Fishermen Dine on Megachasma and DNA Help for Rhincodon and More for Wednesday, April 8, 2008

Fancy some meat? Chimpanzees exchange hunting booty for sex

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7988169.stm

Pan

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

Studies Of Hyena Skull Development Put Teeth Into New Female Dominance Theory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331112851.htm

Crocuta crocuta

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

Poison -- It's What's For Dinner: Hunt Narrows For Genes That Let Packrats Eat Creosote

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406072919.htm

Neotoma

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

Creosote

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

Rare megamouth shark caught, eaten in Philippines

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090407/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_rare_shark

Megachasma pelagios

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

DNA Tracks Threatened Whale Sharks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407145159.htm

Rhincodon typus

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

Antarctic Marine Biodiversity Data Now Online

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331133539.htm

Antarctic marine biodiversity link

http://www.scarmarbin.be/

Cat found alive after 5 weeks under rubble

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090407/od_nm/us_germany_cat

Felis catus

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

Fish farms to fight back with EU help

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7989295.stm

Butterflies hit by damp summers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7988232.stm

Tanzania Study Reopens Debate On Targeting Mosquito Larvae To Control Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200718.htm

Malaria

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

Control, Treatment Of Bed Bugs Challenging

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331183504.htm

Cimicidae

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

To Swim Or To Crawl: For The Worm It's A No Brainer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331091254.htm

Caenorhabditis elegans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._elegans

Fragility Of World's Coral Is Revealed Through Study Of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406132609.htm

Anthozoa

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

Mouse Models Of Leukemia That Predict Response To Chemotherapy Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331183753.htm

Leukemia

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

Bad Mix Of Bacterial Remnants And Genetics Leads To Arthritis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331101111.htm

‘Junk’ DNA assists evolution

http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20090604-18994.html

Mysterious mouth reaction linked to pollen

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/08/oral.allergy.syndrome/index.html

Oral sex throat cancer link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6639461.stm

Warning issued over some ground beef sold in Manitoba, Sask., Ontario

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/04/08/mb-beeef-recall.html


More pistachios recalled as salmonella verified

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30078271/

Pistacia vera

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

Use Of Native Southern African Plants In Veterinary Medicine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330123245.htm

Going Bananas For Sustainable Research: Scientists Create Fuel From African Crop Waste

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406132819.htm

Musa

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

Rapid Shifts In Wildfire Hotspots To Come?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407223642.htm

PM heralds 'green economy' Budget

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7989015.stm

Beach rubbish problem 'piling up'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7988726.stm

What's In Your Water? Disinfectants Create Toxic By-products In Drinking Water And Public Swimming Pools


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331112725.htm

Whale Shark Rescued and Rising/Acidic Waters and More for Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Report: Images from Mars lander show liquid water

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_sc/sci_phoenix_mars;_ylt=Ahp875mU9cMyzUYggyrhit6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlaGI1MmJ2BHBvcwMxMDkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNyZXBvcnRpbWFnZXM-

Acidic seas fuel extinction fears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7936137.stm

Sea rise 'to exceed projections'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935159.stm

Rising Sea Levels Set To Have Major Impacts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310104742.htm

Current Sea Level Rise (Wiki page)

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

Trunk tricks Elephants discover how to get a drink of fresh water when faced with a stagnant pool


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7932769.stm

The elephants in action

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7933058.stm

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

WATCH: Baby Elephant Gets a Jumbo Leg

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7047253

Elephas

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

Poached skins matched to tigers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935661.stm

Why monkey mums bow to baby temper tantrums

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7934852.stm

Calif. whale watchers delight

javascript:vPlayer('29615560','458170a4-b4f8-477f-9908-b1314e2998c2')

Walruses are world's most unusual snoozers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29616122/

Odobenus

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

Indian police enroll rat recruits

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7933538.stm

Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Traced To Andes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309205313.htm

Tiny whale shark rescued

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29615174/

Rhincodon typus

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

'Dracula' fish shows baby teeth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935482.stm

New Fish Discovered In Antarctic Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305150919.htm

Gosztonyia antarctica

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

Big-hearted Fish Reveals Genetics Of Cardiovascular Condition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132534.htm

Danio rerio

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



Coral Reefs Dissolving From CO2 In Air?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309162125.htm

Live Evolution In Tiny Predator-Prey Battle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305150917.htm

Yellowstone Alga Found To Detoxify Arsenic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191850.htm

Cyanidioschyzon

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

Electric Signals In Plants Induced By Wounding

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309105030.htm

Hemlock Trees Dying Rapidly, Affecting Forest Carbon Cycle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226122730.htm

Tsuga

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

Tree-eating Bugs Seen By Satellite As They Denude Invasive Tamarisk Trees In Southwest U.S.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310084729.htm

Tamarix

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

How Increased UV Exposure Impacts Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309105058.htm

Bryophyte

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

Discovering The Secret Code Behind Photosynthesis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224230709.htm

