Circus Animal Ban, Lepidometer Use, Failure of the IMCI & More for Friday, July 31, 2009

Bolivia bans use of animals in circuses

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090730/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_bolivia_circus_animals;_ylt=Ak7zfBwr1PQHsEBvAjAexq4PLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJ2ZTY3N2p0BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzMwL2x0X2JvbGl2aWFfY2lyY3VzX2FuaW1hbHMEcG9zAzEwBHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDYm9saXZpY

Rodent Size Linked To Human Population, Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090730200634.htm

Invigorated Muscle Structure Allows Geese To Brave The Himalayas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728201743.htm

Anser indicus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-headed_Goose

Anser indicus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1047336

Bald-headed, pink-faced songbird discovered

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32210908/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Pycnonotus hualon

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

Fresh hope for world's fisheries

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8176292.stm

New Hope For Fisheries: Overfishing Reduced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090730141555.htm

Honeybees warn of risky flowers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8176000/8176878.stm

Bees face another killer: selenium

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32203740/ns/technology_and_science-science/


All a flutter: Painted lady invasion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8177655.stm

Vanessa cardui

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

Vanessa cardui (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/2926929

Butterflies tracked as a barometer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32226247/ns/us_news-environment/

Lepidometer

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/07/lepidometer.html

Lepidoptera

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

Barometer

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

Coal Mine Canary

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canary_in_a_coal_mine

Dinosaurs come alive in Chicago

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Private transplants to be banned

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8177826.stm

Just Expecting A Tasty Food Activates Brain Reward Systems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727102026.htm

Parasites May Have Had Role In Evolution Of Sex

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090706171542.htm

Journal retracts claim of sperm made of stem cells

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32234135/ns/health-cloning_and_stem_cells/

Breast-feeding could save 1.3 million lives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32234145/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/

U.N. program to save children failed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32222438/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/

Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Program

http://dub.washington.edu/djangosite/media/papers/tmpbj0qhL.pdf

Tortoises/Turtles/Herptiles in the News, The Permian Extinction and More for Friday, May 29, 2009

* Dermochelys coriacea image (right) and image (left) licensed under Creative Commons by Paul Mannix

China volcano may have caused mass extinction

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_sc/us_sci_volcano_extinction;_ylt=AqqENEvXU52v1UvNNVj5B2.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNG90bDliBHBvcwMxMTkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNjaGluYXZvbGNhbm8-

Permian Extinction

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

Red Glow Sheds Light on Ocean Health

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090529/sc_livescience/redglowshedslightonoceanhealth;_ylt=AicPkj8Ey5KgBPtJxMWKzGYPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNsZTYxZnVxBGFzc2V0Ay9saXZlc2NpZW5jZS8yMDA5MDUyOS9zY19saXZlc2NpZW5jZS9yZWRnbG93c2hlZHNsaWdodG9ub2NlYW5oZWFsdGgEcG9zAzEEc2

Report: Climate change crisis 'catastrophic'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/29/annan.climate.change.human/index.html

Climate pressure 'building on US'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8073434.stm

Most Polluted Ecosystems Can Recover, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527105713.htm

Greening Arctic Not Likely To Offset Permafrost Carbon Release

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527130826.htm

Spring Agricultural Fires Have Large Impact On Melting Arctic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526140850.htm

U.S. company finds "safer" way to make stem-like cells

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54r6ti-us-stemcells-reprogramming/

Why Coral Reefs Around The World Are Collapsing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142819.htm

Malaria parasites 'resist drugs'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8073118.stm

Beavers return after 400-year gap

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8072443.stm

Castor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_(genus)

Rare Madagascan tortoises stolen

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8072000/8072511.stm

Geochelone yniphora

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

Astrochelys yniphora (IUCN Red List Link Species notation: Geochelone yniphora nomenclature not located in the IUCN Red List nor the EOL pages. Only Astrochelys yniphora could be located). Critically endangered.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/9016/0

Astrochelys yniphora (EOL Link – no image)

http://eol.org/pages/794291

* 'Crazy' woman saves sea turtles from slaughter

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/28/cnnheroes.suzan.lakhan.baptiste/index.html

Dermochelys coriacea

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

Dermochelys coriacea (IUCN Red List Link)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6494/0

Dermochelys coriacea (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/815711

