Decreased Ice Melt - Due to Lead? and More for Friday, May 15, 2009

Ice sheet melt threat reassessed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8050094.stm

Global Warming Curbed By Lead Pollution?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512093542.htm

Ocean Circulation Doesn't Work As Expected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513130942.htm

Breakthrough In The Treatment Of Bacterial Meningitis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513121048.htm

New Tissue Scaffold Regrows Cartilage And Bone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511122429.htm

Brain chemical may play key role in anxiety

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54b6v6-us-anxiety-brain/

Basic fibroblast growth factor 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibroblast_growth_factor_2

Eating Fish, Nuts And Olive Oil May Be Associated With Reduced Risk Of Age-related Blindness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511164235.htm

Neandertals Sophisticated And Fearless Hunters, New Analysis Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090514084115.htm

Homo neanderthalensis

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

Swine flu closes schools

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1072102

Human noses too cold for bird flu

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8050523.stm

Tall story: Scientists fail to get to the bottom of giraffe evolution

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8050000/8050298.stm

Giraffa camelopardalis

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

Australian court halts killing of kangaroos

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090514/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_killing_kangaroos;_ylt=Agc3N8_zytePmxJ1kQqSndkPLBIF

Surfer rescues drowning kangaroo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8051264.stm

Exhibit explores world of weird mammals

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090514/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_extreme_mammals;_ylt=AhDkxpY1r0cufJYY10XK0VOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkMG9zMzhkBHBvcwMxNjUEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl90cmF2ZWwEc2xrA2V4aGliaXRleHBsbw--

More Critically Endangered Birds On Red List

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513224124.htm

Anodorhynchus leari

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

Eriocnemis isabellae

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

Heteromirafra sidamoensis

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

Camarhynchus pauper

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

Bizarre bird gets private beach in Indonesia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090515/ap_on_re_as/as_indonesia_bird_beach;_ylt=ArSGvqRjbESsUhuzXXiZ7gIPLBIF

Macrocephalon maleo

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

Hopes of fitting tags to ospreys

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8050529.stm

Fish that triggers hallucinations found off British coast

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5318202/Fish-that-triggers-hallucinations-found-off-British-coast.html

Sarpa salpa

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=204&genusname=Sarpa&speciesname=salpa

For Northern Shrimp Populations In North Atlantic, Timing Is Everything

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507145749.htm

Pandalus borealis

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

Oldest Example Of Mutualism: Termites And Protozoa Discovered Together In Ancient Amber

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090514153139.htm

George O Poinar Jr. Description of an early Cretaceous termite (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) and its associated intestinal protozoa, with comments on their co-evolution. Parasites & Vectors, 2009; 2 (12) DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-2-12

http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-2-12



Dire warnings of insect extinctions may be wide of the mark

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8040000/8040926.stm

Scorpion Sting: Antivenom Results In Prompt Recovery From Nerve Poisoning, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513173452.htm

How Bees Hold Onto Flowers: 'Velcro'-like Structures On Flower Petals Help Bees Stick

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090514125148.htm

Coral: Climate Change Could Displace Millions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513130953.htm

The plant that can water itself

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8049000/8049850.stm

Rheum palaestinum

http://www.zipcodezoo.com/Plants/R/Rheum_palaestinum.asp

Ginger Found to Ease Nausea of Cancer Treatment

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/health/15cancer.html?ref=global-home

Medicinal Plant Kava Safe And Effective In Reducing Anxiety, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511122619.htm

Piper methysticum

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

Potential Anti-ulcer Herb Medicine: Rocket 'Eruca Sativa'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507101824.htm

Eruca sativa

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

Medicinal Plant, St John's Wort, May Reduce Neuronal Degeneration Caused By Parkinson's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511181252.htm

Hypericum perforatum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Wort

Switchgrass Genome May Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512134651.htm

Panicum virgatum

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

Grilling With Charcoal Less Climate-friendly Than Grilling With Propane, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512093254.htm

For Sunday, January 25, 2009

China reports 4th bird flu death this year

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28841978/

Avian flu detected in southern B.C.: CFIA

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/24/bc-avian-flu-detected.html

