How the Late Heavy Bombardment Promoted Life in the Hadean and More for Thursday, May 21, 2009

Asteroid May Have Enhanced Early Life On Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520140403.htm

Study turns back clock on origins of life on Earth

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54j5px-us-asteroids/

Late Heavy Bombardment

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

Hadean

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

Arsenic In Irrigation Water Is Transferred To Crops

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513121417.htm

Swine Flu Risk Linked To Arsenic Exposure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520151436.htm

Arsenic

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

H1N1 flu must be global before Phase 6: WHO chief

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54k1wq-us-flu-who-pandemic/

Computer Simulation Captures Immune Response To Flu

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518111729.htm

Swine Flu And Other New Infectious Diseases -- What's The Risk?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519104111.htm

Orangutans seen eating own babies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8058000/8058365.stm

Pongo

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

Marine Mammals' Brains Exposed To Hazardous Cocktail Of Pesticides Including DDT, PCBs, Brominated Flame Retardants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520122227.htm

Rare white elephant seal caught on camera in the sub-Antarctic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8059000/8059966.stm

Mirounga

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

Bird Songs Change With The Landscape

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520114710.htm

Magnets in ant antennae work as internal GPS

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30852573/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Midge Bones In Lake Sediments Reveal Fish History

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511181248.htm

Nematocera

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

Snail Venoms Reflect Reduced Competition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520161330.htm

Historical Anecdote Of Jordan's Red Soils May Offer New Antibiotic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518222202.htm

Protein From Algae Shows Promise For Stopping SARS

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520114659.htm

Agricultural Aromatherapy: Lavender Oil As Natural Herbicide

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090514083921.htm

Lavandula

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

Neurons 'Mirror' The Attention Of Others

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518172451.htm

'Junk' DNA Has Important Role, Researchers Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520140408.htm

Plastic That Grows On Trees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519134837.htm

Non-wovens As Scaffolds For Artificial Tissue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513091520.htm

Mars may have been both cold and wet

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54j5e2-us-mars-freezing/

Mars

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

Dinosaur-Bird Link is Real and More for May 1, 2009

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Today, May 1, 2009, is the day Natural History changed. The dinosaur-bird link is real and was proven by 80 million year old soft tissue. 80 million years old. The editors are in a state of awe.

Dinosaur-Bird Link: Ancient Proteins Preserved In Soft Tissue From 80 Million-Year-Old Hadrosaur

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430144528.htm

Mary H. Schweitzer, Wenxia Zheng, Chris L. Organ, Recep Avci, Zhiyong Suo, Lisa M. Freimark, Valerie S. Lebleu, Michael B. Duncan, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, John M. Neveu, William S. Lane, John S. Cottrell, John R. Horner, Lewis C. Cantley, Raghu Kalluri, and John M. Asara. Biomolecular Characterization and Protein Sequences of the Campanian Hadrosaur B. canadensis. Science, 2009; 324 (5927): 626 DOI: 10.1126/science.1165069

Brachylophosaurus Canadensis

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

Tyrannosaurus rex

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


Swine Flu Or Bird Flu: Scientist Warns Of Six-month Time Lag To Manufacture Pandemic Flu Vaccine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090427193234.htm

Vaccine pursued as U.S. swine flu cases top 100

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30471035/

Many states lack drugs to treat swine flu

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30511446/

Mexico shuts down to control flu

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8028169.stm

1918 Flu Resulted In Current Lineage Of H1N1 Swine Influenza Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430111640.htm

Pandemic Study Of 1918-1919 Outbreak Provides Background And Death Rates For 14 European Countries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430101453.htm

1918 flu pandemic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic

Lessons from past pandemics

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/30/swine.flu.1918.lessons/index.html

‘Pandemic’ means pay attention, not panic

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30500863/

World fights new flu virus with latest science

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5400wc-us-flu-science/

New flu virus may be a real mongrel, study shows

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5400qi-us-flu-genetics/

Hong Kong's doctors prepare for battle

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/01/1917199.aspx

Bardot slams planned pig cull in Egypt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090501/wl_mideast_afp/healthfluegyptfrancebardot;_ylt=ArGul0isJpL6Q8AP2ip_6d4PLBIF

Brigitte Bardot

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

Species at Risk Act lacks teeth, conservationists say

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/01/species-risk-conservation.html

Species at Risk Act

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/s-15.3/text.html

Obama Restores Endangered Species Act

http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20090430/wl_oneworld/world3621191241124253;_ylt=AkojviUj4jXKEaoivGa73g8PLBIF

Endangered Species Act

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/esa/content.html

Dolphins Keep an Eye Out While Sleeping

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090501/sc_livescience/dolphinskeepaneyeoutwhilesleeping;_ylt=AlexQpkR98vmA43VTJmkFYkPLBIF

Video evidence of birds' remarkable talent for dancing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8026592.stm

