MRSA in the Food Supply and More for Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Drug-resistant bugs in food vex experts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31766160/ns/health-food_safety/

MRSA

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

Indian tiger park admits it has no tigers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8150382.stm

Panna National Park

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

Newsweek: Raids, rage at puppy mills across U.S.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/206163

Puppy mill

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

Amphibs mate under a full Moon

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8145000/8145125.stm

Gigantic shark washes ashore in N.Y.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/07/14/vo.ny.shark.ashore.news12longisland

Megachasma pelagios

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

Crocodile Skull Unearthed At Arlington Archosaur Site In Texas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715102305.htm

Therizinosaur Fossil Skeleton Found in Utah

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/potbellieddinosaurskeletonfoundinutah;_ylt=AgNghnQ4IKVR59lCmOhwiMIDW7oF

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

Help call for vanishing honeybees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8148999.stm

Public Accounts Committee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(United_Kingdom)

New Insect Specie on Balearic Islands

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715101507.htm

Tyrrhenoleuctra antoninoi

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Plecoptera.html

Balearic Islands

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

Bee Colony Collapse Disorder: New Bait Lures Varroa Mite To Its Doom

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090705145109.htm

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)

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

Varroa destructor

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

Longest insect migration revealed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8149000/8149714.stm

Pantala flavescens

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

Anax guttatus

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

Hemianax ephippiger

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

Tholymis tillarga

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

Diplacodes trivialis

http://eol.org/pages/131133

Fire Ant Outcompetes Other Species, Even In Its Native Habitat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090705141721.htm

Solenopsis

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

Sex Involved In Plant Defense

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090713201448.htm

Climate Change May Spell Demise Of Key Salt Marsh Constituent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090713085016.htm

Forb

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

Avian Bacterium More Dangerous Than Believed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090705145642.htm

Bordetella hinzii

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

First Remote, Underwater Detection Of Harmful Algae, Toxins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090714154036.htm

Swedish PM sounds climate alarm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8151143.stm

Fredrik Reinfeldt

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

Ontario to offer $10,000 electric car incentive

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/07/15/ont-electric-cars511.html


Tagging technology to track trash

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8149183.stm

Trash Track (Blog)

http://senseable.mit.edu/trashtrack/

Fabulous Darwinius Fossil and More for Wednesday, May 20, 2009

* Falco image licensed under Creative Commons by kevincole

Stunning 47-million-year-old fossil unveiled in the US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8057465.stm

Common Ancestor Of Humans, Modern Primates?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519104643.htm

Scientists unveil ancient fossilized primate

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54i73y-us-primate-fossil/

47-million-year-old primate fossil unveiled

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/19/primate-ancient-plos-one-hurum-missing.html

Darwinius masillae

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

Darwinius masillae

http://everyone.plos.org/2009/05/19/plos-one-introduces-darwinius-masillae/

Feeding In Monkeys And Humans: Ancient Roots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519214940.htm

New Insight Into Primate Eye Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518213952.htm

Circus faces suit over elephants

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30809719/

Triplet jaguar cubs born in Berlin

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Panthera onca

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

Man charged over kangaroo attacks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8059368.stm

* Kestrels for pest kills: birds replace pesticides in Israel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8004426.stm

Falco

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kestrel_(bird)

How Crabs That Live In Hydrothermal Vents Reproduce

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519111550.htm

Bythograeidae

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

Survey finds slower decline of honeybee colonies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090519/ap_on_re_us/us_disappearing_bees;_ylt=AnEmqEGQCRsWlV6fjx_gnqYPLBIF

Critical Role Of Evolutionary Processes In Species Coexistence And Diversity Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519075422.htm

Epigenetics: 100 Reasons To Change The Way We Think About Genetics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518111723.htm

Epigenetics

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

Climate Change Odds Much Worse Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519134843.htm

River Delta Areas Can Provide Clue To Environmental Changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511180707.htm

River delta

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

Pre-industrial Mercury Pollution In The Andes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518172644.htm

Mercury (Hg)

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

Stem cells "seek and destroy" cancer cells: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54i76u-us-cancer-treatment/

New cancer-killing method found in stem cells

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30832998/

Warning over new threat from MRSA

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8058841.stm

MRSA

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

Why Eczema Often Leads To Asthma

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518213939.htm

Eczema

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

Asthma

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

HIV's spread around Europe mapped

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8056299.stm

Wiping data 'hits flu prediction'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8058084.stm

Pandemic Passenger Screening For Airports

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519104107.htm


Trace Elements Unbalanced In Dialysis Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518213941.htm

