Pongo Resurgence? and Attenborough Channels Malthus and More for Monday, April 13, 2009

Nectarinia famosa image licensed under Creative Commons by Alan Manson

Egg stem cells could revolutionise fertility treatment

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16931-egg-stem-cells-could-revolutionise-fertility-treatment.html

Stem cell

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

Japan's Antarctic whale catch short

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090413/wl_asia_afp/japanwhaling;_ylt=ApW8F.IoYqMiHXrzinsTLsMPLBIF

New rare orangutan find in Borneo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7995970.stm

Pongo

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

Woman jumps in polar bear pool, gets bitten

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30190318/

Ursus maritimus

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

Aussies Hopping Mad Over Kangaroo Cull

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/13/tech/main4938901.shtml

Macropus

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

Pig Of The Future Might Be Free Of Diseases That Can Infect People

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406091650.htm

Sus

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

Veteran osprey lays Easter egg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7995491.stm

Pandion haliaetus

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

Sunbird learns to hover for sweet reward

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16935-sunbird-learns-to-hover-for-sweet-reward.html

Nectarinia famosa

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

Ants And Their Fungus Garden Reject Invaders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402124318.htm

Leaf-cutting ants

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

Homebody Queen Ants Help Preserve Family Ties In Large Populations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200619.htm

Ants Can Learn To Forage On One-way Trails

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331201520.htm

Fireflies And Jellyfish Help Illuminate Quest For Cause Of Infertility

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090327092906.htm

Galapagos volcano erupts, could threaten wildlife

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090412/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_ecuador_galapagos_volcano;_ylt=Avq0KUFrvC1kgyoV5goyzH6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlZmptYm5xBHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNnYWxhcGFnb3N2b2w-

La Cumbre

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Cumbre_(Gal%C3%A1pagos_Islands)

Invasive Species: Will Europe At Last Unite To Combat Thousands Of Alien Invaders?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090403080719.htm

Mass Spec Technique Analyzes Defensive Chemicals On Seaweed Surfaces For Potential Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406192231.htm

N.Y. pistachio plant clean of salmonella: officials

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/04/10/salmonella-ny.html

Pistacia vera

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

Hemp Could Be Key To Zero-carbon Houses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408074401.htm

Cannabis oglalas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp_(cannabis_oglalas)

Epigenetics: DNA Isn’t Everything

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090412081315.htm

Epigenetics

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

Molecule Prompts Heart Cells To Self-Repair

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090410123505.htm

Thymosin (beta-4)

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

Scientists find 'pleasure nerves'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7992299.stm

Getting The Word Out When The Need For Speed Is Critical To Public Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090403114825.htm

Mobile technology battles HIV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7989856.stm

Sharp Increase In HPV-positive Tonsil Cancer Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402092857.htm

Shared Equipment Can Lead To Hepatitis B Outbreaks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408074431.htm

Locking Parasites In Host Cell Could Be New Way To Fight Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090403181508.htm

Girls Lacking The Protein ITK At Risk From Fatal Viral Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401181221.htm

Bioterrorism: Fast And Sensitive Way To Detect Ricin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408104538.htm

Ricin

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

Super acne? Drug-resistant zits on the rise


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30143726/


Attenborough warns on population

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7996230.stm

Overpopulation

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

Uneven Ozone Recovery In Warmer Climate?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090410143811.htm

Temperate Forests: Better Carbon Sinks?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406192333.htm

Carbon Dioxide In Atmosphere Can Now Be Measured From Space

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401204201.htm

Seals, robotic subs help monitor Antarctic

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/08/eco.internatpolaryear/index.html

Climate Change Effects In California

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401182835.htm

Study: Biofuel threatens water supplies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30158655/

Does Aeration Reduces Compaction And Runoff On No-till Fields?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401181236.htm

Ethanol Use Strains Food Aid Budget

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/13/tech/main4938168.shtml

Odor Matching: The Scent Of Internet Dating
ScienceDaily (Apr. 12, 2009) — "Dating websites will soon be able to compare partners in terms of whether the personal body odour of the other party will be pleasant to them. This has a very serious biological background".


