For Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Talpidae image licensed under Creative Commons by zenera

Earth In Midst Of Sixth Mass Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020171454.htm

Climate changing 'faster' and 'sooner'

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/20/wwf.climate.report/index.html

Bacterium 'to blame for Crohn's'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7679347.stm

Faecalibacterium prausnitzii

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

Western diet 'raises heart risk'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7680283.stm

10 Things the Food Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20081020/ts_usnews/10thingsthefoodindustrydoesntwantyoutoknow;_ylt=AkBcqXzcjy1Rq3Gbd4ArIHQDW7oF

New Study Claims Acne Is Not Associated With Yet-Uncultured Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081016133544.htm

Science minister urges investment

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7681210.stm

River 'cull' How poisoning a river can kill off a salmon parasite

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7679805.stm

Gyrodactylus Salaris

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

Searching For Rare Ladybugs, With Unusual Spots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013201003.htm

The Lost Ladybug Project

http://www.lostladybug.org

Designing Wildlife Corridors: Wildlife Need More Complex Travel Plans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020135221.htm

Revealing The Evolutionary History Of Threatened Sea Turtles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081015120740.htm

Fertilizers: A Growing Threat To Sea Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021120927.htm

Do Cell Phones Increase Brain Cancer Risk?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020093456.htm

Diatom Genome Helps Explain Success In Trapping Excess Carbon In Oceans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081015144125.htm

Producing New U.S. Energy Crops By The Barrel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013195803.htm

Mass. Firm Opens Algae-Growing Greenhouse

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/21/tech/cnettechnews/main4535437.shtml

Alternative Fuels May Drain Dwindling Water Supplies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020094614.htm

EBay to ban sales of ivory goods

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7681903.stm

Genes shed light on moles' "blindness"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081021/sc_afp/scienceanimalsmolesbiotech;_ylt=AqjduqS2q_V3zLm9tt2FDOIPLBIF

Talpidae

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

Middle-aged women drive rise in U.S. suicides

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27293978/

1.6 million cribs recalled after 2 infant deaths

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27294553/

Genome fanatics share their DNA sequences

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27295659/

For Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Mixed fortunes for world's whales

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7553805.stm

Southern seals sample salty seas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7550199.stm

Radio hogs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7511030.stm

Prized eggs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7529335.stm

Eretmochelys imbricata

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

Bugs Put The Heat In Chili Peppers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811195315.htm

Prehistoric Animal Extinctions Humans' Fault?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811200028.htm

Mass Extinction Of Amphibians 'Unprecedented'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811195627.htm

Low Vitamin D Levels Pose Large Threat To Health; Overall 26 Percent Increased Risk Of Death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811195629.htm

Vitamin D

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


Electronic Tongue Tastes Wine Variety, Vintage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080804100254.htm

Aphids Are Sentinels Of Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080806113145.htm

Aphidoidea

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

Dying frogs could bring mosquito boom

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2008/08/12/simon.pip.frogs.cnn

What is this hairless, big-nosed beast?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/08/12/pkg.tx.chupucabra.kens

For Friday, August 8, 2008

Henna tattoo photo licensed under Creative Commons by freshelectrons

Spices May Protect Against High Blood Sugar

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080805153830.htm

32 research monkeys die in accident at Nevada lab

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_re_us/research_monkey_deaths;_ylt=AlNlNR1s4JO2RtloxTifFvAPLBIF

Deep mystery: why sea turtles plumb the depths

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/ts_afp/sciencebiologyturtles;_ylt=AqBBFQHRp3kXOYD1ukhhI3APLBIF

Poland to open museum for cousin of T-Rex

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080806/sc_nm/poland_dinosaur_dc;_ylt=AofsmjsS7H.ULTXBPk2CRQIPLBIF


A Nigerian with 86 wives warns others not to follow his example

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7547148.stm

Melon Genes Elucidate Evolution Of Sex

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807144242.htm



Perfect Legs Keep Water Striders Striding

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080804121631.htm

Gerridae

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

Hot Peppers Really Do Bring The Heat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080806140130.htm

Climate Change: When It Rains It Really Pours

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807144240.htm

Brown Tree Snake Could Mean Guam Will Lose More Than Its Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080808090313.htm

Boiga irregularis

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


Complete Neandertal Mitochondrial Genome Sequenced From 38,000-year-old Bone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807130824.htm

Henna hazard: Chemical causes ornate allergies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26080350/

Lawsonia inermis

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