For Friday, January 30, 2009

Locust swarm image licensed under Creative Commons by [niv]

Tadpoles may hold cancer clue

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7851932.stm

New Insights Into A Leading Poultry Disease And Its Risks To Human Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127094038.htm

How Ebola Virus Avoids The Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127152838.htm

Five Cases Of Ebola Virus In Philippines

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/30/health/main4763711.shtml

Ebola

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

New Disease, Comparable To BSE, Created In Laboratory Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127214430.htm

BSE

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

Cases of sexually spread diseases on the rise

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28639521/

Lowly worm offers new clues on stroke, heart drugs

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s5zo-us-heart-worms/

Caenorhabditis elegans

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

Physically Fit Kids Do Better In School

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128113246.htm

American Seniors Living Longer On Less

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128122816.htm

New Stem Cell-like Functions In Plants Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128132645.htm

Thirsty Plants Text For Help

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2009/0101-thirsty_plants_text_for_help.htm

Climate Change's Impact On Invasive Plants In Western US May Create Restoration Opportunities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127112055.htm

Gene's Past Could Improve The Future Of Rice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090123164359.htm

Rice

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



FrankenBeasts: Do Pet Clones Really Match?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=6762235&page=1


Indonesia welcomes baby elephants


http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews;_ylt=AlCONJFFZth5NAg.pzVyArSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTE0dmZlMG5lBHBvcwM4BHNlYwN5bl92aWRlb3MEc2xrA2luZG9uZXNpYXdlbA--?ch=4226713&cl=11786829&lang=en

Locust swarms 'high' on serotonin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7858996.stm

Serotonin

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

Termite Insecticide Found To Be Potent Greenhouse Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121144059.htm

Sulfuryl fluoride

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

New Technology For Purifying Exhaust Gas From Diesel Engines

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090130084125.htm

Is Eight Too Much? Ethics Experts Weigh In

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6767745&page=1

'Mittens' the cat hits slopes on sled

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/ireports/2009/01/29/vo.sledding.cat.ireport

'Green' light bulb fears rejected

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7858156.stm

Britain warned over air quality

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7858655.stm

Zimbabwe cholera cases pass 60,000

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/30/Zimbabwe.cholera.cases/index.html

MS stem-cell treatment 'success'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7858559.stm

Bad peanuts found weeks before outbreak

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28931141/

Plants don't have to report contamination

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28919975/

Peanut plant problem forces fresh recall

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28899634/

"Filthy, Putrid" Substance On Peanuts

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/30/health/main4763753.shtml

Georgia wants answers for PB contamination

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/30/georgia.peanuts/index.html

Surgical Implants Coated With One Of 'Nature's Antibiotics' Could Prevent Infection
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129180313.htm

For Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by Picture Taker 2

Today we explore: the border effect on the jaguar, the collapse of the Mangroves and its effect during Cyclone Nargis, an accident-warning system for ships encountering whales, honeybee deaths, the risks faced by the Koala, a frog "victory", a tiger cub "victory", state wolf control, kelp/cloudy sky relationship, mussel adhesion, arsenic-resistant rice, shark-repellent metal-fields, saving the Madagascar frogs, and who did ET call?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone

UN officials: Myanmar cyclone a 'major, major disaster' - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_rice_bowl;_ylt=AiIcV5OJ.QVoixPqnZzu49.s0NUE

Cyclone could cause long-term food shortages in Myanmar - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7385315.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Mangrove loss 'put Burma at risk'

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

Mangrove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_us/listening_for_whales;_ylt=AvqQJT_kUwXYcldySWXMXKKs0NUE

System uses sound to find whales, avoid ship strikes - Yahoo! News



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_us/disappearing_bees;_ylt=At1Me7kO6SNEStf.36.K6.Cs0NUE

Survey shows US honey bee deaths increased over last year - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_sc/australia_koala_threat;_ylt=AvE98Jk73l32seDwIpARv0Os0NUE

Australia's Koalas at risk from climate change - Yahoo! News

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

Phascolarctos cinereus

http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Phascolarctos_cinereus.asp

Phascolarctos cinereus (Koala)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080505/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_canada_environment_ducks;_ylt=AnedJXPS8Q9lmLocx0mEAlLtiBIF

Canada minister says duck deaths won't go unpunished - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080506/india_nm/india334311;_ylt=AvjvdLdActYdr3Ifbf_DtSoPLBIF

