Dino Burrows Discovered and Rhino Poaching Rising and More for Friday/Thursday, July 10/9, 2009

G8 pledges to boost food supplies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8143566.stm

Oldest dinosaur burrow discovered

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8144000/8144199.stm

How much CO2 does this article produce?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/07/10/green.internet.CO2/index.html

Bisphenol A traces found in baby food: Health Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/07/10/bisphenola-bpa-baby-food-bottled-water-health-canada.html

Bisphenol A

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

Whale and dolphins washed up on Senegal coast: WWF

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090710/sc_afp/senegalenvironmentanimal;_ylt=AtA5L.LHICjUeDrQuLVqLloPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJ1aWZpZHBkBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDcxMC9zZW5lZ2FsZW52aXJvbm1lbnRhbmltYWwEcG9zAzkEc2VjA3luX2FydGljbGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawN3aGFsZWFuZGRvbHA-

Speedy cheetahs put through paces

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8137962.stm

Acinonyx jubatus

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

Concern over Ebola virus in pigs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8143823.stm

Ebola

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

WATCH: Great Moose Chase Hits Suburbs

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=8015166

Alces alces

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


Seals Quickly Respond To Gain And Loss Of Habitat Under Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709201849.htm

Mirounga

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

Mirounga leonina

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

Mirounga leonine (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328639

Prairie Dogs: Influencing The Accumulation Of Metals In Plants?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090623162121.htm

Cynomys

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

Baby boom at Tokyo zoo

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A trio of monkey babies in Indonesia

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Climate Events Let Ice Age Mammoths Pass Far Below The 40°N Latitude

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709132057.htm

Mammuthus

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

Straighten Up And Fly Right: Moths Benefit More From Flexible Wings Than Rigid


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629200836.htm

Methane-eating Microbes Use Oxides To 'Breathe'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709140815.htm

Nestle dough’s E. coli doesn’t match outbreak

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31836583/ns/health-food_safety/

Attractive Males Release Fewer Sperm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709095425.htm

Withdrawal Syndrome After Consumption Of Designer Drug 'Spice Gold'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709072911.htm

Spice (*drug*)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_(drug)

For Thursday, July 9, 2009

Life Exploded In Earth's Early Greening

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090708153235.htm

Ice Volume Of Switzerland’s Glaciers Calculated

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090622064813.htm

Some Particles Cool Climate, Others Add To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619125905.htm

'15-year high' for rhino poaching

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8142180.stm

First Evidence That Weed Killers Improve Nutritional Value Of A Key Food Crop

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090708094830.htm

Tests raise life extension hopes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8139816.stm

Sirolimus

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

Low-calorie diet slows aging in monkeys

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5684q6-us-monkeys-diet/

How Proteins Assemble Into Complex Patterns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090708132820.htm

Life without men

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8142104.stm

The Disappearing Male - CBC

http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2008/disappearingmale/

Domestication Of Chile Pepper Provides Insights Into Crop Origin And Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619152137.htm

Chili pepper

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

Saharan Dust Storms Linked To Enigmatic Fertilizer Plankton In Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619125903.htm

World’s First-hydrogen Powered Yacht With A Fully Integrated Laboratory Will Study Mediterranean Pollution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619125909.htm

Video: New questions about bottled water

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Gorilla Gets MRI and More for Friday, March 27, 2009

Paguroidea image licensed under Creative Commons by gregoryjameswalsh

Does Prebiotic Material Exist In Space?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326152507.htm

Why Animals Migrate: New Understandings

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326141543.htm

Dogs can find your cash or hunt whales

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/03/27/mf.dog.sniffing/index.html

Dogs (not chimps) most like humans

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29895614/

Canis lupus familiaris

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

Pan

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

Gorilla Gets MRI At Bronx Zoo

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326134018.htm

Gorilla gorilla gorilla

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

Bobby Murcer Mobile MRI Unit

http://waswatching.com/2008/11/16/the-bobby-murcer-mobile-mri-unit/

Bobby Ray Murcer

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

How Lizards Can Shed Their Tail When Attacked

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325170604.htm

Extermination day nears for toxic toads

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29895745/

Bufo marinus

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

Crabs 'sense and remember pain'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7966807.stm

Paguroidea

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

Blind Cavefish Inspire Next-generation Sensors (When we checked this article, we found that the blind cave fish referenced was Astyanax fasciatus – which FishBase.org reports as the “Banded Astyanax” Which does not appear to be a blind fish at all. We did further checking and found listed in FishBase the Australian Blind Cave Fish known as Astyanax jordani. See below. (We did email Science Daily).