Possible Salmonella Deaths Rise to 11

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/story?id=6722921&page=1

Minn. meningitis cases worry CDC officials

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28814862/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://cdc.gov/

Haemophilus influenzae Serotype b

http://www.cdc.gov/search.do?queryText=Haemophilus+influenzae+Serotype+b&action=search&searchButton.x=52&searchButton.y=8

Haemophilus influenzae

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

Mystery Heart Ailment Strikes New Moms

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartHealth/story?id=6724565&page=1

Peripartum cardiomyopathy

http://www.cdc.gov/search.do?q=peripartum+cardiomyopathy&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&ud=1&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&btnG.x=30&btnG.y=5

Peripartum cardiomyopathy

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

5 more stranded whales die in Australia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28813287/

Physeter macrocephalus or Physeter catodon

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

Last whale stranded in Australia dies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090125/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_stranded_whales;_ylt=AsyfLL5J4OVRkwoZ.srJ8UIPLBIF

Lizards Adapting To Escape Attacks By Fire Ants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121123041.htm

Sceloporus undulatus

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

Sceloporus occidentalis

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

Fish call the mountains home

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Infidelity Produces Faster Sperm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121093339.htm

Clam Cleanup

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2009/0110-clam_cleanup.htm

Bivalvia

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

Fossils seized in Mexico

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Climate shift 'killing US trees'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7841030.stm

Tree Deaths Double Across Western U.S.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090122141222.htm

China dams reveal flaws in climate-change weapon

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090125/ap_on_re_as/china_s_golden_dams;_ylt=AnujgZbIpx6RxKnCpmDIVzes0NUE

Mexico City vows 'green' dumps

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28777897/

Mexico City

http://www.df.gob.mx/

How Natural Oils Can Be Hydrogenated Without Making Unhealthy Trans Fats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090123143908.htm

Apple Juice Can Delay Onset Of Alzheimer's Disease, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090122100826.htm

Blueberries May Shrink Tumors In Babies

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/22/health/webmd/main4746918.shtml

Cyanococcus

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

A third 'drink over daily limit'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7844449.stm

Merck: New pill may decrease MS relapse

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28815289/

NOAA Gives Navy Marine Mammal Protection Measures For Sonar Training Off The Atlantic Coast And Gulf Of Mexico

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090124122305.htm

NOAA

http://www.noaa.gov/

World's highest drug levels entering India stream

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090125/ap_on_re_as/pharmawater_india;_ylt=Alu2U8oR8V66p3dduIGc4Oms0NUE

Seal brain and penguin breasts off Antarctic menus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090125/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_antarctica_food;_ylt=AgB40im5ejK7bl1_KL4RZ5LtiBIF

For Thursday, May 15, 2008

Swan photo licensed under Creative Commons by Walt Jabsco

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_re_us/hiv_positive_suspect

HIV-positive man sentenced 35 years for spitting at officer - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_he_me/absorbed_twin;_ylt=AtdWbawU7_193qTnkP9KQ3.s0NUE

9-year-old girl's twin is found inside her stomach - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_on_re_us/texas_ants;_ylt=Ar36Dfz4rWLdRHv8FtVxhA2s0NUE

Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_sc/bite_marks;_ylt=AvoU2Ss_0LA8wR5Y0oRpmLSs0NUE

Scientists are building database of bite marks - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_sc/polar_bears;_ylt=AoSZ0wgdN20kvyCX7AC34hEPLBIF

US lists polar bear as threatened species - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7400911.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Charles urges forest logging halt

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7398369.stm

BBC NEWS Health Single anti-flu drug 'not enough'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7400593.stm

BBC NEWS Health Meningitis B trials 'encouraging'

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

Meningitis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/7402485.stm

BBC NEWS UK England Tyne Swan family halts city rush-hour

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

Swan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7400788.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Whales are 'cheetahs of the deep'

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

Pilot whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/globmacr.htm

Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514131133.htm

Wandering Poles Left Scars On Jupiter's Moon Europa: Could Life Exist Beneath Icy Crust?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_%28moon%29

Europa (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24646523/

Did animals predict China's earthquake? - Science- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24633107/

Sea lions died of overheating - Environment- msnbc.com

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

Sea lion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia