Ozone/Smog Death Link and Peking Man Ages Noticeably and More for Thursday, March 12, 2009

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Ozone In Smog Linked To Risk Of Death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311170627.htm

Ozone

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

'Peking Man' older than thought

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7937351.stm

Homo erectus pekinensis

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

First Right Whale Sedation Enables Disentanglement Effort

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311180335.htm

Eubalaena glacialis

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

Whaling opponents slam commission over Japan talks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090311/sc_afp/whalingiwctreatyjapanskorea;_ylt=AjPTVe7PYFzg2FacfKEwB.UPLBIF

WWF launches urgent appeal to save polar bears

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090312/sc_afp/arcticclimatewarminganimalwwf;_ylt=Au1XKHUmwR9ereHGPPvy6sMPLBIF

Ursus maritimus

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

Environmental group defends Canada's seal hunt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090311/sc_afp/canadaanimalenvironmentseals;_ylt=ApTZix3xg730Xl9SFzimYX0PLBIF



Human-generated Sounds May Be Killing Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312093658.htm

World-record Colony Of Amoeba Clones

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311131608.htm

Dictyostelium discoideum

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

Huge Corn Plants Developed: Doubling A Gene In Corn Results In Giant Biomass

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302120106.htm

Zea mays

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

Artificial Photosynthesis: Turning Sunlight Into Liquid Fuels Moves A Step Closer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311103646.htm

Artificial Photosynthesis

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

Microbial Societies Do Not Like Oligarchy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312093914.htm

Oligarchy

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

'Flawed' Red List Puts Species at Risk

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=7061642&page=1

Muscular Dystrophy: Stem Cells That Repair Injured Muscles Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121655.htm

Neuroscientists Map Intelligence In The Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311124020.htm

New Technique Developed To Date Forensic Death Based On Corpse Microorganisms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312093706.htm

Time: 'Flying Dutchman' of climate change

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1884617,00.html

Probe: Federal agency ignores health hazards

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29634477/

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/

'Fat neck' a clue to heart risk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7935635.stm

Obesity Linked To Dangerous Sleep Apnea In Truck Drivers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311111002.htm

EU needs 'brutal' science advice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935663.stm

For Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Walden Pond image licensed under Creative Commons by robinpresta

Ivory auction opens amid concerns

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7693816.stm

Climate link to amphibian decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7693381.stm

Bumblebees Learn The Sweet Smell Of Foraging Success

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081024144101.htm

Increase in Leptospirosis Disease in Sea Lions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135842.htm

Leptospirosis

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

Ants Prefer Salt over Sugar

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081028/sc_livescience/antsprefersaltoversugar;_ylt=Ag_VKcVkKlZbDKj6CNWHWwAPLBIF

Purple tomato 'may boost health'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7688310.stm

Arctic ice thickness 'plummets'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7692963.stm

China coal 'true cost' at $250bn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7694014.stm

US claims rule changes don't threaten wildlife

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/bush_endangered_species;_ylt=AvHWPkSyXKAgoBIHYm3pErsPLBIF

Orange Peel Can Help Clean Up Dirty Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020093500.htm

Models Help Assess Biofuels' Sustainability

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013195322.htm

Climate change affecting Walden Pond plants

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_sc/sci_walden_pond;_ylt=AosvYxAFtLGpvKkqZC2oI7cPLBIF

Bacteria Cause Old Buildings To Feel Off-color

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027140819.htm

Masks, Hand Washing, Prevent Spread Of Flu-like Symptoms By Up To 50 Percent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027155907.htm

Cost of diabetes drugs skyrockets for Americans

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27405027/

Air travel helps exotic viruses find new homes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27408079/

'Full' artificial heart implant

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7694663.stm

Revealing Secrets Of 'African Sleeping Sickness'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027113047.htm

WHO: Heart, infectious diseases, cancer kill most

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_he_me/un_who_death_report;_ylt=AiYLYLiUDxo05hZr4QYV2ves0NUE

New Clue To Muscular Dystrophy Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135807.htm

Screening hope for pre-eclampsia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7692836.stm

Pre-eclampsia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-eclampsia

Jab hope for rheumatoid arthritis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7692701.stm

Tocilizumab

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

Africa's Newest Killer Virus

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/wireStory?id=6121630

Arenavirus

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

Vitamin E A Flop In Prostate Cancer Trial

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/27/eveningnews/main4550717.shtml

Scientists Unwrap The Elements Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135429.htm

Role Of Slave Trade In Evolution Of American Wild Rice Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027152539.htm

Oryza

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

How Plants Know to Send Roots Down and Leaves Up

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027115431.htm

Diversity Of Trees In Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest Defies Simple Explanation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023175133.htm

Teens Record Texas UFO Sighting

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6122436