California Condor Suffering from Poisoning, Wounding and More for Sunday, March 15, 2009

Gymnogyps californianus image licensed under Creative Commons by bsterling

Poisoned, wounded Calif. condor treated at LA Zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090314/ap_on_re_us/california_condor;_ylt=Ao82I4uRXRss6y.Yu.3QdQis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcHEwdmJxBHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNwb2lzb25lZHdvdW4-

Gymnogyps californianus

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

Falcons combat Dubai's pigeon 'pest'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7943314.stm

Falconry

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

Island of the Rats: Soon it May Be Rat-Free

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7079928&page=1

Adak

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

Traffic Could Trigger Heart Attacks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313171310.htm

Carbon-neutral goal for Maldives

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7944760.stm

Maldives

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

Wind Shifts May Stir CO2, Amplify Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312140842.htm

Silica Algae Reveal How Ecosystems React To Climate Changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309093155.htm

Obama bans 'downer' cows from food supply

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29691788/

Salmonella cases: Half still come from crackers

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

Check Your Burgers: E. Coli Season Ahead

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/story?id=7080622&page=1

Green tea, mushrooms lower breast cancer risk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29681075/

Tiny Brain Region Key To Fear Of Predators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191455.htm

Reducing Suicidal Behaviors Among Adolescents

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310120349.htm

'The Unexpected' Is Key To Human Learning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313145952.htm

What Drove The Cow Mad? Lessons From A Tiny Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309205323.htm

Single Virus Particle Can Cause Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313150254.htm

Novel Antibiotics That Don't Trigger Antibiotic Resistance Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313150121.htm

The Making Of An Intestinal Stem Cell

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121647.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 Friday, February 13, 2009

Astronomers Unveiling Life's Cosmic Origins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212161814.htm

Life forms May Have Evolved In Ancient Hot Springs On Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212112829.htm

Dung is key to tracking elusive Cambodian tiger

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090213/ap_on_re_as/as_cambodia_chasing_tigers;_ylt=Aie6HLmQsw_RVG_QfC6Svb0PLBIF

Bleak forecast on fishery stocks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7887536.stm

Fish Oil Alternatives To Farmed Fish Feed May Alleviate Global Seafood Shortage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211122408.htm

Bird brain? Animal smarts surprise experts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29169229/

Tracking reveals songbirds' route

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7885622.stm

Penguins in Peril, Research Shows

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090213/sc_livescience/penguinsinperilresearchshows;_ylt=AqIafmRI2usP1VQX3d3RoWkPLBIF

Fish migrating to cooler waters, study says

science/02/12/fish.migration.study/index.html

Canada Geese Fingered In Flight 1549 Crash

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/12/national/main4798729.shtml

Branta canadensis

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

Texas recalls all items from peanut plant

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29168730/

Survey: peanut recall known but misunderstood

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090213/ap_on_bi_ge/med_salmonella_survey;_ylt=AgZni0QWo.qnGC7U6oHA_Qas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcW00cXR0BHBvcwM1NwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawNzdXJ2ZXlwZWFudXQ-

Jury: Addiction caused smoker’s death

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29166147/

Stem Cells From Skin Cells To Heart Muscle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212161808.htm

Code Of The Common Cold Cracked

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141149.htm

Rhinovirus

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

Antibacterial Plaster Could Put A Clean Sheen On Walls

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213103750.htm

Drug Found To Prevent Colon Cancer Development In Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212093648.htm

Uranium Poisoning Treatment Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212112738.htm

Wrinkles Removed With Protein RHAMM, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211161936.htm

Fresh Fruits And Vegetables Are Increasingly Recognized As A Source Of Food Poisoning Outbreaks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211122613.htm

How Do You Build A Synthetic Brain?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211194151.htm

Restoring Mutant Gene Without Altering DNA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211161946.htm

Method For Detecting 23 Drugs And Medicines In Saliva Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211122532.htm

Study ties passive smoking to dementia

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51c01r-us-smoking-dementia/

Lightening our 'water footprints' is best way to quench the planet's thirst

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7881382.stm

Reducing Carbon Dioxide Through Technology And Smart Growth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211161854.htm

'Frozen Smoke:' Ultimate Sponge For Cleaning Up Oil Spills

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213102721.htm

Biodiversity In Crops Decreases Fertilizer Damage To Rivers And Lakes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211094033.htm

Portuguese Mine Generates Acidic Water Following 43 Years Of Inactivity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209094555.htm


Mediterranean Sea Dried Up Five Million Years Ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211122529.htm

Koalas Saved and More for Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Cuon alpinus image licensed under Creative Commons by gargoylesoftware

Koala rescued from wildfires

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7883266.stm

Scorched koalas cuddle after fires

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29123220/

Phascolarctos cinereus

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

Wild dogs escape from animal park

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7883629.stm?lss

Cuon alpinus

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

Spaniel wins top dog show

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29118345/

Sussex spaniel

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

2009 Westminster Kennel Club Best in Show

http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/2009/results/bis/index.html

Hot dog! Tiny breeds have warmer bodies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138912/

