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Monday, August 10, 2009

LCROSS Points to Life Detection on Other Planets and New Himalayas Species and More for Monday, August 10, 2009

LCROSS Spacecraft Detects Life On Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806091014.htm

LCROSS (Wiki Link)

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

Bonn hosts climate change talks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8193203.stm

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Wiki Link)

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

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Website)

http://unfccc.int/

Psychological Factors Help Explain Slow Reaction To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090807154404.htm


'Motion Picture' Of Past Warming Paves Way For Snapshots Of Future Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141138.htm

Global Warming

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

Climate-caused Biodiversity Booms And Busts In Ancient Plants And Mammals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806121757.htm

Ozone Depletion Reduces Ocean Carbon Uptake

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806141716.htm

Ozone depletion

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

Carbon sink

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

Wastewater Produces Electricity And Desalinates Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806112601.htm

Orangutans Make Musical Instrument

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090810/sc_livescience/orangutansmakemusicalinstrument;_ylt=Aoq8ShvIDyusRoE_LV.PwBYPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNkaGgzYThzBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwODEwL29yYW5ndXRhbnNtYWtlbXVzaWNhbGluc3RydW1lbnQEY3BvcwM0BHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9oZ
Pongo

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

Greater Yellowstone Elk Suffer Worse Nutrition And Lower Birth Rates Due To Wolves

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717121424.htm

Yellowstone National Park

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

Cervus canadensis

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

Canis lupus

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

Canis lupus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328607


Is Bat White-nose Syndrome An Emerging Fungal Pathogen?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090803185832.htm

White-nose syndrome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-nose_syndrome

Scottish species reach new heights

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8189613.stm

Mary Had A Lot Of Lambs: Researchers Identify Way To Accelerate Sheep Breeding

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806112401.htm

Ovis aries

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

Ovis aries (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/311906

Flying frog among 353 new Himalayan species: WWF

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090810/sc_afp/asiaenvironmentwildlifewwfhimalayas;_ylt=AvzzLle_EJmbbqWQt6NiSc.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTMxZmpoOGljBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDgxMC9hc2lhZW52aXJvbm1lbnR3aWxkbGlmZXd3ZmhpbWFsYXlhcwRwb3MDNQRzZWMDeW5fbW9zdF9wb3B1bGFyBHNsawNmbHlpb

Invasive Species Threaten Critical Habitats, Oyster Among Victims

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717121426.htm

Links Between Nerve Roots And Plant Roots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806121724.htm

New Cancer Drug Delivery System Is Effective And Reversible

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806112359.htm

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Tuesday, May 05, 2009

News on the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event and Giant Trilobites and More for Tuesday, May 5, 2009




Poison bacteria set up worst extinction

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30563213/

Chlorobium

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

Permian extinction

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

US supports reducing climate-warming gases

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090504/ap_on_re_us/un_un_ozone_treaty;_ylt=AhognnvvI1fu0K43Yfl5UEIPLBIF

Climate Debate: Short-Term Data 'Misleading'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504141047.htm

Global warming

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

Earth Still Recovering From A Glacial Hangover

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429180955.htm

New Energy Source? Structure Of Highly Efficient Light-harvesting Molecules In Green Bacteria Determined

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504171947.htm

Mercury Levels In Arctic Seals May Be Linked To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504165950.htm

Mercury (Hg)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)

European Parliament approves ban on seal products

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/05/05/eu-seal-ban-505.html

EU ban looms over seal products

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8033498.stm

Norwegian Red Foxes Have More Trichina, But Less Scabies Than Previously

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090427075414.htm

Vulpes vulpes

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

Trichinella

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

Scabies

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

About 200 New Species Of Amphibians In Madagascar Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090505061942.htm

White Blood Cells Can Sprout 'Legs' And Move Like Millipedes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504094424.htm








Lithium (Li)

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

New Light Shed On Enigma Of Salt Intake And Hypertension

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504094428.htm

Cellular On And Off Switch For Allergies And Asthma Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430101451.htm

Toward Giving Artificial Cells The Ability For Sustained Movement

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504165810.htm

Is The Channel Creature The Loch Ness Monster?

http://www.allnewsweb.com/page6756754.php

Loch Ness Monster

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

Man pays $1k for freak 'kiwi fruit'

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/05/2561032.htm

Feijoa sellowiana

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

Giant Trilobites And Trilobite Clusters From The Ordovician Of Portugal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090505072714.htm

Trilobite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobite
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

New Species Discoveries and Puppy Mill Busted (?) and More for Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Gorilla diary Rangers in Africa's oldest national park photograph a first-time mum with its new baby


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7549444.stm

Gorilla beringei beringei

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

Virunga National Park

http://www.gorilla.cd/

Nearly 70 dogs rescued from alleged puppy mill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29865929/

Wales reveals badger cull areas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7961770.stm

Melinae

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

Welcome visitor: Long-tailed tit flies into RSPB's top 10

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7962676.stm

Aegithalos caudatus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tailed_tit

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

http://www.rspb.org.uk/

New species found in Papua-New Guinea

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52o0vm-us-spiders-papuanewguinea/

