For Sunday, December 7, 2007

Ursus spelaeus image licensed under Creative Commons by unforth

Japan sells Icelandic whale meat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7767716.stm

Japan to arrest anti-whaling activists: report

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081206/ts_afp/environmentwhalingjapan;_ylt=AvJhFRYGHR0FKMpTbcfaIAwPLBIF

21 new species in danger of extinction: UN convention

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081205/sc_afp/unanimalsconservation;_ylt=Au8xRVP1_wfkrIPl6iEw2XAPLBIF



Climate Change Wiped Out Cave Bears 13 Millennia Earlier Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081125203143.htm

Ursus spelaeus

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

German zoo finds escaped red pandas

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28070856/

Glimmer of hope for rare monkey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7767360.stm

Crocodile fears What's behind deaths of S African crocs?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7767047.stm

Nature 'boost' for Welsh island

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/7765183.stm

Skokholm

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

Carbon Dioxide Helped Ancient Earth Escape Deathly Deep Freeze

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081130164511.htm

EPA's Air Pollution Target: Flatulent Cows

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/05/tech/main4651448.shtml

Scientist says ancient technique cuts greenhouse gas

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b45kb-us-climate-biochar/

Roman Empire Decline Driven By Climate Change?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081205171005.htm

Cell Phones Found To Affect Memory In Lab Rats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081205095956.htm

Food body says 'avoid Irish pork'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7770164.stm

Ireland says tainted pork feed source contained

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b60q2-us-ireland-food-recall-sb/

Alcoholic 'cure' France abuzz over doctor who used drug to beat bottle

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7768141.stm

Baclofen

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

FYI: Baclofen (Lioresal®)

http://www.oasas.state.ny.us/AdMed/FYI/fyibaclofen.cfm

Heart attack patients get 'big chill' treatment

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28072269/

Work really may be bad for health, survey says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28070699/

WHO sets strict limits on melamine

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28074270/

Montanans Have Right To Assisted Suicide

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/06/national/main4652125.shtml

Inner Workings Of The Immune System Filmed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081203185020.htm

Poor Children's Brains Like Stroke Victims'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081203092429.htm

For Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Gorilla image licensed under Creative Commons by Corey Leopold

'World mandate' on climate action

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7748247.stm

Universal test 'would slash Aids'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7749437.stm

EU condemned on tuna 'mockery'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7746965.stm

Gorillas Survive Amid Congo Conflict

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6336780

Rare Vietnamese turtle in close call with soup pot

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081126/ap_on_re_as/as_vietnam_giant_turtle;_ylt=AhfKVDB3MjPve3c.bK7P9USs0NUE

Melamine Found in U.S. Infant Formula

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=6335884

America's Looming Health Care Disaster

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/SmallBiz/story?id=6309491&page=1

Prehistoric Climate Hints At Future Changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081124141055.htm

Denmark Works To Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions By 50%

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081126075617.htm

Sea Level Rise Alters Chesapeake Bay's Salinity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120122157.htm




Learning languages 'boosts brain'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3739690.stm

New Tool Trains Athlete Brains To React 53 Percent Faster

Sweet Molecule Could Lead Us To Alien Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081125090344.htm

Glycoaldehyde

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

Space experts offer anti-asteroid plan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081125/ap_on_re_us/un_asteroid_threats;_ylt=Au4Wk1OKD5ytpBr_SqSlLres0NUE

Supermarkets 'to halve bags used'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7739229.stm

If aliens are out there, Jill Tarter will hear 'em

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/11/26/aliens.tarter/index.html

Shark or boy? 5-year-old has extra set of teeth

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/25/1688782.aspx

For Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Carnegiea gigantea photo licensed under Creative Commons by jcolman

Chocolate lovers: more kinds of cacao

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27073996/

Cows may hold secret for efficient ethanol

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27050661/

Tree power could save forests from fires

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26973918/

Hundreds of new marine species discovered, scientists say

http://www.yahoo.com/s/967216

Penguins ride air force jet to South Atlantic

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_sc/lt_brazil_penguins;_ylt=AsmzW7uyYl16SKK96dhPVtus0NUE

Climate change poised to devastate penguins: WWF

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081008/sc_afp/environmentbiodiversityspeciespenguins;_ylt=Au6evBq4kLc8E5q5zsaAogQPLBIF


China sets melamine levels for milk products

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk;_ylt=AplNPQFqQ7Ro2MAr4EqRcj2s0NUE

Taiwan suggests SARS a China warfare plot

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081007/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_taiwan_china_sars;_ylt=ApGP5viiSwYfaowGfJjnDiXtiBIF

Severe acute respiratory syndrome

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

University: Stem-cell study used falsified data

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_he_me/stem_cell_study;_ylt=AoWsOpZsnfXu4fAsiTSt9NAPLBIF

Feds to use chips to foil cactus thieves

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/08/cactus.thefts.arizona.ap/index.html

Carnegiea gigantea

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

Newsweek: Pfizer sued over anti-seizure drug

http://www.newsweek.com/id/162906

Gabapentin

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

Police raid Nigeria 'baby farm'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7658882.stm

'End in sight' for elephantiasis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7659222.stm

Neurofibrome

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

Bioengineers Fill Holes In Science Of Cellular Self-organization

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006155919.htm

Good News For Pig Breeders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002094832.htm

Sus

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

Using Living Cells As Nanotechnology Factories

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008095710.htm

Turf Wars: Sand And Corals Don't Mix

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008095708.htm

Biological Alternatives To Chemical Pesticides

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008065841.htm

DNA Could Reveal Your Surname

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081007192526.htm

Half-Ton Mexican Man Dies After Public Plea

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5980926

Starbucks in hot water over water use

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/08/earlyshow/main4509437.shtml?tag=lowerContent;homeSectionBlock205

Oldest Skeleton in Americas Found in Underwater Cave?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080903-oldest-skeletons.html

Monkeys work in Japanese restaurant

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7654267.stm

Macaca

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