Some Vocal-mimicking Animals, Particularly Parrots, Can Move To A Musical Beat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430121936.htm

Dogs Are Aggressive If They Are Trained Badly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090424114315.htm

Canis lupus familiaris

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

Forest Service tries to halt spread of bat fungus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090501/ap_on_re_us/us_bat_die_off;_ylt=Av2eTVPTT_B01gPWRdSvN34PLBIF

White nose syndrome

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

Fish May Actually Feel Pain And React To It Much Like Humans Do

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430161242.htm

Fish

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

US: Air Dirty Enough To Endanger Lives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429131158.htm

Cousin Of The 'Ice That Burns' Emerges As Greener New Way To Fight Fires

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090427091548.htm

Fire Extinction Using Carbon Dioxide Hydrate

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie8019533

Why plants can survive cold, heat, drought

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/01/plant.stress/index.html

Plantae

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

Fertilisers 'reducing diversity'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8026552.stm

Lithium in water 'curbs suicide'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8025454.stm

Lithium

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

FDA announces recall of popular diet pill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30518843/

Hydroxycut

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

Africa's genetic secrets unlocked

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8027269.stm

Africa

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

China database to track children


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8028256.stm

First edition of Darwin's Origin of Species fetches $60K

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/30/darwin-origin-auction-london.html

For Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Burgess Shale diorama licensed under Creative Commons by Flesh for Blood

Baby born after ovary transplant

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7723239.stm

Top court backs Navy in dispute over whales

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27678464/

Scientists listen in on wayward dolphins

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27678269/

Want to breathalyse a sperm whale? Use a helicopter!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7723703.stm

Kitesurfer's Whale of a ... Tail?

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6236097


Jellyfish Fight Terrorists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0905-jellyfish_fight_terrorists.htm

Spiders' secrets unwoven at Isis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7709435.stm

Pond Snail Programmed To Be Left Or Right 'Handed'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111203507.htm

Commercial Poultry Lack Genetic Diversity, Are Vulnerable To Avian Flu And Other Threats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103192314.htm

Benjamin's story A gorilla ranger returns with grave news

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7549444.stm

Feeding time as chimp 'adopts' tiger

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7723868.stm


Deep Heat Solution To 500-million Year Fossil Mystery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081112074906.htm

Nature’s Own Chemical Plant

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110171443.htm

Google searches track flu spread

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7724503.stm

Molecule That Stops SARS Invented

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111183033.htm

Airport Malaria: Cause For Concern In U.S.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111183035.htm

Turning Urine Into Water For Space Station Recycling

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111210838.htm

For Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Carnegiea gigantea photo licensed under Creative Commons by jcolman

Chocolate lovers: more kinds of cacao

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27073996/

Cows may hold secret for efficient ethanol

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27050661/

Tree power could save forests from fires

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26973918/

Hundreds of new marine species discovered, scientists say

http://www.yahoo.com/s/967216

Penguins ride air force jet to South Atlantic

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_sc/lt_brazil_penguins;_ylt=AsmzW7uyYl16SKK96dhPVtus0NUE

Climate change poised to devastate penguins: WWF

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081008/sc_afp/environmentbiodiversityspeciespenguins;_ylt=Au6evBq4kLc8E5q5zsaAogQPLBIF


China sets melamine levels for milk products

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk;_ylt=AplNPQFqQ7Ro2MAr4EqRcj2s0NUE

Taiwan suggests SARS a China warfare plot

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081007/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_taiwan_china_sars;_ylt=ApGP5viiSwYfaowGfJjnDiXtiBIF

Severe acute respiratory syndrome

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

University: Stem-cell study used falsified data

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_he_me/stem_cell_study;_ylt=AoWsOpZsnfXu4fAsiTSt9NAPLBIF

Feds to use chips to foil cactus thieves

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/08/cactus.thefts.arizona.ap/index.html

Carnegiea gigantea

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

Newsweek: Pfizer sued over anti-seizure drug

http://www.newsweek.com/id/162906

Gabapentin

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

Police raid Nigeria 'baby farm'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7658882.stm

'End in sight' for elephantiasis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7659222.stm

Neurofibrome

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

Bioengineers Fill Holes In Science Of Cellular Self-organization

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006155919.htm

Good News For Pig Breeders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002094832.htm

Sus

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

Using Living Cells As Nanotechnology Factories

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008095710.htm

Turf Wars: Sand And Corals Don't Mix

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008095708.htm

Biological Alternatives To Chemical Pesticides

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008065841.htm

DNA Could Reveal Your Surname

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081007192526.htm

Half-Ton Mexican Man Dies After Public Plea

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5980926

Starbucks in hot water over water use

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/08/earlyshow/main4509437.shtml?tag=lowerContent;homeSectionBlock205

Oldest Skeleton in Americas Found in Underwater Cave?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080903-oldest-skeletons.html

Monkeys work in Japanese restaurant

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7654267.stm

Macaca

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