Conservation International

http://www.conservation.org/Pages/default.aspx

New Species Of Spiders Discovered In Papua New Guinea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325091815.htm

The Prestige Oil Spill Caused Changes In The Cell Structure Of Mussels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325091832.htm

Prestige Oil Spill

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

Gene Decides Whether Coral Relative Will Fuse Or Fight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319132913.htm

AAAS, Leading Texas Scientists Urge State Board To Reject Anti-evolution Effort

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324111556.htm

AAAS

http://www.aaas.org/

Al Gore pens sequel to ‘Inconvenient Truth’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29875493/
Study IDs Variations in Black, White Genomes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090325/hl_hsn/studyidsvariationsinblackwhitegenomes;_ylt=Ag_T8rBY7GGnF9vj5IBJh38PLBIF

Erasing TB could take 1,000 years, official says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29864238/

WHO issues pessimistic global tuberculosis report

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_he_me/lt_med_who_tb_report;_ylt=AqMr1uW8q4vTPw.ExoWuTUWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNGtuaDY3BHBvcwMxNDAEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3dob2lzc3Vlc3Blcw--

Study: Range of pharmaceuticals in fish across US

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_he_me/pharmawater_fish;_ylt=AswfRqNeuy7PfPCFVWsyWBms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNGk4cWFnBHBvcwMxMzgEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3N0dWR5cmFuZ2VvZg--

Single embryo best for fertility treatment: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52o05f-us-reproduction-embryos/

Source of drywall rotten egg smell found

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/24/chinese.drywall/index.html

Strontium sulfide

http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/chemical/21036

Vets may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/florida.va.facilities/index.html

To Fight Drug Addiction, Researchers Target The Brain With Nanoparticles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101747.htm

Codeine Use And Accident Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101749.htm

Codeine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codeine
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

For Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Report: FDA scaled back enforcement at labs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_go_ot/fda_lab_quality;_ylt=ArlDajD8_U5A5g516H6UA_us0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkYjFxcjk4BHBvcwMxNDAEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3JlcG9ydGZkYXNjYQ--

Tiny 'Lab-on-a-chip' Detects Pollutants, Disease And Biological Weapons

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217125732.htm

Secrets Of Potential Bioterror Virus Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217102149.htm

Rift Valley fever virus

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

AIDS becomes top infectious disease in China

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29240222/

Hospitals see big drop in staph superbugs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29241041/

Engineers Create Intelligent Molecules That Seek And Destroy Diseased Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213114323.htm

Fetal stem cells trigger tumors in ill boy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29243132/

Engineer Develops Method To Combat Congenital Heart Disease In Children

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209152418.htm

Man's family finds kidney donor on Craigslist

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/18/kidney.donor.craigslist/index.html

Gene Linked To Aggressive Progression Of Liver Cancer Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216175114.htm

Smoker's widow seeks $130 million US in damages

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/18/cigarette-lawsuit.html

Fibromyalgia Pain Linked To Central Nervous System Dysfunction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217123124.htm

Statistical Analysis Could Yield New Drug Target For Multiple Sclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213103053.htm

Working Toward Artificial Corneas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213172052.htm

Does An Apple A Day Keeps Breast Cancer Away?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217125742.htm

Robots Sense Emotions Of Children With Autism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217141544.htm

Loneliness Affects How The Brain Operates

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151800.htm

Multiracial Identity Associated With Better Social And Personal Well-being

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210110045.htm

Multilingualism Brings Communities Closer Together

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210092721.htm

Environmental Impact Of Building Construction Can Now Be Predicted

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204140815.htm

Climate curbs need 'people power'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7892992.stm

Cancer-causing Toxins Linked To Unexploded Munitions In Oceans
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Friday, February 06, 2009

For Friday, February 6, 2009




Census Of Modern Organisms Reveals Echo Of Ancient Mass Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205142139.htm

Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event

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

Origin Of Claws Seen In Fossil 390 Million Years Old

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205142145.htm

Key Insights Into How New Species Emerge

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205161109.htm

40-foot whale dies on icy beach

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/02/05/sotvo.ma.stranded.whale.dead.stringer

Dog gene 'may aid wolf survival'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7872826.stm

Raccoons Sneak Onto White House Grounds

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/02/raccoons-sneak.html

Procyon lotor

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

Birds' Strategic Mobbing Fends Off Parasitic Invaders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129122514.htm

Acrocephalus

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

Birds do it: 10 wild animal sex antics

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29042787/

Images: New frog species discovered

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Holy Guacamole: Invasive Beetle Threatens Florida's Avocados

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204121537.htm

Ambrosia beetle

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

Persea americana

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

Guacamole

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

Ants tricked into raising butterflies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29038257/

Pathway And Enzyme Unique To Deadly Tularemia Organism Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203110551.htm

Tularemia

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

Understanding Phosphorus In Soils Is Vital To Proper Management

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204112235.htm

Phosphorus

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

Study: Climate change may reshuffle western weeds

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_sc/farm_scene_western_weeds;_ylt=AlwVIg_jueSNST5.PD3_uk4PLBIF
































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