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?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504121921.htm

Wilkins Sound Break and Seal Kill and More for Sunday, April 5, 2009

Corvus monedula image licensed under Creative Commons by foxypar4

Ice bridge ruptures in Antarctic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7984054.stm

Ice Bridge Under Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapsing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090403080827.htm

Antarctic ice bridge snaps

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/05/antarctic-bridge.html

Wilkins Ice Shelf

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

Antarctica

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

'Thousands' of seals killed over salmon

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7983983.stm

Baby baboons at Edinburgh Zoo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7982055.stm

Papio

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

Inbreeding taking toll on Michigan wolves

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30045447/

Canis lupus

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

Birds Can 'Read' Human Gaze

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402124238.htm

Corvus monedula

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

Decoding Mysterious Green Glow Of The Sea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401134606.htm

Nicotine May Have Bigger Impact Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090403144030.htm

Nicotine

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

Hormone Prolactin Reduces Fat Metabolism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402092859.htm

Prolactin

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

Doctor in hep B case has license suspended

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30033185/

Coffee run: scientists uncover how caffeine boosts athletes' performance

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/03/caffeine-calcium-run.html

Caffeine

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

Humans May Be Losers If Technological Nature Replaces The Real Thing, Psychologists Warn

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401181445.htm

Tapping Industrial Waste Heat Could Reduce Fossil Fuel Demands

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401102235.htm

Nut Co.: Kraft Found Salmonella In 2008

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/03/health/main4917680.shtml

More Whale Beachings and More for Monday, March 23, 2009

Whales stranded on Australian beach

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7959005.stm

South Africa Tries to Halt Baboon Break-Ins

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7148512

Genomic Fossils In Lemurs Shed Light On Origin And Evolution Of HIV And Other Primate Lentiviruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319224524.htm

Mice Stay Lean With High-carb Diet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319132919.htm

Genetic Mechanism In Mole Rats Can Be Targeted In Cancer Research

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090315223845.htm

Effects Of Stress Last For Life In Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317201137.htm

Wildlife flee Kenyan forest fires

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7959230.stm

Bees and ants 'operate in teams'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7957834.stm

Flies May Spread Drug-resistant Bacteria From Poultry Operations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316120846.htm

Deadly nerve toxin affecting deep ocean creatures

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52l145-us-sea-toxin/

Amnesic shellfish poisoning

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

Domoic acid

http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims/chemical/pim670.htm

New 'Green' Pesticides Are First To Exploit Plant Defenses In Battle Of The Fungi

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323110447.htm

Tree Species Composition Influences Nitrogen Loss From Forests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316133438.htm

Internet Can Warn Of Ecological Changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319104033.htm

Synthetic blood from embryos bid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7958582.stm

Cancer drug 'fuels tumour growth'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7954472.stm

Anti-angiogenesis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-angiogenesis

Superbug Complicates Treatment Of Infections In Cystic Fibrosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317200946.htm

Special Yogurt Fights Stomach Ulcer Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090322154405.htm

Helicobacter pylori

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

Custom Carbohydrates: New Field Of Medicine?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090322154409.htm

How Proteins Find The Right DNA Sequences

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316092008.htm

Study finds 10 genes that raise sudden death risk

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52l13v-us-heart-genes/

Canadian researchers launch trial to test faster tuberculosis therapy

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/23/tuberculosis-drugs.html

For Monday, February 16, 2009

Parasitic wasp image licensed under Creative Commons by Arthur Chapman

Amazon dieback 'overstated'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7892066.stm

Amazon rainforest

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

Burp of Arctic laughing gas is no joke

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16602-burp-of-arctic-laughing-gas-is-no-joke.html

Ancient Geologic Escape Hatches Mistaken For Tube Worms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204121506.htm

First carbon-free polar station opens in Antarctica

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51e1s3-us-climate-antarctica/

Air Pollution Too High Near Some US Schools

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090214103104.htm

Synthetic Biology Yields Clues To Evolution And Origin Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151611.htm

Baboons And Pigeons Are Capable Of Higher-level Cognition, Behavioral Studies Show

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141143.htm

Columbidae

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

Biologist Gets The Straight Poop On Baboons: Execretion Analysis Aids Primate Social Studies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151451.htm

Papio

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

Ivory trade hits Asia's elephants

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7891908.stm

Elephas maximus

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

DNA testing fails on ancient British polar bear remains

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7874602.stm

Ursus maritimus

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

Songbirds Fly 3 Times Faster Than Expected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141152.htm

Passeri

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

Turbines' impact on birds probed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7892277.stm

Japanese turtle to get prosthetic limbs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090216/sc_afp/japanenvironmentanimaloffbeat;_ylt=AlI.ppx0qZBZqorj2Xu8YpkPLBIF

Caretta caretta

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



Cleaner waters attract sharks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090213/od_nm/us_sharks_odd;_ylt=Av653pT1suuO.UV0nBvHiO.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmM280c2gwBHBvcwMxOTMEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDY2xlYW5lcndhdGVy

Climate Change And Fisheries: US Atlantic Cod Population To Drop By Half By 2050

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212171941.htm

Gadus

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

Study: 'Astonishing richness' in polar species

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29212190/

Parasite Wasps Have Practiced Gene Therapy For A Hundred Million Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216100425.htm

Braconidae

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

Honeybees under attack on all fronts

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126954.600-honeybees-under-attack-on-all-fronts.html

How to hunt for shadow life

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/02/how-to-hunt-for-shadow-life.html

Heart pill could 'erase bad memories'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7892272.stm

Cancer Diagnosis: Now In 3-D

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209152416.htm

Nanoparticle 'Smart Bomb' Targets Drug Delivery To Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212125139.htm

Stem Cells In Hair Follicles Point To General Model Of Organ Regeneration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213112923.htm

HIV gene therapy trial promising


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7883023.stm

Empathy Partly Based On Genes: Mouse Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211082354.htm

Internal Choices Are Weaker Than Those Dictated By The Outside World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211094036.htm

New Test For Mysterious Metabolic Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211094040.htm

Evolutionary Link To Modern-day Obesity, Other Problems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212150826.htm

Genetic Risk For Substance Use Can Be Neutralized By Good Parenting

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210125437.htm

First Brain Study Reveals Benefits Of Exercise On Quitting Smoking

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210092738.htm

Study pinpoints genes tied to high blood pressure

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51e1ig-us-heart-genes/

Deciphering The Body's Healing Secrets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212093710.htm

New Surgical Option For Wrist Arthritis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213172055.htm

Painless Shoulder

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006/0113-painless_shoulder.htm