WHO Loses H1N1 Count & Cure for MD? & More for Friday, July 17, 2009

WHO to stop counting swine flu cases

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/17/who-swine-flu-counting.html

Swine flu so widespread, WHO stops counting

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31962005/ns/health-swine_flu/

Fight for swine flu vaccine could get ugly

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31944668/ns/health-swine_flu/

H1N1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1N1

Genetic Source Of Muscular Dystrophy Neutralized: Possible Cure?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141127.htm

Muscular dystrophy

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


Male Sex Chromosome Losing Genes Via Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716201127.htm

Y Chromosome

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

DNA Not The Same In Every Cell Of Body

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715131449.htm

DNA

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

Neanderthals were likely poised for extinction

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31948849/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Homo neanderthalensis

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

How Dachshunds Got Such Short Legs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141146.htm

Dachshund

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

Canis lupus familiaris

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

Canis lupus familiaris (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1228387

Tiny lizard falls like a feather

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8150000/8150333.stm

Holaspis guentheri

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

Holaspis guentheri (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/793276

In sand, desert lizard swims like a snake

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31949660/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Scincus scincus

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

For fish, it’s the more the merrier

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31952465/ns/technology_and_science-science/


San Diego menaced by jumbo squid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8155417.stm

Dosidicus gigas

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

Dosidicus gigas (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/403181

Tiger moths can thwart bats by jamming sonar

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31950404/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Bertholdia trigonia

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

Eptesicus fuscus

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

Eptesicus fuscus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/327553


Ecologist Brings Century-old Eggs To Life To Study Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716203205.htm

Ancient Microbes Helped Build Rock Structures

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141221.htm

Stromatolite

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

Capturing CO2: Global Warming Fix From Microbes?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715101441.htm

‘Catching CO2 in a Bowl’ – Inorganic Chemistry

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic802454w

Arctic Sea Ice Images Derived From Classified Data Should Be Made Public, According To A New Report

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715112033.htm

Major Arctic Sea-ice Formed Earlier Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715131435.htm

Arctic Climate Under Greenhouse Conditions In The Late Cretaceous

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709095422.htm

Summer Is Here And The Mercury Is Rising ... Literally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715160446.htm

Organic Mercury

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_mercury#Safety

Waste From Textile Industry Transformed Into Rich Compost With Help Of Manure And Earthworms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716093959.htm

How do you build a wind farm out at sea?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8151222.stm

Low carbon way 'to reshape lives'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8150919.stm

Solar Power: New SunCatcher Power System Ready For Commercial Production In 2010

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709205950.htm

Retailers miss plastic bag target

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8155057.stm

Baking Soda: For Cooking, Cleaning, And Kidney Health?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716201123.htm

Sodium Bicarbonate

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

For Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Fossil insect image licensed under Creative Commons by Jairus.

Exotic spiders crawl into the UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7573530.stm

UK's 'most venomous' spider

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7663272.stm

Steatoda nobilis

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

Closure call for tuna 'disgrace'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7669167.stm

Whale deal falls at last minute

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7668526.stm

Forest plan may 'fuel corruption'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7669215.stm

Bat sightings point to recovery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7664156.stm

Call for ban on primates as pets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7663939.stm

Despite 'Peacenik' Reputation, Bonobos Hunt And Eat Other Primates, Too

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013124416.htm

Genome Of A Monkey-human Malaria Parasite

http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/plants_animals/

Plasmodium knowlesi

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

World's Oldest Human Footprints Confirmed

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6025342&page=1

Minimal Composting Of Beef Cattle Manure Greatly Reduces Antibiotic Levels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013200632.htm

Virus As Nano-building Block: Extreme Nature Helps Scientists Design Nano Materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014092722.htm

Taking stock Is the action plan to save Earth's frogs working?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7667246.stm

New Gene Helps Plants Beat The Heat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006180803.htm

World's Oldest Fossil Impression Of Flying Insect Discovered: Found In Suburban Strip Mall

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014134015.htm

Climate Change: Pushing Species To The Brink

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013142545.htm

Drinking Alcohol Associated With Smaller Brain Volume

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013171421.htm

How 'Sandfish' Swim: Could Help Materials Handling And Process Technology Specialists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081003122547.htm

Scincus scincus

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

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014134015.htm