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090412080748.htm

Politician fumes over "gay" elephant in zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090410/od_nm/us_elephant;_ylt=ArADNUIc8npkF8ps2E629das0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmYmRvNGgxBHBvcwMxOTIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDcG9saXRpY2lhbmZ1

Wilkins Sound Break and Seal Kill and More for Sunday, April 5, 2009

Corvus monedula image licensed under Creative Commons by foxypar4

Ice bridge ruptures in Antarctic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7984054.stm

Ice Bridge Under Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapsing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090403080827.htm

Antarctic ice bridge snaps

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/05/antarctic-bridge.html

Wilkins Ice Shelf

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

Antarctica

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

'Thousands' of seals killed over salmon

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7983983.stm

Baby baboons at Edinburgh Zoo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7982055.stm

Papio

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

Inbreeding taking toll on Michigan wolves

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30045447/

Canis lupus

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

Birds Can 'Read' Human Gaze

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402124238.htm

Corvus monedula

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

Decoding Mysterious Green Glow Of The Sea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401134606.htm

Nicotine May Have Bigger Impact Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090403144030.htm

Nicotine

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

Hormone Prolactin Reduces Fat Metabolism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402092859.htm

Prolactin

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

Doctor in hep B case has license suspended

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30033185/

Coffee run: scientists uncover how caffeine boosts athletes' performance

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/03/caffeine-calcium-run.html

Caffeine

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

Humans May Be Losers If Technological Nature Replaces The Real Thing, Psychologists Warn

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401181445.htm

Tapping Industrial Waste Heat Could Reduce Fossil Fuel Demands

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401102235.htm

Nut Co.: Kraft Found Salmonella In 2008

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/03/health/main4917680.shtml

Rocket Chemical in Baby Formula and Cattle Rustling? and More for Friday, April 3, 2009

CDC: Rocket fuel chemical found in powdered baby formula

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1052958

Rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30028134/

Perchlorate

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

Arctic sea ice could be gone in 30 years, study finds

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1052977

US to be 'pragmatic on climate'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7980441.stm

Endangered whales on the rebound?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/03/right.whale.rebound/index.html

Eubalaena glacialis

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

Study: False killer whales declining off Hawaii

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090403/ap_on_sc/false_killer_whales;_ylt=AscEHKeENONOmEBzBguApTas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlbWp1YWlxBHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNzdHVkeWZhbHNla2k-

Pseudorca crassidens

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

Judge sides with environmentalists in wolf case

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090403/ap_on_sc/endangered_wolf;_ylt=AmJEt6.z.hFbwaFmM8AsXE2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlbnVrbG84BHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNqdWRnZXNpZGVzd2k-

Canis lupus baileyi

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

Modern cattle rustlers update Wild West ways

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29979871/

Cattle Rustling

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

Plants and animals crowd the equator

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30013410/

Call of duty: Nova Scotia MPs guide beaver to Ottawa River

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/04/03/ns-eyking-beaver.html

Castor

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

Ottawa River

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

Counting species on the riverbank

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7980423.stm

No Sponge In Human Family Tree

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402124316.htm

Porifera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponge_(animal)

Bees brains morph to avoid mid-life crisis, study finds

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090403/sc_livescience/beesbrainsmorphtoavoidmidlifecrisis;_ylt=AvEAp2w6oPByEckTlDdlaCWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNmOGV1anU5BGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwNDAzL2JlZXNicmFpbnNtb3JwaHRvYXZvaWRtaWRsaWZlY3Jpc2lzBGNwb3MDMTAEcG9zAzE5B

Turning Back The Clock To Save The Bramley Apple

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324081617.htm

Malus domestica 'Bramley's Seedling'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramley_(apple)

N.J. warns 3,000 to get tested for hepatitis B

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30014025/

NY county ban on baby bottle chemical is official

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_re_us/baby_bottle_ban;_ylt=Av4Ho4dlPLGXc4FbEXVoJIqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkYzZobDg5BHBvcwMxNDIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA255Y291bnR5YmFubw--

