For Friday, January 30, 2009

Locust swarm image licensed under Creative Commons by [niv]

Tadpoles may hold cancer clue

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7851932.stm

New Insights Into A Leading Poultry Disease And Its Risks To Human Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127094038.htm

How Ebola Virus Avoids The Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127152838.htm

Five Cases Of Ebola Virus In Philippines

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/30/health/main4763711.shtml

Ebola

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

New Disease, Comparable To BSE, Created In Laboratory Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127214430.htm

BSE

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

Cases of sexually spread diseases on the rise

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28639521/

Lowly worm offers new clues on stroke, heart drugs

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s5zo-us-heart-worms/

Caenorhabditis elegans

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

Physically Fit Kids Do Better In School

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128113246.htm

American Seniors Living Longer On Less

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128122816.htm

New Stem Cell-like Functions In Plants Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128132645.htm

Thirsty Plants Text For Help

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2009/0101-thirsty_plants_text_for_help.htm

Climate Change's Impact On Invasive Plants In Western US May Create Restoration Opportunities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127112055.htm

Gene's Past Could Improve The Future Of Rice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090123164359.htm

Rice

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



FrankenBeasts: Do Pet Clones Really Match?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=6762235&page=1


Indonesia welcomes baby elephants


http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews;_ylt=AlCONJFFZth5NAg.pzVyArSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTE0dmZlMG5lBHBvcwM4BHNlYwN5bl92aWRlb3MEc2xrA2luZG9uZXNpYXdlbA--?ch=4226713&cl=11786829&lang=en

Locust swarms 'high' on serotonin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7858996.stm

Serotonin

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

Termite Insecticide Found To Be Potent Greenhouse Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121144059.htm

Sulfuryl fluoride

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

New Technology For Purifying Exhaust Gas From Diesel Engines

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090130084125.htm

Is Eight Too Much? Ethics Experts Weigh In

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6767745&page=1

'Mittens' the cat hits slopes on sled

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/ireports/2009/01/29/vo.sledding.cat.ireport

'Green' light bulb fears rejected

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7858156.stm

Britain warned over air quality

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7858655.stm

Zimbabwe cholera cases pass 60,000

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/30/Zimbabwe.cholera.cases/index.html

MS stem-cell treatment 'success'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7858559.stm

Bad peanuts found weeks before outbreak

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28931141/

Plants don't have to report contamination

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28919975/

Peanut plant problem forces fresh recall

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28899634/

"Filthy, Putrid" Substance On Peanuts

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/30/health/main4763753.shtml

Georgia wants answers for PB contamination

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/30/georgia.peanuts/index.html

Surgical Implants Coated With One Of 'Nature's Antibiotics' Could Prevent Infection
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129180313.htm

For Monday, December 29, 2008

Homesick? Pandas leave China, lose weight

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28420691/

Can dolphins survive winter in NJ rivers?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081227/ap_on_re_us/wayward_dolphins;_ylt=Ak6sdhvRuY4Ez287YgB0ltMPLBIF

Female dead dolphin was pregnant

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28400281/

Attention: Rat Bite in Aisle 5

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6525228


Oldest bat has swingin’ birthday soiree

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28420864/

Mimon bennettii

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

Cost Of Hatchling Turtles' Dash For Freedom

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212080551.htm

Breeding 'success' for crayfish

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7802766.stm

Drilling Holes Through Deadly Bacteria's Hide

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227222727.htm

Powerful 'Molecular Motor' In Virus Decoded

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224215530.htm

More Severe Storm Linked To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227214927.htm

Hot Southern Summer Threatens Coral With Massive Bleaching Event

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228201342.htm

Cholera deaths soar in Zimbabwe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7802943.stm

Smiles and scowls 'in our genes'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7798687.stm

Our Unconscious Brain Makes The Best Decisions Possible

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224215542.htm

Sleep Disorders: Warning Sign For Neurodegenerative Disease?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224215534.htm

Thiamine 'reverses kidney damage'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7796073.stm

Thiamine

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

How Healthy Are America's Coasts?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216161145.htm

Food needs 'fundamental rethink'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7795652.stm

How Certain Vegetables Combat Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223121135.htm

Nanotechnology May Be Used For Food Safety

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228194854.htm

Nutritious Fast-food Kids' Meals Are Scarce, Researchers Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221541.htm

Obesity surgery reverses diabetes in teens

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28408895/

Top medical breakthroughs of 2008

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28392976/

Natural disasters killed more than 220,000 people in 2008

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1008367

Microbiologist Tests Safety Of Spiked Eggnog


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227223340.htm

For Wednesday, December 10, 2008

950,000 kids worldwide killed by injury, violence

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/10/childhood.injuries.report/index.html

Zimbabwe: More than 15,000 have cholera

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/10/zimbabwe.epidemic.cholera.spread/index.html

Rare white lion cubs born

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7775782.stm

Why Do Pigs Die During Commercial Transportation?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210091035.htm

Sexual Stereotypes in Dolphin Kingdom?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Science/story?id=6431619&page=1

