Megaptera in NY and More for Friday, April 10, 2009

Humpback Whales Feeding 1 image licensed under Creative Commons by Peat Bakke

Humpback whale in New York Harbour

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7993135.stm

Megaptera novaeangliae

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

Charles Darwin's egg is rediscovered in a museum

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7992911.stm

Tinamidae

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

As the bird turns: Scientists figuring out flight

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30142188/

Aves

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

Snake diet find aids anti-venom

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/7990317.stm

Echis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw-scaled_vipers

Amphibians May Develop Immunity To Fatal Fungus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401101745.htm

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

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

iReport.com: Killer bees take over backyard

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-241592

Africanized bee

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

US wages war on bugs afflicting troops abroad

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090410/ap_on_re_us/war_and_bugs;_ylt=Ao_N2HJdhd.RYexFyPYa81MPLBIF

Researchers Unravel Role Of Priming In Plant Immunity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402143449.htm

Algae Genes Shed Light On Carbon In Oceans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409142240.htm

Algae

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

Robot gardener plants, tends and harvests

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30109901/

Flame Retardants Concern To US Coastal Ecosystems, NOAA Reports

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401112450.htm

Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers

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

Water monitor eyes farm runoff in Gulf of Mexico

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090410/ap_on_bi_ge/farm_scene_gulf_runoff;_ylt=Atg5i7GKRjvKB.yTJFUu0mEPLBIF

Gulf of Mexico

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

Eye 'compensates for blind spot'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7958838.stm

Human eye

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

Waist Size Found To Be Predictor Of Heart Failure In Both Men And Women

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407174647.htm

Sagittal Abdominal Diameter

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

Early HIV therapy improves survival: review

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/09/hiv-treatment-early.html

HIV

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

Chemical Compound May Stop Deadly Brain Tumors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409142256.htm

α-KG (α-Ketoglutaric acid?)

Cancer, Asthma: New Light Shed On Inflammatory Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409142238.htm

Increase In P53 Mutation Linked To Advanced Colorectal Cancer In African Americans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401101741.htm

p53

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P53_(protein)



New Studies Examine Elimination Of Hepatitis B And C

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401112452.htm

Hepatitis B

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

Hepatitis C

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

Non-antibiotic Drugs To Combat Infections?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408145546.htm

Adults should be vaccinated for whooping cough, says N.S. expert

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/10/whooping-cough-study-dalhousie889.html

Pertussis

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


Chicken Soup May Fight Blood Pressure: Passover's Matzoh Ball Soup May Be Good For Your Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402120707.htm

Passover

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

Peanut Plant Fined $14.6M For Salmonella

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/10/health/main4934238.shtml

Plainview Peanut Corp. LLC

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

Report: Source of Okla. E. coli outbreak a mystery

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090409/ap_on_re_us/deadly_bacteria;_ylt=AgtjC5xaEQ8A.3J.HLLeJDas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkMm1mYXFsBHBvcwMxNDIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3JlcG9ydHNvdXJjZQ--

E. Coli

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

Water cut off in Mexican capital

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/country_profiles/7993279.stm

Mexico City

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

City to run solely on sun's power

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/04/09/boxleitner.fl.solar.city.wbbh

PETA asks Pet Shop Boys to change name

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/10/peta.pet.shop.boys/index.html

PETA

http://www.peta.org/