For Monday, May 11, 2009

Misty Moss image licensed under Creative Commons by me'nthedogs

Whaling peace talks 'fall short'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8042713.stm

Kangaroo survives arrow in head

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8043880.stm

Producing Pigs That Provide Us With Healthy And Yet Good Tasting Meat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507094306.htm

Sus

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

Google's Got Goats? Inside Techie Culture

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=7512250&page=1

Capra

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

Communal Stomach Of An Ant Colony

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507192511.htm

Live fast, die young - why snails are slowing down

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8043000/8043689.stm

Ocean Acidification: Understanding How Mussels Have Adapted To Extremely Acidic Waters Near Underwater Volcanoes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501203430.htm

Mussel

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

Solar-Powered Irrigation System Unveiled At U.S. National Arboretum

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090502083917.htm

U.S. National Arboretum

http://www.usna.usda.gov/

Palm Oil Not A Healthy Substitute For Trans Fats, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090502084827.htm

Palm oil

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

Biotechnology: Engineered Moss Can Produce Human Proteins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090510200001.htm

Bryophyta

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


Random Picks Better Than Complicated Process In Gene Identification

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506110158.htm

Decreasing Deer Damage To Trees, Shrubs And Crops

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504094458.htm

Integrated Pest Management Reduces Cockroaches And Allergens In Schools

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506110205.htm

How Cells Move: Cooperative Forces Boost Collective Mobility Of Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506152803.htm

Biofuel Production And Water Scarcity: A Drink-Or-Drive Issue?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501204627.htm

Species Thrives In High Temperature, Pressure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429174822.htm

Archaebacteria

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

U.S. Wildlife Trade Poorly Regulated, Threatening Food Supply Chains, Human Health, Ecosystems, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430144537.htm

Unique Survey Of Ocean Climate May Improve Climate Predictions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504121923.htm

Sexually Transmitted Infections: Transistors Used To Detect Fungus Candida Albicans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507094308.htm

Candida Albicans

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

New Computer Program Promises To Be 'Rosetta Stone' For Chemical Names

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504165712.htm

Sayle et al. Foreign Language Translation of Chemical Nomenclature by Computer. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2009; 49 (3): 519 DOI: 10.1021/ci800243w

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ci800243w

Particles, Molecules Prefer Not To Mix

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504161701.htm

Barnes et al. Structure, Thermodynamics, and Solubility in Tetromino Fluids. Langmuir, 2009; 090427084503036 DOI: 10.1021/la900196b

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la900196b

Tetromino

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

Glioma: Origin Of Brain Tumor Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508093934.htm

Glioma

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

Major New Treatment Target In Diseased Arteries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090510142557.htm

Chronic Ankle Pain May Be More Than Just A Sprain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501090931.htm

Sprain

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

Mystery Horse Deaths at US Polo Open and More for Monday, April 20, 2009

Fucus vesiculosus image licensed under Creative Commons by visulogik

Earth Day (April 22)

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

1970s lifestyle 'protects planet'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8004257.stm

Clouds: Lighter Than Air But Laden With Lead

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419133839.htm

Minimizing The Spread Of Deadly Hendra Virus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415102213.htm

Hendra virus

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

Study reveals cancer culprits in tobacco smoke

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30294894/

Learning Disabilities In Males: Nine New Genes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419133841.htm

Fish Oil Protects Against Diseases Like Parkinson's

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419133844.htm

Omega-3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-3

Keeping Slim Is Good For The Planet, Say Scientists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419212516.htm

Success Found In Treating Rare Retinal Disorder

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090413180710.htm

Cracking The Root Of Tooth Strength

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418080952.htm

Animal Survival In Inherited Habitats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415163205.htm

Museum Specimens Aid Conservation Effort In Madagascar

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416190945.htm

Madagascar

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

Furcifer petteri

http://www.wildmadagascar.org/wildlife/species/Furcifer_petteri.html

Lemur catta

http://www.wildmadagascar.org/wildlife/species/lemurs/Lemur_catta.html

Phelsuma madagascariensis

http://www.wildmadagascar.org/wildlife/species/Phelsuma_madagascariensis_madagascariensis.html

21 polo horses die at Fla. tournament; cause of death unknown

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1060398

Polo horses die at tournament

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30302408/

U.S. Open Polo Championship

http://www.sportpolo.com/Spectators/US_Open_Polo_Championship.htm


Tasmania's wombat poo paper proves to be a hit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8006042.stm

Vombatidae

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

Fish and mercury: How healthy is your catch?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/20/hm.fish.mercury/index.html

Parasite Breaks Its Own DNA To Avoid Detection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415141210.htm

Trypanosoma brucei

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

Plant Gene Mapping May Lead To Better Biofuel Production

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414102648.htm

Blueberries May Help Reduce Belly Fat, Diabetes Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419170112.htm

Cyanococcus

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

Hedgerow Trees 'Key To UK Biodiversity'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090410101342.htm

Arctia caja

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

Garden impossible How do you grow trees in the driest place on Earth?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7934406.stm

Prosopis limensis > pallida

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

Time Record Of Marine Species Formation In The Baltic Sea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414084451.htm