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101745.htm

Astyanax fasciatus

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=8080&genusname=Astyanax&speciesname=fasciatus

Astyanax jordani

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6181

Millions of fish shoal in seconds

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7966335.stm

Clupea

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

Why Certain Fishes Went Extinct 65 Million Years Ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326134020.htm

A flower on the moon?

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/26/1867485.aspx

New Technique Used To Profile Anthrax Genome

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090320102134.htm

RNA-Seq

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA-Seq

Loch Ness Monster Obsession Lives On

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/AroundTheWorld/story?id=7185124&page=1

China: Hand, foot and mouth virus kills 18 kids

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090327/ap_on_re_as/as_china_child_virus;_ylt=Aki9kAADA.brv2swjDOaJFms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkcnZ2aDJrBHBvcwMxMzkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA2NoaW5haGFuZGZvbw--

HFMD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand,_foot_and_mouth_disease

When It Comes To Intelligence, Size Matters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325132531.htm

Steaming hot tea linked to cancer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7965380.stm

Steaming-hot tea linked to throat cancer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29912977/

Vets Get Disease Scare Over Colonoscopies

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/27/health/main4896815.shtml

Colonoscopy

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

Experimental Ebola Vaccine Used On Human

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/27/health/main4897190.shtml

Inadequate Vitamin D Levels Linked To High Use Of Narcotic Medication By Patients In Chronic Pain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090320112114.htm

Drug Used To Treat Skin Conditions Is A Marine Pollutant

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101612.htm

Clotrimazole

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

Gorging on omega-3 fats lets birds get fit without exercise: study

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/27/tech-090327-omega-3-quail.html

Omega-3 fatty acid

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

New theory blames cosmic rays for helping CFCs deplete ozone

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/23/tech-090323-ozone-hole-cosmic-rays.html

Feds fund 8 carbon capture projects in Western Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/26/cgy-carbon-capture-projects-funding.html

Nanoparticles In Cosmetics, Personal Care Products May Have Adverse Environmental Effects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326162747.htm

Awareness Of Darwin Not Evolving

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090327072909.htm

Charles Darwin

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

Evolution’s backers hail Texas vote

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29902944/

Scientists find safer way to make human stem cells

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52p5wr-us-stemcells-safety/

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 Friday, November 21, 2008

Meleagris image licensed under Creative Commons by melissambwilkins

Turkeys killed as Palin addresses media

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27841028/

Meleagris

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

New Type of Ebola Virus Discovered

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20081121/hl_hsn/newtypeofebolavirusdiscovered;_ylt=AtQk6_ARjit34WMsHTgEBugPLBIF

Stem Cells Make New Retinal Cells In Tadpoles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120210853.htm

Pure Insulin-producing Cells Produced In Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120130539.htm

Removing Part Of Brain Controls Girl's Epilepsy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120091133.htm

Epilepsy

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

Pet Giant Linked To Puppy Mills

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/21/national/main4623244.shtml

Stress Hinders Rats' Decision-making Abilities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081118150635.htm

Shellfish Inspire New Adhesives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117110836.htm

New Life Beneath Sea And Ice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117103653.htm

Formula For Predicting Climate Change Impact On Salmon Stocks Established

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081112124416.htm

Protecting Puerto Rico's Unique Freshwater Fisheries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117103726.htm

Sicydium plumieri

http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/caribbean/wildlife-facts/2004/wildlife-facts-may-2004.shtml

Spider Learns to Weave in Zero Gravity

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Space/story?id=6301339&page=1

Healthful Plant Nutrients Also Found In Meat And Milk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117091618.htm


Research Finds Way To Double Rice Crops In Drought-stricken Areas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120162847.htm

'Grape' is key to fossil puzzle

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7739703.stm

Protist

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

Otter makes 'perilous' sea crossing to new island home

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7741008.stm

Beavers arrive for spring release

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7739437.stm

Hairspray linked to birth defect

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7741998.stm

EpiPens emerge as life-saving kid accessory

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27725975/

US EpiPen information

http://www.epipen.com/

"Ewww! Yuck!" Mushrooms on Space Station

http://blogs.abcnews.com/scienceandsociety/2008/11/mushrooms-in-sp.html

Does Mars photo prove aliens exist?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/11/21/am.obrien.in.search.of.aliens.cnn