Ailurus Attracted to Aspartame and Caloplaca Obamae Named for Obama and More for Thursday, April 16, 2009

New Species Of Lichen Named After President Barack Obama image licensed under Creative Commons by Llima

Novel Technique To Sequence Human Genome

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415162644.htm

Another Anti-cancer Effect Of The 'Longevity' Protein SIRT1 Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090413083311.htm

Veterinary Oncologists Advance Cancer Drugs For Humans And Pets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415162658.htm

Nerve Block Could Revolutionize Pain Control

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415113332.htm

Horse stem-cell technique to be tested in people

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53e4wj-us-stemcells/

Mild Dementia Detected In Humans Through Eye Tracking

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415102207.htm

Home Tooth Bleaching Slightly Reduces Enamel Strength

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414110816.htm

Pet trade puts orangutans at risk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8000909.stm

Finding a home for orangutan 'refugees'

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/04/16/1888897.aspx

Pongo

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

Diet Secrets Of Elephant Family Named 'The Royals'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090413180533.htm

Loxodonta

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

Iranian Scientists Clone Goat

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/16/tech/main4949586.shtml

Capra aegagrus hircus

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

Red Pandas Have Artificial Sweet Tooth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415120959.htm

Ailurus fulgens

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

Prehistoric Turtle Goes To Hospital For CT Scan In Search For Skull, Eggs, Embryos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415141225.htm

Snakes escape on Qantas flight

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8001644.stm

All octopuses and cuttlefish are venomous, study finds

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1058867

Coleoidea

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

Honeybees don't fall for cheap perfume

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30233069/

Apis

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

Univ. of Florida, ASPCA fill void for animal CSIs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_re_us/csi_animals;_ylt=AlfYygB8zHORZCjWgHV1j4ys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlZnB1ajNpBHBvcwM1OQRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawN1bml2b2ZmbG9yaWQ-


Climate Change Makes Migrations Longer For Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415074856.htm

Climate Change May Wake Up 'Sleeper' Weeds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415102123.htm

Climate change

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

Farmers Relying On Herbicide Roundup Lose Some Of Its Benefit

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414153529.htm

Roundup website

http://www.roundup.com/

New Species Of Lichen Named After President Barack Obama

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415141217.htm

Caloplaca obamae

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

Impact Of Floods On Soils

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408140204.htm

Spam 'produces 17m tons of CO2'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8001749.stm

Spam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spam

UK unveils electric car subsidies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8001254.stm

Obama plug-in car goal may be short-circuited

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30229953/

Ethical Man visits Motor City in search of green cars

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8001951.stm

Group sues feds over endangered species protection

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_re_us/western_ark_lawsuit;_ylt=AuQ5bmsClJwdrwPf.RyLi7YPLBIF

Box of "scorpions" failed to shield smuggler

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090415/od_nm/us_scorpions_odd;_ylt=AmBtazbV.JkjTo3d0E1EYxKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmdW9oMHBhBHBvcwMxOTIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDYm94b2ZxdW90c2Nv

Australia launches 'clean coal' institute

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090416/sc_afp/australiaclimatewarming;_ylt=AgpzMWAcTjihHyK0InY415wPLBIF

Congress' Gym Scare: Staffer Gets Staph

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Germs/story?id=7345795&page=1

Man Grows Tree ... In His Lung

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7343614

Energy Drinks Work -- In Mysterious Ways

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415075142.htm

Energy Drink

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

Synthetic Life-Form and Vatican Conference Contra Creationism? and Save Your Bat Colony - Install a Heater and More for Monday, March 9, 2009

Crocuta crocuta image licensed under Creative Commons by Stig Nygaard

Synthetic life form grows in Florida lab

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29430688/

Artificially Expanded Genetic Information System

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

Obama toughens US line against whaling

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090307/pl_afp/uswhalingjapan;_ylt=Aka6c.AKrQvT41JVSA31dp0PLBIF