Fucus radicans

http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235808

Fucus vesiculosus

http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145548

Will Ocean Plants Adapt To Climate Change?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415172243.htm

Antioxidant Levels In Cooked Vegetables Vary With Cooking Method Healthier To Griddle-Cook Or Microwave

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415163730.htm

The Truth Behind "Sell-By" Dates On Foods

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/18/earlyshow/health/main4953898.shtml

Eudyptes Extinction? For Saturday, January 17, 2009

Eudyptes chrysocome image licensed under Creative Commons by suneko

Light pollution forms 'eco-traps'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7821298.stm

Arctic Heats Up More: High Sea Level Rise?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090116111135.htm

'Happy Feet' penguin species nears extinction

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28696101/

Eudyptes chrysocome

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

Bird strikes could threaten space shuttles, too

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28681377/

No Way to Tell How Many Birds Hit Planes

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6665693&page=1

Algae used in biofuel on jet test flight

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28547191/

Kellogg pulls 16 products amid salmonella fears

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28695782/

New Family Of Antibacterial Agents Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115190456.htm

Easy Assembly Of Electronic Biological Chips

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164520.htm

New Surgery For Acid Reflux Sufferers

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/16/health/main4728359.shtml

How Peanut-Sniffing Dogs Save Lives

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AllergiesNews/story?id=6662959&page=1

Goose-icle! Frozen Fowl Rescued By Police Divers

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/17/ap/strange/main4729201.shtml

Komodo Dragon In Va. Bites The Hand That Feeds It

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/16/ap/strange/main4728891.shtml

For Thursday, January 15, 2009

Great Lakes Levels Sensitive To Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113101122.htm

North Atlantic Oscillations Linked To Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113101200.htm

Government makes decision on gray wolf protection

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_us/gray_wolf_endangered;_ylt=AmPLXM3DWf8GW8EkBhf1SWCs0NUE

Alaska plans to sue over beluga whale protection

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_us/beluga_whales;_ylt=ApJIyMzGfMBUiJSAQee.Df4PLBIF

'Green' Gasoline On The Horizon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113155902.htm

Heavy Pyridine Crystallizes Differently: Discovery May Aid Development of Pharmaceuticals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108111427.htm

Pyridine

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

USDA unable to weed out unapproved modified foods

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50d5zd-us-usda-gmo-policies/

Eli Lilly to pay $1.42 billion to resolve Zyprexa probes

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50e2z0-us-elililly/

Olanzapine

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

UNICEF: Teen Pregnancies Deadly for Moms

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6652507

Soldier’s suicide spotlights troops’ mental care

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28661952/

Eye study shows how deadly form of malaria kills

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50e081-us-malaria-brain/

A Good Night's Sleep Protects Against Parasites

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108194405.htm

Detecting Disease In Less Than 60 Seconds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0904-detecting_disease_in_less_than_60_seconds.htm

Monkeys, Humans Share Social Anxiety Gene Link

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113201339.htm

Primate Culture Is Just A Stone's Throw Away From Human Evolution, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112110058.htm

Nations That Sow Food Crops For Biofuels May Reap Less Than Previously Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114124115.htm

For Thursday, January 8, 2009

Raphus cucullatus image licensed under Creative Commons by Jeremy Burgin

Every animal counts - zoos begin their annual stock-take

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7817194.stm

Gu Gu strikes again! Panda attacks zoo visitor

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28554008/

Ten Extinct Beasts That Could Walk the Earth Again

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126905.000-ten-extinct-beasts-that-could-walk-the-earth-again.html?full=true

How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_sc/sci_flying_dinos;_ylt=AjbIFGK38SA85VkKzQZMBCes0NUE

'Spookfish' uses mirrors as well as lenses to spot its prey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7815540.stm

Dolichopteryx longipes

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=9121&genusname=Dolichopteryx&speciesname=longipes

Hind Wings Help Butterflies Make Swift Turns To Evade Predators, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108101635.htm

Lepidoptera

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

Asian Grasslands May Hold Global Promise To Restore Grasslands In Arid Areas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228193530.htm

First flight of algae-fuelled jet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7817849.stm

USDA taking applications for Cattail eradication

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_bi_ge/farm_scene_killing_cattails;_ylt=AsrbfpfDrOOPcDBhE.KNKOGs0NUE

Typha

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

More species invasions feared for Great Lakes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_re_us/great_lakes_invasives;_ylt=Ah14zBPO6xIACNYaAGdGjVCs0NUE

Tilting At Wind Farms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107092724.htm

Solution To Darwin's Dilemma Of 1859

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108082914.htm

Chemopreventive Agents In Black Raspberries Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108082529.htm

Rubus

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

To Climate-change Worries, Add One More: Extended Mercury Threat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107134635.htm

Avian Flu Becoming More Resistant To Antiviral Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107122658.htm

Dangerous New Method For Bacterial Toxin Transfer Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106145004.htm

New Bartonella Species That Infects Humans Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106145006.htm

