For Friday, October 10, 2008

Gasterosteus aculeatus (?) photo licensed under Creative Commons by frenquency

Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7662565.stm

Microscope shows how embryos grow

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27108010/

Western group petitions for species protection

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_sc/western_ark;_ylt=AgXMTLvcBX4qKt1mw8Yov6is0NUE

Pledge to protect Sumatran forest

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7662186.stm

Oil spill penguins released

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7663159.stm

Water Snails Offer New Propulsion Possibilities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081009144333.htm

Warming Threats To Tropical Rainforest Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081009143700.htm

Circadian Clock May Be Critical For Learning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008151318.htm

Circadian rhthym

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

How Fatty Foods Curb Hunger

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081007123647.htm

Diversity Of Plant-eating Fishes May Be Key To Recovery Of Coral Reefs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008113434.htm

Journey Toward The Center Of The Earth: One-of-a-kind Microorganism Lives All Alone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081009143708.htm

Desulforudis audaxviator

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

Wielding Microbe Against Microbe, Beetle Defends Its Food Source

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002171921.htm

Species Extinction By Asteroid A Rarity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081007102904.htm

Fitness In A Changing World: Genetics And Adaptations Of Alaskan Stickleback Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081010100457.htm

Gasterosteus aculeatus

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=2420&genusname=Gasterosteus&speciesname=aculeatus+aculeatus

Scientists: Yes, shark did have ‘virgin birth’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27107721/

Carcharhinus brevipinna

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=865&genusname=Carcharhinus&speciesname=brevipinna

Mutant fish develops a taste for human flesh in India

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3163501/Mutant-fish-develops-a-taste-for-human-flesh-in-India.html

Bagarius yarrelli

http://fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=23314

Hawking: If we survive the next 200 years, we should be OK

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/09/hawking/index.html

For Saturday, July 5, 2008

Golden eagle photo licensed under Creative Commons by insecta62

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080705/ap_on_sc/asia_orangutans

Study: Orangutan populations declining sharply - Yahoo! News


http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080702/sc_livescience/tigersvanishinnepal;_ylt=Ak9NWaQNczyIqs99ps6J4nUPLBIF

Tigers Vanish in Nepal - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/ts_afp/environmentsciencespeciesextinction;_ylt=Ar16KpJVRFWFu4WeZB9muMIPLBIF

Extinction risks vastly underestimated: study - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/7490202.stm

BBC NEWS Have Your Say Tofu 'may raise risk of dementia'

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

Tofu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2008/07/tofumentia.html

Tofumentia


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7489038.stm

BBC NEWS Americas Stolen fossils back in Argentina

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7483451.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Diamonds hint at 'earliest life'

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

Hadean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7489000.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Badger cull proposals 'rejected'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger_%28animal%29

Badger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7485839.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature True cost of the ocean heist

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7486169.stm

BBC NEWS Africa Africa moves to stop fish theft

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7483750.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Highlands and Islands Report finds golden eagle decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7483832.stm

BBC NEWS Health Cold sore virus secret revealed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_virus_1

Herpes simplex virus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703145849.htm

'Mind's Eye' Influences Visual Perception


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080702132219.htm

Worms Do Calculus To Find Meals Or Avoid Unpleasantness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080702160950.htm

Exploding Asteroid Theory Strengthened By New Evidence Located In Ohio, Indiana

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703160749.htm

Agriculture Linked To Frog Sexual Abnormalities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703181839.htm

Puzzle In The Control Of Cell Division Unraveled

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080704154143.htm

To Multiply, Ant Colonies Adapt To Environmental Conditions


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25502281/

Rising temperatures could doom reptile - LiveScience- msnbc.com

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

Sphenodon

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/03/medicine.biomimic/index.html

Humpback whales pioneer new heart treatment - CNN.com

For Friday, June 27, 2008

North Pole photo licensed under Creative Commons by 9.81 meters per second squared

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080627/sc_livescience/northpolecouldbeicefreethissummer;_ylt=AmGqBYn9_lcd5MHUyXj864us0NUE

North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer - Yahoo! News

http://www.livescience.com/environment/080626-north-pole.html

North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_fe_st/odd_horse_commute;_ylt=Av91h6SA3Df_H_op9qD7WAis0NUE

Wash. dentist's staff saddles up to beat gas costs - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080626/sc_nm/birds_evolution_dc;_ylt=AuAPB7Ixg1QFqU2pnfjnBX4PLBIF

New bird family tree reveals some odd ducks - Yahoo! News

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25395007/

10 things you didn’t know about birds - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626141117.htm

Huge Genome-scale Phylogenetic Study Of Birds Rewrites Evolutionary Tree-of-life

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7470859.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Highlands and Islands Bees seeking 'sugary' garden pest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080623175401.htm

Database Shows Effects Of Acid Rain On Microorganisms In Adirondack Lakes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080624145103.htm

Genomics Of Large Marine Animals Showcased

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626142526.htm

What It's Like To Be A Bat: Vocal Sonar Does More Than Locate Objects; It Cues Memory And Assists Flight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626075537.htm

How To Build A Plant: Plant Architecture From The Genomics Toolbox

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080625091640.htm

Breakthrough In Plant Medicine Production

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

Glycosylation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25395515/

Scientists take a swat at mosquitoes - LiveScience- msnbc.com

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

Aedes aegypti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25410938/

Museum confirms discovery of rare fossil - Science- msnbc.com

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

Stromatolite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25396517/

Early life survived huge cosmic impact - Space.com- msnbc.com

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/east_coast_asteroid_010320.html

SPACE.com -- Huge East Coast Impact Crater Leaves Legacy of Water Woes

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/06/27/floods/index.html

Muskrats weaken, bust Mississippi River levee

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

Ondatra zibethicus

http://www.ktvu.com/news/16722523/detail.html

SF Zoo Denies Report That Tiger In Fatal Attack Was Underfed - News Story - KTVU San Francisco