Man is cited for owning an endangered ape

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29586544/

Symphalangus syndactylus

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

Study: Belligerent chimp proves animals make plans

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090309/ap_on_sc/eu_sci_sweden_angry_chimp;_ylt=Ao0eFyyMbpkwoBWFfYAEHu6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFidXQ5N2J0BHBvcwM0NQRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNzdHVkeWJlbGxpZ2U-

Pan

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

Zoo elephant, caretakers swap staph infections

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29555879/

Loxodonta

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

Low birthrates could doom rare rhino

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29549767/

Rhinoceros sondaicus

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

Australian wrestles kangaroo from family home

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29593952/

Macropus giganteus

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

Feds OK gray wolves' removal from endangered list

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090307/ap_on_sc/gray_wolf_endangered;_ylt=AmY.4jYNc6srt9SGec6guo8PLBIF

Canis lupus

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

Collared Coyote Leaves Record Of 150-Mile Trek

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220171507.htm

Canis latrans

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

Martha Stewart’s dog dies in kennel blast

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29596449/

Chow chow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_(dog)

How Hyenas 'Inherit' Their Social Status

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225073209.htm

Crocuta crocuta

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

Horses tamed earlier than thought

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7926235.stm

Equus ferus caballus

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

Heaters might stave off doom for bats

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29534877/

Hamster jackets harness wheel-running power

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29596930/

Climate Change Hurting Hares: White Snowshoe Hares Can't Hide On Brown Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224220347.htm

Lepus Americanus

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

Bizarre Bird Behavior Predicted By Game Theory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224230705.htm

Oldest sea turtle fossil unveiled in Mexico

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090306/sc_afp/sciencepaleontologyturtlemexico;_ylt=Ap8qDhLhPy0MQ6qaihoajH0PLBIF

“Dinochicken” scheme puts evolution in reverse

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29537188/

Judge faults gov't plan to save Pacific NW salmon

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090307/ap_on_re_us/salmon_dams;_ylt=AqoiygHgB.ocuzuzvL3NjJ2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlaHE2Y3U5BHBvcwMxMDkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNqdWRnZWZhdWx0c2c-

Snake River

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

Transparent Zebrafish A Must-see Model For Atherosclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305164350.htm

Danio rerio

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

A fish feast frenzy is captured on camera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7921119.stm

How Moths Key Into Scent Of A Flower

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305091044.htm

Manduca sexta

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

'No proof' of bee killer theory

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7925397.stm

Ten amazing facts about bees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7925218.stm

Seven New Species Of Deep-sea Coral Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121657.htm

Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument

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


Olive Groves May Be Rescued By Helpful Wasp

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220182740.htm

Desert Shrub, Guayule, May Be Fuel Of The Future

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220183706.htm

Parthenium argentatum

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

Citrus Disease Bacterium Sequenced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220182438.htm

Huanglongbing

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

Less Nitrogen Could Increase Profit, Sustainability

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220183111.htm

Evolution May Buffer Against Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305141620.htm

Asian Biological Puzzle Solved: Sea Rises

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090306103647.htm

Drought Risks Amazon Rainforest Carbon Sink

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305141625.htm

Midwesterners Worried Levees Won't Hold

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/09/national/main4853528.shtml

Promising Biofuel Made From Commercial Yeasts Upgraded With A New Enzyme

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224230751.htm

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

Whale Evolution and More for Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Fossil whale image licensed under Creative Commons by spaceykate23

Pregnant fossil shows how early whales evolved

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5130cq-us-fossils-whales/

Manatees huddle for warmth

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Trichechus

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

Bat-killing syndrome spreads in Northeast

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29005011/

Titanic ancient snake was as long as Tyrannosaurus

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51346p-us-snake-giant/

Expert: Fossil reveals snake that was 'longer than a city bus'