£5m fund to scrap fishing boats

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7775593.stm

Quality Mark Provides Better Protection For Fish Stocks Than Does The World Trade Organization

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210091033.htm

Surface-Level Ozone Pollution Set To Reduce Tree Growth 10% By 2100

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209085628.htm

EPA names most-wanted eco-fugitives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28157690/

Warning: Fifth of world coral reefs lost

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28156581/

Tropics No Longer Museum Of Plant Biodiversity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209221705.htm

Tropical Rainforests' Secret Ingredient Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209125830.htm

Molybdenum

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

Precious Metal Could Lead To Next Generation Of Cancer Treatments

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208092122.htm

Osmium

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


'Border Patrol Agents' Identified In The Gut

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208180335.htm

Doctors call emergency care ‘national disgrace’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28148474/

Jumping viruses threaten man and beast

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/pip.zoonotics/index.html

Deaths tied to painkillers surge in rural areas

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28146377/

UN: New measures can save many young lives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28147639/

Groups Sue Over Toxic Toys

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/10/earlyshow/living/ConsumerWatch/main4659906.shtml

For Monday, December 1, 2008

"Big tuna and fisherman" image licensed under Creative Commons by Mr. mt

Potentially Universal Mechanism Of Aging Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081126122203.htm

Congo's war-baby gorillas bring hope for endangered species

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081130/sc_afp/drcongounrestanimalsgorillas;_ylt=AvcJNpYcb2Hpdx0T.zoJ1dQPLBIF


Record starling flock leaves Rome with messy problem

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7755309.stm

Sturnus vulgaris

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

First inventory of life at poles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7754071.stm

Antarctica Has More Species Than Galapagos, First Comprehensive Inventory Of Life In Antarctica Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081201082401.htm

Want Sustainable Fishing? Let The Big Ones Go

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081130210013.htm

Mercury Tarnishes Louisiana Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081122090900.htm

'No water' in cholera-hit Harare

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7758147.stm

Antioxidants 'cannot slow ageing'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7754644.stm

Heart disease 'reversed in mice'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7750855.stm

Sex Life Of Killer Fungus Finally Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081130164513.htm

Aspergillus fumigatus

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

Why Are So Many Infectious Diseases Jumping From Animals To Humans?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081118141710.htm

The Horrific Effects of Tranquilizer Detox

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/DepressionNews/story?id=6354685&page=1

Some doctors may give up vaccines because of cost

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081201/ap_on_bi_ge/med_vaccines_cost;_ylt=AnWUzF_tuNrzP2aM96LrQI.s0NUE

For Monday, November 10, 2008

Annual Plants Converted Into Perennials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081109193431.htm

Wolf mission The race to save one of the world's rarest creatures

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7715693.stm

Canis simensis

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

Polarized Light Guides Cholera-carrying Midges That Contaminate Water Supplies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081031102043.htm

Octopuses share 'living ancestor'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7715741.stm

Why two lobsters were saved from the boiling pot

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7719440.stm

Window into cancer-spread secrets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7711650.stm

Warming To Hasten Carbon Release From Bogs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081106122249.htm

How Evolution Learns From Past Environments

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081107071822.htm

NASA Gauges Sea Level, Glacier Changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081106122254.htm

Carbon Dioxide Levels In Danger Zone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081108155834.htm

DNA Provides 'Smoking Gun' In The Case Of The Missing Songbirds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081104191121.htm

XDR-TB: Deadlier And More Mysterious Than Ever

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081106064354.htm

Recall Alert: Mislabeled Insulin Poses Risk

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/DiabetesNews/wireStory?id=6193026

The carbon footprint of wine

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081110/sc_livescience/thecarbonfootprintofwine;_ylt=Au1iOWNqlYFI0m55Nh1iMV.s0NUE

For Friday, October 24, 2008

Heterodontosaurus image licensed under Creative Commons by ideonexus

UN: Over 12,000 cholera cases in Guinea Bissau

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_he_me/un_un_guinea_bissau_cholera;_ylt=Aig7aLReRQf5hnv_lqZ2cI.s0NUE

Guinea-Bissau

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_(Bissau)

Conscientiousness is the secret to a long life

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg20026794.800-conscientiousness-is-the-secret-to-a-long-life.html

114 hep C cases linked to 2 Las Vegas clinics

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27348140/

Cold viruses activate killer genes, study finds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27359579/

'One-stop' embryo test unveiled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7688299.stm

'New prostate' grown inside mouse


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7685105.stm

Tiny Juvenile Dinosaur Fossil Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023222248.htm

Heterodontosaurus

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

Worms, Deprived Of Smell Sense, Live Longer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023222254.htm

Digesting The Termite Digestome: A Way To Make Biofuels?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021190648.htm

Genomic Changes Found In Brains Of People Who Commit Suicide

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023100543.htm

Female Plant 'Communicates' Rejection Or Acceptance Of Male

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023113107.htm

Modern Genetics Versus Ancient Frog-killing Fungus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014111403.htm

Cause Of Weakness In Marine Animal Hybrids Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013132625.htm

