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Friday, May 01, 2009

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



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'



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Friday, February 20, 2009

NASA Predicts RVF Outbreak & Sighting of the "Nabau" and More For Friday, February 20, 2009

Most Wars Occur In Earth's Richest Biological Regions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220110910.htm

New Monitoring Stations Detect 'Silent Earthquakes' In Costa Rica

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151609.htm

Bolivian Andes glaciers at risk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7900813.stm

Retreat of Glaciers Since 1850

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat_of_glaciers_since_1850

Permafrost Is Thawing In Northern Sweden

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218081629.htm

Coastal Wetlands In Eastern U.S. Disappearing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219141134.htm

Half Of Oil In Ocean Bubbles Up Naturally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219101658.htm

100-Foot 'Borneo Monster' Said Photographed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090220/sc_livescience/100footborneomonstersaidphotographed;_ylt=AjhSv7l8kNulWwY14_LktPUPLBIF

Link to Photo of the “Nabau”

http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=strangenews&c=news&l=&pic=090219-monster2-02.jpg&cap=The+snake-like+monster+of+Borneo+in+an+allegedly+real+photograph+of+the+river+Baleh.+The+creature+is+said+to+be+100+feet+long.+Loo


Origin of Life On Earth: Scientists Unlock Mystery Of Molecular Machine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219105324.htm

Crew cuts ice for dolphins but bid may have backfired: expert

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/02/20/dolphin-rescue.html

Baby meerkats make their debut

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7901055.stm

Suricata suricatta

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

How Fat or Fit Were Dinosaurs? Scientists Use Laser Imaging

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220110912.htm

Shark Attacks Decline Worldwide In Midst Of Economic Recession

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219111000.htm

Mexico's Monarch Butterflies Under Threat

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=6896813&page=1

Danaus plexippus

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

Japanese Corals Change Sexes On Sea Floor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219202833.htm

Scientists find genes to protect wheat from rust

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51i5nz-us-wheat-genes/

Puccinia triticina

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(fungus)

Indoor Plants Can Reduce Formaldehyde Levels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217141419.htm

Formaldehyde

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

Detecting Disease In Greenhouse Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217112128.htm

Soybean Product Fights Abnormal Protein Involved In Alzheimer’s Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218223842.htm

Single-celled Algae Took The Leap To Multicellularity 200 Million Years Ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219140546.htm

Billions Of Years Ago, Microbes Were Key In Developing Modern Nitrogen Cycle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219141436.htm

FDA: Psoriasis drug could cause deadly brain infection

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/20/raptiva.brain.infection/index.html

FDA OK's implant to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/20/medtronic-reclaim.html

Meningitis Bacteria Dress Up As Human Cells To Evade Our Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218135039.htm

Food poisoning strikes 1 in 4 Americans a year

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29285754/

High-fat Diets Inflame Fat Tissue Around Blood Vessels, Contribute To Heart Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218142001.htm

Commonly Available Drug Found To Treat Opioid Addiction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217212255.htm

Ondansetron

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

Chewing Gum Helps Treat Hyperphosphatemia In Kidney Disease Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212150854.htm

Hidden Phosphorus Food Additives Dangerous To Kidney Disease Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210161912.htm

Bacteria In Urinary Tract Infections Caught Making Burglar's Tools
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

More Cancer Breakthroughs and More for Thursday, February 12, 2009

Scientists map Neanderthal genome; may reveal human link

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1029517

Gene explosion set humans, great apes apart

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51a8ii-us-genes-humans/

Deducing Diet Of Prehistoric Hominid With Math

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211111005.htm

Australopithecus africanus

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

Fishermen in 'dolphin rescue' off Philippines coast

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7880375.stm

Jaguar Spotted In Central Mexico For First Time In 100 Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210134448.htm

Panthera onca

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

Long-term Recovery Of Reefs From Bleaching Requires Local Action To Increase Resilience

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203110520.htm

Pubic Hair Provides Evolutionary Home For Gorilla Lice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211101711.htm

