For Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Walden Pond image licensed under Creative Commons by robinpresta

Ivory auction opens amid concerns

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7693816.stm

Climate link to amphibian decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7693381.stm

Bumblebees Learn The Sweet Smell Of Foraging Success

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081024144101.htm

Increase in Leptospirosis Disease in Sea Lions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135842.htm

Leptospirosis

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

Ants Prefer Salt over Sugar

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081028/sc_livescience/antsprefersaltoversugar;_ylt=Ag_VKcVkKlZbDKj6CNWHWwAPLBIF

Purple tomato 'may boost health'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7688310.stm

Arctic ice thickness 'plummets'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7692963.stm

China coal 'true cost' at $250bn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7694014.stm

US claims rule changes don't threaten wildlife

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/bush_endangered_species;_ylt=AvHWPkSyXKAgoBIHYm3pErsPLBIF

Orange Peel Can Help Clean Up Dirty Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020093500.htm

Models Help Assess Biofuels' Sustainability

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013195322.htm

Climate change affecting Walden Pond plants

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_sc/sci_walden_pond;_ylt=AosvYxAFtLGpvKkqZC2oI7cPLBIF

Bacteria Cause Old Buildings To Feel Off-color

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027140819.htm

Masks, Hand Washing, Prevent Spread Of Flu-like Symptoms By Up To 50 Percent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027155907.htm

Cost of diabetes drugs skyrockets for Americans

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27405027/

Air travel helps exotic viruses find new homes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27408079/

'Full' artificial heart implant

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7694663.stm

Revealing Secrets Of 'African Sleeping Sickness'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027113047.htm

WHO: Heart, infectious diseases, cancer kill most

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_he_me/un_who_death_report;_ylt=AiYLYLiUDxo05hZr4QYV2ves0NUE

New Clue To Muscular Dystrophy Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135807.htm

Screening hope for pre-eclampsia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7692836.stm

Pre-eclampsia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-eclampsia

Jab hope for rheumatoid arthritis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7692701.stm

Tocilizumab

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

Africa's Newest Killer Virus

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/wireStory?id=6121630

Arenavirus

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

Vitamin E A Flop In Prostate Cancer Trial

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/27/eveningnews/main4550717.shtml

Scientists Unwrap The Elements Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135429.htm

Role Of Slave Trade In Evolution Of American Wild Rice Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027152539.htm

Oryza

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

How Plants Know to Send Roots Down and Leaves Up

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027115431.htm

Diversity Of Trees In Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest Defies Simple Explanation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023175133.htm

Teens Record Texas UFO Sighting

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6122436

For Friday, August 1, 2008

Kiwi fruit photo licensed under Creative Commons by Nick Atkins Photography

Incredible Discoveries Made in Remote Caves

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080731/sc_livescience/incrediblediscoveriesmadeinremotecaves


Phoenix lander discovers ice in Martian soil

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=Ar92fX_T5e9TFxE1Adoke1Cs0NUE

Dolphin calf born at aquarium in Baltimore

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080731/ap_on_re_us/dolphin_babies_birth;_ylt=AiWc9o2tPcIgBiZ5SiS5SFms0NUE

Texas border town faces skunk infestation

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_fe_st/odd_skunk_infestation;_ylt=AsC9jBRhW2FUYdDgZGnJN7PtiBIF

Mephitidae

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


Rare snubfin dolphins caught on camera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7536830.stm

Orcaella

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

Stomach bug treatment for cancer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7535531.stm

China's 'rapid renewables surge'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7535839.stm

No hope of saving beached whale

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7536581.stm

Hyperoodon

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

Kiwi Fruit DNA Sequences Released

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731135926.htm

Actinidia deliciosa

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


Ivory Poaching At Critical Levels: Elephants On Path To Extinction By 2020?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731140219.htm

Virus Behind Mysterious Parrot Disease Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080730140943.htm

Proventricular Dilatation Disease

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

Simian Foamy Virus Found In Several People Living And Working With Monkeys In Asia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731140221.htm

Simian foamy virus

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

Compounds From Soy Affect Brain And Reproductive Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731140030.htm

Spanish Researchers Discover Significant Leatherback Turtle Nesting Beaches In The Caribbean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080801100429.htm

Survival Of The Fittest: Even Cancer Cells Follow The Laws Of Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080801094300.htm

Emerging Scientific Discipline Of Aeroecology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080801094258.htm



Fungi Expert Finds New Species In Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080801074736.htm

'Major Discovery' Primed To Unleash Solar Revolution: Scientists Mimic Essence Of Plants' Energy Storage System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731143345.htm


Surgeons transplant two arms onto farmer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25967438/

Even surgery doesn't stop alcoholics' habits




Holy cow! Rare red bovine sold for $1 million

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25955183/


'Monster' washes ashore -- what is it?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/31/moos.montauk.monster.cnn

Are we heading for a human-powered future?


http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209900956&cid=NL_eet

Hungry seals 'steer by the stars'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7532867.stm

Wildcat kittens shown off by park

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7534778.stm

Felis silvestris silvestris

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