Trace element

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

Dialysis

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

New Ways to Fight MRSA, Arsenic, Carbon, Salmonella, Autism, Listeria, Diseases, Blindness, Cancer and Cocaine and More for Thursday, April 2, 2009

Hunt for Sumatra's killer tigers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7978127.stm

Panthera tigris sumatrae

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

Mating music helps produce a baby cheetah

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Acinonyx jubatus

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

DNA Analysis Uncovers The Prehistory Of Norwegian Red Deer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326152509.htm

http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200355

'Stock-take' of garden creatures

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7977971.stm

Caution drivers! Butterfly crossing ahead

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30011694/

Danainae

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

Mollusks Taste Memories To Build Shells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402092714.htm

Mollusca

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

Hot Solution To Bean Sprout Safety

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401200435.htm

Vigna radiata

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

Listeria monocytogenes

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

Tests nipped risk of tainted pistachios in bud

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30007954/

Restoring Teeth: Glass Fiber Posts Favor More Resistant And More Beautiful Smiles, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324111816.htm

New Way To Battle MRSA And Superbugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324202521.htm

MRSA

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

Ionic liquid

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

How Probiotics Can Prevent Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401200433.htm

Probiotic

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

Diet Affects Diversity Of Microbes In Human Gut, And In Turn, Colon Cancer Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200714.htm

Mutated Gene In Zebrafish Sheds Light On Blindness In Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324131548.htm

Danio rerio

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

Could Autism Symptoms Be Reversible?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401145312.htm

Autism

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

Source Of Major Health Benefits In Olive Oil

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401200447.htm

DHPEA-EDA strongest antioxidant in virgin olive oil

http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2009/04/01/dhpea-eda-strongest-antioxidant-virgin-olive-oil/

Reductions In Cancer And Overall Mortality Persist 10 Years After Vitamin And Mineral Supplementation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324215806.htm

Factor D

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

New Way To Fight Cocaine Addiction Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401164049.htm

Cocaine dependence

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



New Solutions For The Arsenic-poisoning Crisis In Asia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325091830.htm

Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater

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

Carbon Capture Has A Sparkling Future

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401134602.htm

Carbon Capture

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

Evolution's Impact On Ecosystems Shown Directly For First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401181234.htm

Irreversible Climate Change and More on MRSA and More For Friday, March 13, 2009

Carcharodon carcharias image licensed under Creative Commons by minuk

Researchers: 'Irreversible' climate change

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/12/irreversible.climate/index.html

Hospital Mobile Phones 'Superbug' Scare

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305204324.htm

MRSA

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

Masks in smoggy cities a good idea, study says

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/13/masks-pollution.html

Recalled foods still making people sick

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29619415/

Nation’s first E. coli vaccine for cattle approved

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29665562/

E. Coli 0157:H7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._coli_0157_H7

High IQ Linked To Reduced Risk Of Death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312140009.htm

FDA hazy on e-cigarettes' safety

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/13/ecigarettes.smoking/index.html

Spotless Mind? Human Fear Memories Weakened

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311103611.htm

Propanolol

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

Aspirin Improves Survival In Women With Stable Heart Disease, According To Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312092440.htm

Microbicide Promising As HIV Prevention Method For Women, Clinical Trial Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121735.htm

Biomarkers Detected For Chikungunya Fever

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090304131222.htm

Chikungunya

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

How Cranberry Products Prevent Urinary Tract Infections

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309121937.htm

Vaccinium

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

Live Fast, Die Young? Maybe Not

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309162121.htm

Drink Green Tea For Healthy Teeth And Gums

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305183128.htm

Green tea

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

New List Of HIV Mutations Vital To Tracking AIDS Epidemic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305204330.htm

Intensive care errors 'frequent'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7938320.stm

Man Says Spider Bite Helped Him Walk

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/13/national/main4863762.shtml

Loxosceles reclusa

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



Climate scenarios 'being realised'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7940532.stm

Deep water fish decline concerns

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7935733.stm

Baby gorilla rejected by mom, named by dad

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29676261/

Gorilla gorilla gorilla

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

American Carnivores Evolved To Avoid Each Other, New Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310100835.htm

Celebrity hippo calf won't be fed to zoo's tigers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29676241/

Hippopotamus

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

Monkeys teach their babies to floss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7940052.stm

Preserved Shark Fossil Adds Evidence To Great White's Origins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312174733.htm

Carcharodon carcharias

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_White_shark_(Carcharodon_carcharias)

Video: Divers recount struggle with shark

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Divers questioned about shark encounter

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/03/13/am.intv.man.vs.shark.cnn