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1025670

Liberian crop pest mystery solved

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7868086.stm

Herbal tea ingredient helps beetle-plagued trees

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_re_us/bark_beetles_herbal_tea;_ylt=AgO6B0l4.kCyPiDhk4ygttSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlMWY2Nm9uBHBvcwMxMDgEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNoZXJiYWx0ZWFpbmc-

Verbenone

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

Plums Poised To Give Blueberries Run For The Money

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128160926.htm

Prunus

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

Can Cannibalism Fight Infections?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202174945.htm

Bacteria Are Models Of Efficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204101254.htm

Glaciers Around The Globe Continue To Melt At High Rates

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129090002.htm

Setting out Obama's green agenda

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7837791.stm

Reality check needed for the world's vulnerable forests

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7848200.stm

Cloud Seeding Increases Rainfall In Tasmania

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202103012.htm

'Longevity Gene' Common Among Centenarians

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203081624.htm

Brain Perceives Optical Illusions As Real

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202175202.htm

Computer chips may 'repair' nerve

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7867724.stm

Bipolar Disorder Linked To Risk Of Early Death From Natural Causes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202103023.htm

UV Light-enhanced Tooth Bleaching Dangerous To Eyes And Skin, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129090214.htm

The Irony Of Harmony: Why Positive Interactions May Sometimes Be Negative

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202175047.htm

Summer babies 'tall and strong'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7869146.stm

Donor kidney removed via vagina

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7867837.stm

CT scan may give patients high radiation dose: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5126ia-us-heart-scans/

At rest, your brain runs in screensaver mode

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090204/sc_livescience/atrestyourbrainrunsinscreensavermode;_ylt=AtrtGTD8gpwAXO3Yohx8iy6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTM4OG8zYzZuBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwMjA0L2F0cmVzdHlvdXJicmFpbnJ1bnNpbnNjcmVlbnNhdmVybW9kZQRwb3MDMTkEc2VjA3lu

For Friday, January 9, 2009

Rare venomous mammal is caught on camera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7791989.stm

Solenodon paradoxus

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

How many meerkats? London Zoo critter count

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28562653/

Suricata suricatta

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

Mosquitoes make sweet love music

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7814404.stm

Culicidae

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

Ancient Odor-detecting Mechanism In Insects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108121625.htm

To Bee Or Not To Bee

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/09/tech/main4709462.shtml

Big, Old Mice Spread Deadly Hantavirus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106230720.htm

Nose-spray Vaccine Against Botulism Effective In First Tests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108101633.htm

Structure Mediating Spread Of Antibiotic Resistance Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108144753.htm

Neanderthals done in by competition

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28562264/

Mothers Pass On Disease Clues To Offspring

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105120312.htm

Half Of World's Population Could Face Climate-induced Food Crisis By 2100

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108144745.htm

Heat may spark world food crisis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7817684.stm

FDA scientists complain to Obama of 'corruption'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_ot/fda_dissidents;_ylt=AlnerMv5NcxjfMjXXVZGSFus0NUE

Salmonella outbreak: 1 in 5 victims in hospital

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28567096/

'Unprecedented' UK rise in measles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7819874.stm

Global Warming: Overrides Volcano Cooling?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105175356.htm

Decline Of Carbon-dioxide-gobbling Plankton Coincided With Ancient Global Cooling

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108111419.htm

Andes' Formation Was A 'Species Pump' For South America

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090109083451.htm

Animals in Bulgaria zoo shiver without gas heating

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090109/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_russia_ukraine_gas_zoo;_ylt=ArcvhOosbaCOB_.iYjaZVJwPLBIF

Japan scientists clone legendary bull

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090108/sc_afp/sciencejapanbiotechcloningfood_newsmlmmd;_ylt=Aj0P1o6Zi9.xiJM7UsJTJokPLBIF

What Are These Remains?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1109174/Is-Beast-Exmoor-Body-mystery-animal-washes-beach.html

Beast of Exmoor

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