Everglades swamped with invading pythons

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090528/od_nm/us_everglades_pythons;_ylt=AmBwHA7bgxDK5Rw39xaTnmqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmaDY5MHJyBHBvcwMyMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDZXZlcmdsYWRlc3N3

Pythonidae

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

Toothy sharks once ruled Tuscany

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30987630/


Non-toxic Hull Coating Resists Barnacles, May Save Ship Owners Millions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528110623.htm

Cirripedia

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

Honey Bee Colony Losses In U.S. Almost 30 Percent From All Causes From September 2008 To April 2009

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522180642.htm


Waxy Plant Substance Key For Absorption Of Water, Nutrients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522154506.htm

Suberin

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

Discoveries Upend Traditional Thinking About How Plants Make Certain Compounds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526094249.htm

Unexpected Bacterial Diversity On Human Skin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142821.htm

New killer virus found in Africa

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30989694/

Lujo virus

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


Virtual Reconstruction Of A Neanderthal Woman’s Birth Canal Reveals Insights Into Evolution Of Human Child Birth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528133423.htm

Homo neandethalensis

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

Study: Climate change kills 300,000 a year

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30998907/

Lessons From The Past: Research Examines How Past Communities Coped With Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527103528.htm

Climate change

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


Antibiotic Multi-resistance: Why Bacteria Are So Effective

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527170308.htm

Carbon capture technology tested

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8072583.stm

Aker Clean Carbon

http://www.akercleancarbon.com/index.cfm

Ancient Mudstones Could Provide Alternative Source Of Energy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527110137.htm

Mudstone

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

Obama moves to curb road-building in forests

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_roadless_forests;_ylt=AvTmbw5.dA7uNp__kF5jGoCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNjlocG03BHBvcwMxMjEEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNvYmFtYW1vdmVzdG8-

Fabulous Darwinius Fossil and More for Wednesday, May 20, 2009

* Falco image licensed under Creative Commons by kevincole

Stunning 47-million-year-old fossil unveiled in the US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8057465.stm

Common Ancestor Of Humans, Modern Primates?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519104643.htm

Scientists unveil ancient fossilized primate

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54i73y-us-primate-fossil/

47-million-year-old primate fossil unveiled

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/19/primate-ancient-plos-one-hurum-missing.html

Darwinius masillae

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

Darwinius masillae

http://everyone.plos.org/2009/05/19/plos-one-introduces-darwinius-masillae/

Feeding In Monkeys And Humans: Ancient Roots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519214940.htm

New Insight Into Primate Eye Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518213952.htm

Circus faces suit over elephants

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30809719/

Triplet jaguar cubs born in Berlin

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Panthera onca

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

Man charged over kangaroo attacks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8059368.stm

* Kestrels for pest kills: birds replace pesticides in Israel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8004426.stm

Falco

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kestrel_(bird)

How Crabs That Live In Hydrothermal Vents Reproduce

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519111550.htm

Bythograeidae

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

Survey finds slower decline of honeybee colonies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090519/ap_on_re_us/us_disappearing_bees;_ylt=AnEmqEGQCRsWlV6fjx_gnqYPLBIF

Critical Role Of Evolutionary Processes In Species Coexistence And Diversity Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519075422.htm

Epigenetics: 100 Reasons To Change The Way We Think About Genetics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518111723.htm

Epigenetics

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

Climate Change Odds Much Worse Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519134843.htm

River Delta Areas Can Provide Clue To Environmental Changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511180707.htm

River delta

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

Pre-industrial Mercury Pollution In The Andes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518172644.htm

Mercury (Hg)

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

Stem cells "seek and destroy" cancer cells: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54i76u-us-cancer-treatment/

New cancer-killing method found in stem cells

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30832998/

Warning over new threat from MRSA

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8058841.stm

MRSA

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

Why Eczema Often Leads To Asthma

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518213939.htm

Eczema

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

Asthma

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

HIV's spread around Europe mapped

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8056299.stm

Wiping data 'hits flu prediction'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8058084.stm

Pandemic Passenger Screening For Airports

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519104107.htm


Trace Elements Unbalanced In Dialysis Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518213941.htm

Trace element

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

Dialysis

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

Cetorhinus Winter Home Discovered and More for Sunday, May 10, 2009

Cooper, My Therapy Dog image licensed under Creative Commons by Marvin Kuo

Early cave bacteria hints at Mars life

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30649087/

Gorilla mums keep family in check

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8027000/8027622.stm

Gorilla

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

Orangutan escapes her enclosure at Adelaide zoo in Australia

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090510/K051004AU.html

Pongo

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

Baboons Benefit From Strong Social Networks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507181225.htm