Photosynthesis

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

Corn-for-ethanol's Carbon Footprint Critiqued

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302183321.htm

Airborne Ecologists Help Balance Delicate African Ecosystem

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302182954.htm

Cleansing Toxic Waste With Vinegar

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303084334.htm

Peanut industry: Recall price tag $1 billion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29634279/

Custom-made meds may pose deadly threat

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29532018/

Recession may worsen spread of exotic diseases

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29599786/

5 deadly exotic diseases

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29603635/

16 Have Hepatitis In Army Needle Blunder

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/11/health/main4858722.shtml

Bacteria-killing Enzyme Cures Mice With Fatal Pneumonia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302221316.htm

(Chorismate lyase)

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

Streptococcus pneumoniae

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

Bioencapsulation: Creating A Safe Haven For Sensitive Ingredients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226105130.htm

Stem Cell Focus Part Of New Harvard Major

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/11/health/main4858723.shtml

Experts use nanotech to deliver anti-cancer genes

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5294yt-us-cancer-nanotechnology/

Airborne Fungi Linked To Asthma Epidemic In Puerto Rico

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302115757.htm



Feeling Down And Out Could Break Your Heart, Literally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191852.htm

Compulsive Hoarding Poses Safety And Psychological Risks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309211632.htm

Salt Might Be 'Nature's Antidepressant'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310152329.htm

Table Salt

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

Inactivity Of Proteins Behind Longer Shelf Life When Freezing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303084053.htm

Genetics Of Fear: Anxiety Disorder Genes?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310161503.htm

Headaches Linked To High Temp, Low Pressure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309161951.htm

Toxoplasmosis Parasite May Trigger Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311085151.htm

Dead Gene Comes Back To Life In Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305204321.htm

New Genre Of Sugar-coated 'Quantum Dots' For Drug Delivery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309223403.htm

Quantum Dot

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

Hunters switch to 'green' bullets

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/04/green.bullets/index.html

For Monday, October 20, 2008

Yeti footprints image licensed under Creative Commons by Ben Tubby

Thirsty world: Desperate quest for water

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/23/what.matters.thirst/index.html

Flu: The Get-Well-Quick Plan

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6057562&page=1

Foods And Meds You Shouldn't Mix

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/20/earlyshow/health/main4531572.shtml

"Extraordinary Hope" From New Cancer Drugs

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/20/earlyshow/health/main4532119.shtml


Hong Kong finds bird flu virus in crow

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre49j0s4-us-hongkong-birdflu/

Corvus splendens

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

Bird Flu Vaccine Protects People And Pets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081019184800.htm

Genetic Diseases: Ancient Evolutionary Legacy?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081016124043.htm

Gut Bacterial Waste Helps Host Control Weight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081018093223.htm

Mutation Protects Against Obesity, Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081019184802.htm

Parents 'wrong' on child weight

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7676015.stm

Prescription opiates and kids: One pill can kill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27168078/

Canada to ban baby bottles with BPA

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27266627/

High summits 'could harm brain'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7676028.stm

Fatty acids clue to Alzheimer's

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7676606.stm

Doctors get death diagnosis tips

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7679373.stm

Decay Of Brain's Myelin Causes Physical Decline

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081017150738.htm

Myelin

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

Worms' Nervous System Shown To Alert Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014114846.htm

New Fossil Reveals Primates Lingered In Texas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014111401.htm

Dinosaur Dance Floor: Numerous Tracks at Jurassic Oasis on Arizona-Utah Border

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020093414.htm

Survival Secret Of Antarctic 'Antifreeze Fish'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081016124049.htm

Dissostichus mawsoni

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=7039&genusname=Dissostichus&speciesname=mawsoni

Dubai hotel urged to free shark

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7678780.stm

Ship Strike Reduction Rule Aims To Protect North Atlantic Right Whales

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081012093255.htm

Protected 'Swimways' Urged For Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081018093221.htm

Tainted feed kills 1500 dogs bred for fur

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk;_ylt=ArOerUTB0wxztifVuZiVK16s0NUE

Billions of fish, fish eggs die in power plants

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081018/ap_on_sc/dead_fish;_ylt=AsdbzMCNPMKyNoYLl.V.Z8Ss0NUE

Alternative Energy: New Sugarcanes To Deliver One-Two Energy Punch

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013194043.htm

City Trash Plus Farm Leftovers May Yield Clean Energy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013195119.htm

Engineers Build First-ever Multi-input 'Plug-and-play' Synthetic RNA Device

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081017131010.htm

Spinning Natural Proteins Into Fabrics For New Wound-repair Products

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020094447.htm

Chicken Soup May Help Fight High Blood Pressure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013110117.htm

Files: U.S. pilots ordered to shoot down UFO during Cold War

http://www.yahoo.com/s/973482

'Look out!' Alitalia near miss with UFO remains unexplained

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7679145.stm

Britain releases UFO files, dispels some mysteries

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27280196/

Japanese team finds 'yeti footprints' in Nepal

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081020/wl_sthasia_afp/nepaljapanwildlifeyetioffbeat;_ylt=AlhoKshDtxFUZZG8SJpaRYis0NUE