Mercury Pollution Causes Immune Damage To Harbor Seals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020191532.htm

Methylmercury

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

Fisheries Management And Environmental Conditions: Win-win For Baltic Cod

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020095843.htm

Gadus

http://www.fishbase.org/ComNames/CommonNameSearchList.php

Birth Of White Rhino After Artificial Insemination With Frozen Sperm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081024103856.htm

Ceratotherium simum

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

Extinction Risks High For Social Species Such As The African Wild Dog

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020191536.htm

Lycaon pictus

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

Rare Russian Boar Becomes Mass. Road Kill

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/24/national/main4543288.shtml

For Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Sea squirt image licensed under Creative Commons by uw-eric

Cholera outbreak in Philippines kills 21

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26052912/

Vibrio cholerae

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

Arctic park faces melting crisis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7538341.stm


Duck-billed Dinosaurs Outgrew Predators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080805192720.htm

Antarctic Fossils Show Much Warmer Continent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080805124052.htm


Little squirts
"Watery workshop to raise sea squirts awareness" - BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7544157.stm

Urochordata

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

Athletes aided by mollusc testing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7543162.stm


At Doggyspace, social networking goes to the dogs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_re_us/doggyspace;_ylt=Aj1LOK0pWx9_SfOBVcMCoxWs0NUE

Doggyspace

http://www.doggyspace.com/

Scientists: Salt in Mars soil not bad for life

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=AoxLPNIANC52l2ni3CQIhVKs0NUE

Scientists puzzle over chemical found on Mars

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/08/05/mars.soil/index.html

Scientists: Martian soil similar to Chile's desert

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26043028/


Wily sea lion slips aboard family's Wash. sailboat

111-year-old reptile finally becoming a father

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_fe_st/odd_old_reptile_fatherhood;_ylt=AhnvYtO5hk3rC2OAJ2RVtqLtiBIF

Fido's not just yawning -- he's empathising


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080805/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_italy_beach_church;_ylt=AmkJc9jNQLT6t62mkbg5zvDtiBIF

For Friday, May 16, 2008

Parrot photo licensed under Creative Commons by Swamibu

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080516/hl_nm/myanmar_cyclone_cholera_dc

Some cholera confirmed in cyclone-hit Myanmar - Yahoo! News

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

Cholera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_on_sc/nitrogen;_ylt=AsczeGShq7B9wAQEr8ynb_Ks0NUE

Researchers warn of nitrogen hazard to environment - Yahoo! News

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

Nitrogen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080516/sc_livescience/12speciesonthebrinkofextinction;_ylt=AnEQ2fEb9iEHE9D88FpJlrYPLBIF

12 Species on the Brink of Extinction - Yahoo! News



http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080515/sc_afp/russiaspaceanimaloffbeat;_ylt=AiFbeTTGX8iWTKONHr_6f4YPLBIF

Russian scientists announce 'spaceroach' grandchildren: report - Yahoo! News

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

Cockroach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080516/ts_afp/worldenvironmentanimals;_ylt=AoFgQ1KKs93opWdAoVYyuKkPLBIF

Wildlife numbers plummet globally: WWF - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7403989.stm

BBC NEWS UK Wildlife populations 'plummeting'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7404268.stm

BBC NEWS Health Obese blamed for the world's ills

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

Obesity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/7404581.stm

BBC NEWS UK England Beds/Bucks/Herts Woman led into river by guide dog

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7402853.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Ancestors had leg-up to trees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7405004.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Alien threat to truffle delicacy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuber_(genus)#Black_truffle

Tuber melanosporum



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7401099.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Concern over small biomass option

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

Biomass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515154635.htm

'Mitochondrial Eve' Research: Humanity Was Genetically Divided For 100,000 Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515120759.htm

Rapid, Dramatic 'Reverse Evolution' Documented In Tiny Fish Species

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

Gasterosteidae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514131125.htm

Warming Climate Is Changing Life On Global Scale, Says New Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515171023.htm

Simple Artificial Cell Created From Scratch To Study Cell Complexity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514082019.htm

Bears And Hibernation: New Insights Into Metabolism In Extreme Conditions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080516111849.htm

Success By Learning -- Smallest Predator Recognizes Prey By Its Shape

http://www.americazoo.com/goto/index/mammals/48.htm

Savi's pygmy shrew, Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080516112715.htm

Biodiversity Loss Puts People At Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080513140127.htm

Introducing Virus Resistant 'Orange Bulldog' Pumpkins

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

Pumpkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515171017.htm

Bacteria-resistant Films Created: Microbe Adhesion Depends On Surface Stiffness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080516123153.htm

55 Million Year Old Parrot Fossil Discovered In Scandinavia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515145406.htm

Climbing As Easy As Walking For Smaller Primates

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24665086/

Death toll hits 43 in China from hand, foot and mouth disease virus sickening young kids - MSNBC Wire Services- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24624782/

Mom rejects rare tiger cub born on Mom's Day - Science- msnbc.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/16/croatia.body.ap/index.html

Woman's dead body lies in flat for 35 years - CNN.com