Papio

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

Right whales break birth record

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30660700/

Eubalena glacialis

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

Way To Cut Cattle Methane By 25 Percent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507145752.htm

Methane

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

Domestication led to horse color explosion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30628354/

Equus ferus caballus

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

World's smallest pigs 'thriving'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8036405.stm

Porcula salvania

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

'Gecko Vision': Key To Future Multifocal Contact Lens?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507164407.htm

Gekkonidae

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

Ultrasonic Communication Among Frogs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508192231.htm

Huia cavitympanum

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

Scientists Airlift Giant, Endangered Frogs

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/08/tech/main5002548.shtml

Leptodactylus fallax

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

Scientists discover winter home of world's second-biggest fish

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/07/eco.baskingsharks/index.html

Cetorhinus maximus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basking_shark_(Cetorhinus_maximus)

Could climate change spell the end of the prawn cocktail?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8037888.stm

Dendrobrachiata

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

Flight Of The Bumble Bee Is Based More On Brute Force Than Aerodynamic Efficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507194511.htm

Bombus

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

Scientists Surprised By Unexpected Emergence Of Periodical Cicadas -- Four Years Early

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507142230.htm

Magicicada

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

Magi

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

Cicada/Cicadidae

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

Skeptic

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

Skepticada

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/skepticada-or-impacada.html

Honeybee Pollination Crisis 'A Myth'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507121949.htm

Mystery worms turn on northwest China herdsmen

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54735e-us-china-worms/

Filling The Gap In The Fossil Record

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504151505.htm

Fossil

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

Cave Painting Depicts Extinct Marsupial Lion

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090510/sc_livescience/cavepaintingdepictsextinctmarsupiallion;_ylt=Al07U1pNUEN9ukScqT.ETZUPLBIF

Thylacoleo carnifex Thylacoleo carnifex

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

Animals On Runways Can Cause Serious Problems At Small Airports

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504171955.htm

Small Brain Of Dwarf 'Hobbit' Explained By Hippo's Island Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507185535.htm

Homo floresiensis

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

Homo sapiens

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

Homo skepticis

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/homo-skepticis.html

Madagascan hippo

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

Toxic deformities case at High Court

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8039601.stm

Global Warming: Ocean Iron Disappoints

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506131512.htm

Tree-Killing Hurricanes Could Contribute To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501201353.htm

Climate Adds Fuel To Asian Wildfire Emissions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430144710.htm

Bacteria Play Role In Preventing Spread Of Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508103836.htm

Cytori signs stem cell deal with GE Healthcare

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5473sh-us-cytoritherapeutics/

Food Intake Alone Explains Rise In Obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508045321.htm

Pet Therapy Dogs May Carry MRSA And Clostridium Difficile Between Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507101820.htm

Therapy dog

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


MRSA

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

Clostridium difficile

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

From Rats To Humans: Around Thirty Europeans Infected With Cowpox Virus By Their Pet Rats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507192933.htm

Fancy rat

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

Cowpox virus

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

NASA Nanosatellite To Study Antifungal Drug Effectiveness In Space

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430120746.htm

PharmaSat

http://microsatellitefreeflyer.arc.nasa.gov/pharmasat.html

First Swine Flu DNA Test Produced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090509153309.htm

UK swine flu genetics unravelled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8040000.stm

Possible Canadian connection in Japan's first cases of swine flu

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/09/swine-flu.html

3rd U.S. flu death reported in Wash. state

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30398682/

Costa Rica reports first swine flu death

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

Key Protein Keeps Chronic Infection In Check

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508103842.htm

New Food Safety Technology Developed For Eggs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090510102122.htm

Food Safety

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

Red Fungus Turned Orange May Help Tackle Vitamin Deficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090510101752.htm

Monascus purpureus

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

Cigarette Smoke May Rob Children Of Needed Antioxidants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504151456.htm

Skin Color Clue To Nicotine Dependence

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508134951.htm

Nicotine

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

Meditate Your Way To Better Bladder Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504161657.htm

Cognitive therapy

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

Job Loss Can Make You Sick, New Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508045310.htm

Treatment For Extreme Nausea, Vomiting During Pregnancy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506110200.htm

Carbon Nanotubes: Innovative Technology Or Risk To Health Or Environment?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504121921.htm