Hummingbird 'Tag' Suggests Fragmentation May Be Part Of Pollination Crisis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209223515.htm

Airport uses radar, noise to scare off birds

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/11/seattle.bird.radar/index.html

18-foot python attacks tot; parents charged

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/02/11/ryan.parents.charged.python.ktnv

Python

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

Salamander Decline Found In Central America

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205311.htm

Shark Attack in Sydney Harbour

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6852252

Rapid Burst Of Flowering Plants Set Stage For Other Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205204.htm

High Carbon Dioxide Boosts Plant Respiration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205202.htm

Grass Strips Help Curb Erosion, Herbicide Transport

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090131123819.htm

House hearing to focus on peanut executives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29125953/

Outbreak Tough Nut for Congress to Crack


http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6848906&page=1

Tests show possible salmonella at Texas plant

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29119530/

Peanut firm boss urged shipping bad products

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138430/

Peanut company owner refuses to testify

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/ap_on_go_co/salmonella_outbreak;_ylt=At6ClOP5M7WVWLRpxKcxlWMDW7oF

Granola bar may contain contaminated peanuts: CIFA

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/02/11/peanut-granola.html

Beyond peanuts: Salmonella tough to stop

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29060288/

That chicken dinner could make you sick

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28677495/

Biofuels To Cut Third Of Gasoline Use By 2030?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210133920.htm

White House Wants Wind Farms In Oil Plan

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/11/politics/washingtonpost/main4791946.shtml

Winds of Change: Where Turbines Work

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Business/story?id=6846349&page=1

Five Ways Women Can Avoid Heart Attack

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=6850404&page=1


Rhythm Abnormality Of Unknown Origin Strongly Predicts Sudden Death Risk In Heart Disease Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202175322.htm

Road Traffic Noise In Residential Areas Can Increase Risk Of Heart Attack

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202135936.htm

Medical society probes octuplets’ conception

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29123731/

Mediterranean Diet Combats Cognitive Impairment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209163305.htm

Nanoemulsion Potent Against Superbugs That Kill Cystic Fibrosis Patients, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204112248.htm

Prostate cancer urine test hope

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7878726.stm

Biochemists Discover New Biological Mechanism: Transport Factor Divides Protein Synthesis Between Mother And Daughter Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209094553.htm



Scientists Deconstruct Cell Division

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090208133145.htm

How Organisms Transcend Sum Of Their Genes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205214412.htm

Researchers link obesity to birth defects

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51979k-us-obesity-pregnancy/

Scientists Identify Potential Key To Lyme Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205151.htm

Lyme Disease

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

New Technique Developed For Quick Detection Of Salmonella

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202121040.htm

Study debunks illegitimacy 'myth'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7881652.stm

Planet Earth: Avoiding The Hothouse And The Icehouse Of The Future

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211082405.htm

Unexpected Discovery Could Impact On Future Climate Models

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210134440.htm

Oil And Gas Production A Major Source Of Dallas-Fort Worth Smog

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210162037.htm

Galapagos in peril

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/10/f-tech-galapagos.html

Galápagos Islands

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

Human hair found in prehistoric hyena poop

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29119702/

Urine injection kills Bolivian woman

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29126420/

Breakthroughs and More for Monday, February 8, 2009

Rare crocs back from extinction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7873550.stm

Crocodylus siamensis

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

Wastewater Irrigation Effective On Bermudagrass Hay

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090131122554.htm

Alzheimer's Prevented, Reversed In Animals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090208133135.htm

Japan scientists identify cancer-suppressing enzyme

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5181o4-us-cancer-breast/

Malaria Breakthrough Starves Parasite

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203090708.htm

Gene fault 'ups antibiotic risk'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7866749.stm

Aminoglycoside

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

More Than A Million Cancer Survivors Experience Declining Care Due To Cost Concerns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204184906.htm


Statin Therapy Ineffective In Breast Cancer Prevention, Animal Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205083254.htm

Beach Vacations May Increase Future Skin Cancer Risk In Children

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203080721.htm

Marijuana testicular cancer link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7869709.stm

Seeing color in sounds has genetic link

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/09/synesthesia.genes/index.html

Synesthesia

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

1st U.S. case of Marburg fever confirmed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29085187/

Marburg virus

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

Vietnam reports 2nd bird flu case this year

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29085172/

FDA: Peanut plant knowingly sent bad products

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29059234/

Scope of peanut recall felt far and wide

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29071467/

Peanut recall list continues to grow

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29062049/

Official: Food safety must be under one agency

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29060603/

WSB: Boy Scouts popcorn recalled

http://www.wsbtv.com/cnn-news/18670801/detail.html

Cracking the case of the poison processed peanuts

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090209/ap_on_go_ot/salmonella_cracking_the_case;_ylt=Ah_3MasGvAXIMDo2FeGtXfas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlZXFrM2RlBHBvcwM3MwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3BvbGl0aWNzBHNsawNjcmFja2luZ3RoZWM-

Octuplet Grandma Blasts Her Own Daughter

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6833533&page=1

Live Gator Found With Dead Man

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6821595