FDA eyes N.Y. firm in pistachio recall probe

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30014823/

Scientists prove human heart can regenerate cells

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53166p-us-heart-cells/

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53166p-us-heart-cells/

Healing Heart Attack Victims, One Cell At A Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402163721.htm

Light-activated 'Lock' Can Control Blood Clotting, Drug Delivery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200607.htm

Omega-3 Kills Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401200441.htm

Quails Get Super Fit By Simply Eating Omega-3 Diet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090327072756.htm

Omega-3

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

Phasianidae

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

High Prevalence Of Infection With Three Recently Discovered Human Polyomaviruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326215052.htm

Polyomavirus

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



Poultry And Diabetics At Risk From Gas Gangrene Bug

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205449.htm

Clostridium perfringens

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

Sleep May Help Clear Brain For New Learning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402143503.htm

House approves FDA control over tobacco

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30012946/

New Drug To Curb Smoking Shows Positive Results

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331091428.htm

Varenicline

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

Smoking Cessation

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

Light-activated Antibacterial Coating Is New Weapon In Fight Against Hospital-acquired Infections

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200617.htm

First Accurate Test For Arsenic In Soil Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401183822.htm

Arsenic

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

White Wine Can Make Tooth Stains Darker

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401164037.htm

For Saturday, February 21, 2009

Doctors weigh treatment of chimp attack victim

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/20/chimp.attack/index.html

Chimp victim moved to face transplant clinic

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29286702/

Wyoming Senate votes to end Internet hunting

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29300904/

Seamounts May Serve As Refuges For Deep-sea Animals That Struggle To Survive Elsewhere

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211161944.htm

Seamount

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

WATCH: Coyote Goes Wild on Highway

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6925629

Canis latrans

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

Pigs help clear forest floor

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7902797.stm?lss

Animals Successfully Relearn Smell Of Kin After Hibernation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213114207.htm

Feds: Calif. returning chinook salmon a record low

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_re_us/disappearing_salmon;_ylt=AnNpv2PidC_kqr1gDn51Pnys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlbWdkbW1xBHBvcwMxMDgEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNmZWRzY2FsaWZyZXQ-

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

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

New butterfly found with mustache disguise

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29305885/

Spread Of Rice Virus Could Be Reduced With Technology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210182437.htm

Rice tungro bacilliform virus

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

Cracking The Species Code For Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217080017.htm

First Crystal Structure Of An Intermediate Particle In Virus Assembly Created

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090208133232.htm

Dozens arrested in India after hepatitis outbreak

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/21/india.hepatitis/index.html

Hepatitis B

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

Virtual Autopsy: Into the Skull of Victim

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Technology/story?id=6926071&page=1

Virtopsy

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

Salmonella scare highlights inspector shortage

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29306157/

More dog treats recalled due to salmonella risk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29304270/

Most fertility clinics break the rules

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29305552/

Cell Injections Accelerate Fracture Healing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211193807.htm

Innovative Method To Starve Tumors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211110958.htm

Number Of Fast-food Restaurants In Neighborhood Associated With Stroke Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219202714.htm

Clot-buster Boosts Survival, Decreases Disability For Deadly Subset Of Stroke

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219152128.htm

Stroke: Innovative Team Approach Brings Man Back From The Dead Twice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219211416.htm

View Into The Human Body: The Formation Of Cell Organelles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210134548.htm

Injections Of Licorice Ingredient Show Promise As Treatment For Cocaine Addiction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218223504.htm

Isoliquiritigenin

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

'Green' Plastics Could Help Reduce Carbon Footprint

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211122145.htm

Mercury pollution treaty proposed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7902092.stm

Growing Arctic sea ice likely to melt, says scientist

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/21/arctic-ice.html

Most Road Salt Is Making It Into Lakes And Rivers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210125424.htm

Water Vapor Feedback Loop Will Cause Accelerated Global Warming, Professor Warns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219152132.htm

Orbiting Carbon Observatory Aims To Boost Carbon Management Options

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219201657.htm

GM battles rage on

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7892328.stm