Why Fruits Ripen And Flowers Die

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210162027.htm

France defends GM ban after report says safe in food

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51b3tb-us-france-gmo/

Discovery Fleshes Out Metabolism Of Key Environmental And Energy Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202174650.htm

On The Origin Of Subspecies
Peanut butter could be labeled high-risk food

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29158355/

Salmonella found at Ga. plant as early as 2006

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138430/

Lax Regulation In Peanut Factories

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/11/eveningnews/main4793925.shtml

Peanut butter outbreak prompts tighter food safety

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_go_ot/salmonella_outbreak;_ylt=Al5YCOM0CVnNpdlmh0IGLBes0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFldW9hOWNjBHBvcwM3NgRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3BvbGl0aWNzBHNsawNwZWFudXRidXR0ZXI-

Owner of peanut company in U.S. salmonella outbreak refuses to testify

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/02/11/peanut-recall.html

Peanut executives take the Fifth

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From Floor to Mouth: Sickening Peanut Info

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6848906&page=1

Arachis hypogaea

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

Victim: PCA has blood on hands

Sirolimus

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

Compounds Could Be New Class Of Cancer Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203145513.htm

Exercise 'cuts colon cancer risk'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7883480.stm

Study finds hidden phosphorous in fast food

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29141110/

Paying smokers to quit may boost success rate

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29141604/

Novel Benefits Of Fatty Acids In Arteries Shown

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205161105.htm

Arginine Discovery Could Help Fight Human Obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204161848.htm

Arginine

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

Butt-Boosting Jabs Send Women to Hospital

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/story?id=6858351&page=1

Why Sleep Is Needed To Form Memories

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211161934.htm

High Level Of Adverse Drug Reactions In Hospitals Found
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Friday, January 16, 2009

Don't Touch That Vole! For Friday, January 16, 2009







South Africa busts rhino poaching ring

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28691087/

Elephant count surprises in Malaysia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_as/as_malaysia_jumbo_discovery;_ylt=ApkebggYpXQDPLw5EDgRPous0NUE

Texas' Cattle Dying In Devastating Drought

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/16/national/main4727076.shtml

Hungary gorilla recovering after rare surgery

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/ap_on_re_eu/eu_hungary_gorilla_surgery;_ylt=AjiAA7OgwZnlrnz_3bk7VPbtiBIF

Polar bear protection to be focus of national round table

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/15/polar-bears.html

Conflicts between humans and elephants harm both parties

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7828251.stm

China's wild camels increasing

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28692129/

Healing Camels in India's Desert State

http://abcnews.go.com/International/AroundTheWorld/story?id=6661613&page=1

N.J. River Dolphins Sparking Debate

http://abcnews.go.com/US/AmazingAnimals/wireStory?id=6652290

Repairing a hut, Antarctic-style: mind the seals

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090115/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_antarctica_seals;_ylt=AlLjDvCrQfzuh00GdagvqG3tiBIF

Tags reveal birds' ocean odyssey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7826639.stm

Puffinus puffinus

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

Origin Of Jawed Vertebrates: Prehistoric Fish Provides New Piece In Evolution's Jigsaw Puzzle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115103808.htm

Fish digestions help keep the oceans healthy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50e6q7-us-fish-carbon/

Singing began in fish, perfected by birds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28692491/

Study of aggressive bees may improve missile technology

http://m.www.yahoo.com/_ylt=AqPqEFZPGm.IZg3aabb3KiObvZx4/SIG=12a9mr303/**http%3A/cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews%3Fch=4226721%26cl=1156411515679












Tequila Boom Triggers Social, Environmental Hangover In Mexico

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113074138.htm

Tequila

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

Humans Can Make Their Own Salicylic Acid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112093330.htm

Common Soil Mineral Degrades The Nearly Indestructible Prion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114142028.htm

Birnessite

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

Free Antibiotics: Wrong Prescription For Cold And Flu Season

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090116111137.htm

MS increasingly recognized as a childhood disease

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/16/ms-teens.html

Fantastic Voyage: Medical 'Mini-submarine' Invented To Blast Diseased Cells In The Body

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164623.htm





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Monday, January 12, 2009

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