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

For Thursday, February 26, 2009

Tiger attacks trigger expert plea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7910722.stm

Long-necked stegosaur defies reputation

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29388217/

Miragaia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miragaia_(dinosaur)

Giant stingray captured

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1035796

Fish fossil clue to origin of sex

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7909984.stm

Odd life found in Lake Huron

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1035797

Scots fir is 'tallest tree in UK'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7911032.stm

Pinus sylvestris

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

Cosmologist Explores Notion Of 'Alien' Life On Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090214162626.htm

Obama counts on revenue from carbon permits

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29395517/

Space solar power crowd bets on Obama

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29387782/

Ice in east Antarctica a bigger threat long term

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_sc/aa_un_warming_antarctic_the_east;_ylt=AiNF56yM3ohnYPD1Hr51DiEPLBIF

Polar regions found warming fast, raising sea levels

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51o4zx-us-climate-polars/

Will Large Amounts Of Soil Carbon Be Released If Grasslands Are Converted To Energy Crops?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217104433.htm

Scientist Models The Mysterious Travels Of Greenhouse Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215171614.htm

Reversing Ecology Reveals Ancient Environments

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132530.htm

Pretty fish, nasty disease

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29392319/

Ciguatera fish poisoning

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

New Theory On How Animals Smell: Brain Encodes Complex Plumes Of Odors With A Simple Code

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132247.htm

'Dark Cells' Of Living Retina Imaged For The First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226082224.htm

Video Imaging Provides Dynamic View Of Airway Obstruction In Those With Sleep Breathing Disorder

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216164521.htm

New Software Dramatically Speeds Enzyme Design

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216175118.htm

Building A Better Protein: Researchers Use Computers To Find Keys To Stabilizing Proteins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221432.htm

Clean living way to beat cancer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7908675.stm

Researchers Report Breakthrough In Human Papillomavirus Research

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221620.htm

HPV

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

Rapid HIV evolution avoids attack

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7907774.stm

Experimental Antiarrhythmic Drug Reduces Death Rate In Patients With Atrial Fibrillation, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216131448.htm

Molecule Helps Sleep-deprived Rebound Mentally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224132908.htm

Adenosine

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

Hormone Disorder Drug Could Help Drinkers Stay Sober

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221610.htm

Additional Evidence That Potato Chips Should Be Eaten Only In Moderation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213161040.htm

Acrylamide

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

The Science Behind The 'Anthrax Letter' Attack Investigation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224225909.htm

Anthropologist's Studies Of Childbirth Bring New Focus On Women In Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217173043.htm

Year Without Summer: Effects Of Tambora Volcanic Eruption On Iberian Peninsula Studied For First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225161422.htm

Mount Tambora

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

For Tuesday, November 4, 2008

"Wooly Mammoth" (?) image licensed under Creative Commons by Manuel W.

Scientists clone from frozen mice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7707498.stm

Japanese to revive mammoths?

http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2420709,00.html

"We will need two planets by 2030," warns WWF

http://www.panda.org.za/?section=News_AboutUs&id=120



Saving Australia's Endangered Tasmanian Devil

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103164725.htm

Sarcophilus harrisii

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

Pairs Of Cleaner Fish Co-operate And Give Better Service On The Coral Reef

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027115429.htm

DNA Fingerprinting Method May Thwart False Labeling Of Shark Meat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103102116.htm

Antelope clicks knees to demonstrate sexual fitness, scientists find

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7707141.stm

Taurotragus

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

Roads Bring Death And Fear To Forest Elephants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028074428.htm

Snakebites: At Least 421,000 Poisonings And 20,000 Deaths Occur Each Year, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103203029.htm

Tale Of Two Snails Reveals Secrets About The Biochemistry Of Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103124324.htm

Being Unique Has Advantages: 'Rareness' Key To Some Insects Being Favored By Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103192316.htm

Ecologists Say Metabolism Accounts For Why Natural Selection Favors Only Some Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103160856.htm



Tiny Fungi May Have Sex While Infecting Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030123831.htm

Microsporidia

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

New Type Of Diesel Fuel Found In Patagonia Fungus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103192319.htm

Gliocladium roseum

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

Genetic Evidence For Avian Influenza Movement From Asia To North America Via Wild Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027152121.htm

HEALTHBEAT: Brain slows at 40, starts body decline

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081103/ap_on_he_me/med_healthbeat_aging_brain

Odorprints As Distinguishable As Fingerprints?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030203247.htm

Seasonal Affective Disorder May Be Linked To Genetic Mutation, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103130931.htm

Seasonal Affective Disorder

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

Women Have More Diverse Hand Bacteria Than Men

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103192310.htm

Bacteria Shown To Cause Blood Clots: Bacterial Clotting Depends On Clustering

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081102154519.htm

Gene That Helps Control Production Of Stomach Acid Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103192306.htm

HPV linked to 25,000 cancers in 5 years

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27518979/

Drug may help combat frailty in older adults

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27524685/