Galeocerdo cuvier

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

How Mosquitoes Could Teach Us A Trick In The Fight Against Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305141641.htm

Malaria

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

Danger Lurks Underground For Oak Seedlings

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303161419.htm

Quercus

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

Microtus pinetorum

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

Dust Deposited In Oceans May Carry Elements Toxic To Marine Algae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191457.htm

Solar Water Heating Pays For Itself Five Times Over

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309105021.htm


Simple Upgrades In Rural Sanitation Could Save 1.2 Million Lives Annually

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309223207.htm

New ‘Pollution Radar’ Developed To Provide Unprecedented Picture Of Urban Smog

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309122159.htm

Researchers Study Cave’s 'Breathing' For Better Climate Clues

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309210846.htm

Australia declares oil spill a disaster zone

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29656572/

Swire Group

http://www.swire.com/

For Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by Keith Marshall

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7434258.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Decline at biggest UK puffin site

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

Puffin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7373004.stm

BBC NEWS World South Asia Elephants caught in Sri Lanka war

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24966121/

Superbug kills young and healthy - Infectious diseases- msnbc.com

http://www.wesh.com/health/16488170/detail.html

Avian Flu Found In Tyson Chickens - Health News Story - WESH Orlando

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/04/biofuels.Rome/index.html

Leaders clash on biofuels at food summit - CNN.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080604/od_afp/switzerlandscienceanimal;_ylt=AkBblSY5UU3.mFRFUgPp0das0NUE

Stupid flies live longer: study - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/ap_on_re_us/poisoned_condors;_ylt=Anaza73YQOqicPcqpHM4KGSs0NUE

Endangered condors turning up with lead poisoning - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/ap_on_fe_st/odd_lake_creature_legend;_ylt=ArrU8wU4IA3lKeN45YkaS43tiBIF

Minn. city sets reward for legendary creature - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080604/sc_livescience/batseatdirttostayhealthy;_ylt=AsfAp7SzAt.9JIXnlqPhjlcPLBIF

Bats Eat Dirt to Stay Healthy - Yahoo! News

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

Geophagy

http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/080604-badsci-bigfoot-bounty.html

Bigfoot Bounty: Reward Offered for Mysterious Monsters LiveScience

For Monday, May 19, 2008

Tasmanian Devil photo licensed under Creative Commons by Drew Ott

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/ap_on_sc/antarctica_tiny_starfish;_ylt=AojC448GU.dYhhDh0e4F4Ves0NUE

Millions of tiny starfish inhabit undersea volcano - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080518/ap_on_hi_te/smart_avatars;_ylt=AuZNHQDBRazwWwvXlyeed2as0NUE

Researchers teach 'Second Life' avatar to think - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080519/wl_asia_afp/australiaanimalenvironmentdevil;_ylt=AooFpTpDL9.ELfexyOdiRK0PLBIF

Tasmanian devil to get endangered species listing - Yahoo! News

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

Sarcophilus harrisii

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080519/sc_afp/australiaanimalkangaroopeople;_ylt=Avoi24eCJqjVlptfKpF0RE4PLBIF

Kangaroo cull begins in Australia: animal welfare group - Yahoo! News

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

Kangaroo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080518/sc_afp/chinaquakeanimalpanda;_ylt=Av5ifj4Uo0GdOCPRus8LsdMPLBIF

Three pandas missing in China quake: state media - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080518/sc_nm/huntingtons_monkeys_dc;_ylt=AoAxLwBEkFGVk.sfJKCuxWQPLBIF

Monkeys genetically modified to have Huntington's - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080518/sc_afp/irelandeubritainspainfishoceansconservation;_ylt=AulsH6U8MTbefNZCuopKxGcPLBIF

Ireland to hunt nightmare fishing nets in north Atlantic - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080518/sc_livescience/causesofmorningsicknessrevealed;_ylt=AupAteZ9l5Dh7nzpW09I2MsPLBIF

Causes of Morning Sickness Revealed - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/7408021.stm

BBC NEWS UK England Cornwall Lifeguard dog banned from beach








http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7406832.stm

BBC NEWS Health New drug 'can kill MRSA superbug'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7407050.stm

BBC NEWS Americas Orangutan escapes pen at US zoo

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080516121650.htm

Climate Changes Creating Green And Flowering Mountains


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515145348.htm

Why Nations Fail To Act In The Face Of Genocide

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

Genocide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514171807.htm

Restoring Fish Populations Leads To Tough Choice For Great Lakes Gulls

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080519095526.htm

Ancient Deep-sea Coral Reefs Off Southeastern US Serve As Underwater 'Islands' In The Gulf Stream