldman Environmental Prize

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


Reports expose holes in Canada's food safety system

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/17/listeriosis-ont.html

Food-borne bacteria cause illness in 1 in 6 annually: T.O. health report

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/17/foodborne-illness-toronto.html

New fund promises low-cost malaria treatment

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_on_re_eu/eu_norway_malaria;_ylt=AiZbU48UdmN_HdWkYijn5oqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkY2VlbmphBHBvcwMxNDIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA25ld2Z1bmRwcm9taQ--

Medical Micro-robots Made As Small As Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418085333.htm

Spanish wind farms' record month

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8006668.stm

Key role of forests 'may be lost'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8004517.stm

New limits to Antarctic tourism


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8005467.stm

Antarctic Treaty

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

Ocean Dead Zones Likely To Worsen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417161506.htm

Dead Zone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_zone_(ecology)

Bonobos rate food on scale from bark to grunt

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30266532/

Pan paniscus

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

China to build new panda breeding center

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_re_as/as_china_pandas;_ylt=Aq5_PaP57BfbiCw5sTvcUVEPLBIF

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

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

Peek into kangaroo's pouch shows 2 tiny joeys

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30263612/

Dendrolagus matschiei

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matschie%27s_tree_kangaroo

Flying Mouse-traps Clean Up Fields

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418085935.htm

$14 million effort aims to save rare Hawaiian bird

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30270793/

‘Alala (Corvus hawaiiensis)

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

Alligators Hint At Dinosaur Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417083957.htm

Alligator

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

Dinosauria

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

Researchers Fire The Starting Gun For The Great Turtle Race

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418081508.htm

Dermochelys coriacea

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

Rally against shark fin trade opens in Singapore

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090418/wl_asia_afp/singaporeanimalenvironmentsharkfood;_ylt=Aplil41kS11k6kEAIXxkAeQPLBIF

From Fish To Landlubber: Earlier Transition?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417144848.htm

Scorpion Biodiversity In 'Evolution Canyon'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409185415.htm

Scorpiones

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


Neurons That Control Sociability In Worms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416193308.htm

The Life That Escaped Darwin’s Notice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418084432.htm

Monday, April 13, 2009

Pongo Resurgence? and Attenborough Channels Malthus and More for Monday, April 13, 2009




Egg stem cells could revolutionise fertility treatment

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16931-egg-stem-cells-could-revolutionise-fertility-treatment.html

Stem cell

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

Japan's Antarctic whale catch short

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090413/wl_asia_afp/japanwhaling;_ylt=ApW8F.IoYqMiHXrzinsTLsMPLBIF

New rare orangutan find in Borneo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7995970.stm

Pongo

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

Woman jumps in polar bear pool, gets bitten

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30190318/

Ursus maritimus

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

Aussies Hopping Mad Over Kangaroo Cull

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/13/tech/main4938901.shtml

Macropus

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

Pig Of The Future Might Be Free Of Diseases That Can Infect People

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406091650.htm

Sus

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

Veteran osprey lays Easter egg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7995491.stm

Pandion haliaetus

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

Sunbird learns to hover for sweet reward

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16935-sunbird-learns-to-hover-for-sweet-reward.html

Nectarinia famosa

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

Ants And Their Fungus Garden Reject Invaders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402124318.htm

Leaf-cutting ants

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

Homebody Queen Ants Help Preserve Family Ties In Large Populations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200619.htm

Ants Can Learn To Forage On One-way Trails

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331201520.htm

Fireflies And Jellyfish Help Illuminate Quest For Cause Of Infertility

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090327092906.htm

Galapagos volcano erupts, could threaten wildlife

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090412/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_ecuador_galapagos_volcano;_ylt=Avq0KUFrvC1kgyoV5goyzH6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlZmptYm5xBHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNnYWxhcGFnb3N2b2w-

La Cumbre

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Cumbre_(Gal%C3%A1pagos_Islands)

Invasive Species: Will Europe At Last Unite To Combat Thousands Of Alien Invaders?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090403080719.htm

Mass Spec Technique Analyzes Defensive Chemicals On Seaweed Surfaces For Potential Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406192231.htm

N.Y. pistachio plant clean of salmonella: officials

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/04/10/salmonella-ny.html

Pistacia vera

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

Hemp Could Be Key To Zero-carbon Houses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408074401.htm

Cannabis oglalas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp_(cannabis_oglalas)

Epigenetics: DNA Isn’t Everything

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090412081315.htm

Epigenetics

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

Molecule Prompts Heart Cells To Self-Repair

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090410123505.htm

Thymosin (beta-4)

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

Scientists find 'pleasure nerves'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7992299.stm

Getting The Word Out When The Need For Speed Is Critical To Public Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090403114825.htm

Mobile technology battles HIV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7989856.stm

Sharp Increase In HPV-positive Tonsil Cancer Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402092857.htm

Shared Equipment Can Lead To Hepatitis B Outbreaks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408074431.htm

Locking Parasites In Host Cell Could Be New Way To Fight Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090403181508.htm

Girls Lacking The Protein ITK At Risk From Fatal Viral Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401181221.htm

Bioterrorism: Fast And Sensitive Way To Detect Ricin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408104538.htm

Ricin

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

Super acne? Drug-resistant zits on the rise


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30143726/


Attenborough warns on population

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7996230.stm

Overpopulation

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

Uneven Ozone Recovery In Warmer Climate?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090410143811.htm

Temperate Forests: Better Carbon Sinks?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406192333.htm

Carbon Dioxide In Atmosphere Can Now Be Measured From Space

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401204201.htm

Seals, robotic subs help monitor Antarctic

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/08/eco.internatpolaryear/index.html

Climate Change Effects In California

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401182835.htm

Study: Biofuel threatens water supplies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30158655/

Does Aeration Reduces Compaction And Runoff On No-till Fields?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401181236.htm

Ethanol Use Strains Food Aid Budget

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/13/tech/main4938168.shtml

Odor Matching: The Scent Of Internet Dating
ScienceDaily (Apr. 12, 2009) — "Dating websites will soon be able to compare partners in terms of whether the personal body odour of the other party will be pleasant to them. This has a very serious biological background".


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090412080748.htm

Politician fumes over "gay" elephant in zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090410/od_nm/us_elephant;_ylt=ArADNUIc8npkF8ps2E629das0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmYmRvNGgxBHBvcwMxOTIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDcG9saXRpY2lhbmZ1