Bartonella

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

Wonderful Cheese Is All In The Culture

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106144945.htm

Testes Stem Cells Change Into Other Tissues

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105154256.htm

Lab discloses problem with vitamin D testing

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28557342/

For Monday, January 5, 2009

Sarcophilus harrisii image licensed under Creative Commons by dan taylor

Fence hope for Tasmanian Devils

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7810933.stm

Sarcophilus harrisii

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

Put kangaroos, camels on Australian eco-menu: scientists

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090104/sc_afp/australiaclimatefood;_ylt=AhgayRGzrdzeLSK807omQqoPLBIF

New reptiles found in Tanzania's shrinking forests

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5041za-us-tanzania-reptiles/

Evolution In Action: Our Antibodies Take 'Evolutionary Leaps' To Fight Microbes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105101501.htm

Organic Weed Control: Scientists Serve Up Mustard Meal To Tame Weeds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228192713.htm

p-Hydroxybenzylglucosinolate

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

Some Fungi Spores Are Remarkably Aerodynamic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223101406.htm

Microbes In The Intestine: Friend Or Foe?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227221640.htm

Biofuel Development Shifting From Soil To Sea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081220084424.htm

Better grass growing with hair

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090105/sc_livescience/humanhairmakesgoodfertilizer;_ylt=Ag05pY3y12t.Uc_Y30zHm1Ks0NUE

Did comet 'swarm' cause killer cold spell?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28472145/

Cancer cells 'cheat suicide call'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7807730.stm

For Friday, December 26, 2008 - Updated Saturday, December 27, 2008

Bubo scandiacus image licensed under Creative Commons by smbmeier

Amazon pollution case could cost Chevron

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28352583/

Orangutans learn to trade favours

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7797776.stm

Africa's oldest chimp, a conservation icon, dies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28368980/

Gregoire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregoire_(chimpanzee)

Wolf captured near tourist part of Great Wall

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081225/od_nm/us_china_wolf_odd;_ylt=AiiPl_86EREPioFv5vUAgHWs0NUE

Quiet Bison Sire More Calves Than Louder Rivals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131014.htm

Male Rhino, 20, Seeks Mate to Save Species

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6522115

Snowy Owl -- A Marine Species?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210143416.htm

Bubo scandiacus

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

Why some Scottish salmon are leaping for joy this year

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/7797156.stm

Fisheries Catch-22: Captive Breeding Aims To Conserve Biodiversity But Plunders Genetic Diversity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211081616.htm

Honey Bees On Cocaine Dance More

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223091308.htm

Modified Plants May Yield More Biofuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222163051.htm

Hobbyists try genetic engineering at home

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390773/

DIY Genetics: Revolutionary or Risky?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/wireStory?id=6527921

Tainted milk trial opens in China

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7799986.stm

Millions of older Americans use risky drug combos

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081224/ap_on_he_me/med_drug_interactions;_ylt=AnpY2opzcw3bEcrrOFfOoAGs0NUE

Too sick to work? Need health care? Take a number

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081223/ap_on_he_me/health_care_gap;_ylt=AkkZ1KxZhnrevUbOOOpuwIOs0NUE

U.S. Medical Trash Saving Lives In Africa

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/24/eveningnews/main4686034.shtml

Speed your metabolism with these fat-burners

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28301841/

Diet appears to alter heart failure risk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390490/

Another reason to slim your belly

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390722/

Whooping Cough Making a Comeback

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6512732&page=1

Bordetella pertussis

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

'Nano' Drugs Kill Skin, Breast Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215151147.htm

New Evidence That Humans Make Aspirin's Active Principle -- Salicylic Acid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222122559.htm

Salicylic acid

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

Unwanted Memories Might Be Erasable

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223121137.htm

Premature Babies Have Altered Senses Later On

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222100710.htm

How limb pain limits web surfing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7792671.stm

Water tested where sludge hit homes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390371/

Section Update:

Death Valley works to preserve night sky

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390772/

In U.S., Threat of Rising Sea Levels

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6531712&page=1

No Quick Or Easy Technological Fix For Climate Change, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217190429.htm

Ecosystem Changes In Temperate Lakes Linked To Climate Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216133442.htm

Real-time Gene Monitoring Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216141855.htm

New Anti-cancer Components Of Extra-virgin Olive Oil Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217192815.htm

Coral springs back from tsunami

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7800796.stm

Erratic weather 'harms wildlife'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7800869.stm

More than 200 NI rivers polluted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7798536.stm

Warmer Temperatures Could Lead To A Boom In Corn Pests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131024.htm

Huge Chesapeake Bay cleanup falters

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28397801/

Sludge spill estimate now 1 billion gallons

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/26/tennessee.sludge/index.html

Humans And Chimps Register Faces By Using Similar Brain Regions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218122150.htm

Visual Areas Of Brain Light Up For Valuables

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224215540.htm

'Painful legacy' of heart attack

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7469236.stm

Skipping sleep 'hardens arteries'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7796922.stm

Whole grains offer heart failure protection

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390490/

Zimbabwe child malnutrition rises

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7800840.stm

UN says Zimbabwe cholera death toll over 1,500

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/12/27/zimbabwe-cholera.html