Cubs a ray of hope in India's fight to save tigers - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_us/wolf_delisting_states;_ylt=AuZ4lhAXkuBT3srhkg4vlbMPLBIF

3 states head to court to keep control over wolves - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7385968.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland South of Scotland Rallying cry from frog stronghold

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

Dumfries and Galloway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7386458.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Cod fall may speed 'toxic tide'

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

Algal bloom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080506103036.htm

Stressed Seaweed Contributes To Cloudy Coastal Skies, Study Suggests

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

Iodine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080506120940.htm

Lab In A Drop: Pocket-sized PCR Rapid Test Including Sample Preparation

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

Polymerase chain reaction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080505093416.htm

Boosting 'Mussel' Power: New Technique For Making Key Marine Mussel Protein

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080505224659.htm

Rice Plants That Resist Uptake Of Arsenic Could Ease Shortage

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

Arsenic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080505211822.htm

Saving Frogs Before It's Too Late

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080506195605.htm

Animal Interaction Behind Cambrian Explosion? 'Missing' Ancestors Of Today's Animals May Not Be Missing After All

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24470400/

When E.T. phoned home, where did he call? - Space- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24484864/

Electric fields could repel sharks - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24474475/

Snare removed form Denali wolf - Environment- msnbc.com

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

Mount McKinley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/china.virus/index.html

Spreading virus kills 28 children in China - CNN.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-foot-mouth_disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/05/05/jaguars.fence/index.html

Border-fence dispute snares rare jaguars - CNN.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_%28animal%29

Panthera onca

http://zipcodezoo.com/animals/p/panthera_onca.asp

Panthera onca (Jaguar)

For Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Photo by Timothy K. Hamilton, licensed under Creative Commons

Today we explore; Vog, a city sized reservoir planned for the Everglades, global warming threat to tropical species, a bionic beak for an injured Bald eagle, rescued reptiles, Argentinian dinosaur egg return, rice super gene, city-dwelling mating pair Peregrines, the lethality of Bubonic plague, plants that text message stress levels to farmers, and the lethal fungus threat to the Golden frog.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_re_us/hawaii_volcanic_gas;_ylt=AhcX2nma2mw23_u9hRdyN7Cs0NUE

Vog — volcanic smog — kills plants, casts a haze over Hawaii - Yahoo! News

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

Vog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_us/everglades_reservoir;_ylt=AvCmgXozgIV2NnvRNQIivROs0NUE

Reservoir larger than Manhattan planned to help Everglades - Yahoo! News

http://www.evergladesplan.org/index.aspx

Welcome to the official website of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_sc/warming_tropics;_ylt=AlOo6jbIqmy7jRpqua0CBzys0NUE

Scientists: Warming may greatest threat to tropical species - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7384807.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Tropics insects 'face extinction'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080505211835.htm

Trouble In Paradise: Global Warming A Greater Danger To Tropical Species

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_sc/bionic_beak;_ylt=Ar7Tqx_XGIpdyNo2ZxTbFQMPLBIF

Idaho team readies artificial beak for wounded bald eagle - Yahoo! News

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

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_re_as/cambodia_wildlife;_ylt=AjKkvjaqCYxkDkVm8G7ENSoPLBIF

Conservationists rescue almost 300 Cambodian reptiles - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080504/sc_afp/sciencefarmfoodricegenes;_ylt=AsPD15GgC2dElFUIr0._GYoPLBIF

Is this the rice super-gene? - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/argentina_dinosaur_eggs;_ylt=AuOkWsMzD0tXvhteTaG4UQwPLBIF

US to return Argentine dinosaur eggs - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7385329.stm

BBC NEWS UK Falcons take up city-centre perch

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

Falco peregrinus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080504194238.htm

Scientists Discover Why Plague Is So Lethal

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

Bubonic plague - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24454529/

Who should doctors let die in a pandemic? - Infectious diseases- msnbc.com

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

Aspartic acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080502171010.htm

Plants Text Message Farmers When Thirsty

http://www.smartcrop.net/

Smart Crop

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24466460/

Deadly fungus threatens golden frog - Science- msnbc.com

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

Atelopus zeteki

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

Chytridiomycota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Golden frog photo licensed under Creative Commons by ucumari