Metastasis Breakthrough? and The Secret of Life? and More for Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Molecular Switch May Prevent Cancer Spread

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316133436.htm

Metastasis

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

Clues To A Secret Of Life Found In Meteorite Dust

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317153047.htm

Nanotechnology sensors detect salmonella in food

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/18/nanotech-food-safety.html

Brain On A Chip?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318090142.htm

Where Does Consciousness Come From?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316201459.htm

‘Smart drug’ may be habit-forming, study says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29739760/

Modafinil

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

Heavy? You may live 3 to 10 years less

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29739036/

Salmonella outbreak has slowed, but isn't over

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29743527/

'Star Wars' laser kills mosquitoes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090318/sc_livescience/starwarslaserkillsmosquitoes;_ylt=ApTxzGftDdudrA7FQUYHYz6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTMwYjE2bTNwBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwMzE4L3N0YXJ3YXJzbGFzZXJraWxsc21vc3F1aXRvZXMEcG9zAzE4BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xr




UV Light Cuts Spread Of Tuberculosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316201505.htm

New Protein Identified In Bacterial Arsenal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310135317.htm

Ubiquitin

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

Waking Up Dormant HIV

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316120848.htm

Key Sperm-binding Proteins Cloned

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317113816.htm

Cochlear implant surgery safe for seniors

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g5la-us-cochlear-implant-surgery-safe-seniors/

Shellfish And Inkjet Printers May Hold Key To Faster Healing From Surgeries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318085923.htm

Making Wood A Clean, Efficient Energy Source With New Process

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311134802.htm

New government brochure explains climate science

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_sc/sci_climate_literacy;_ylt=AtX2Yb.Be0TEGssXiXi7WAKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFla2dzc3BjBHBvcwMxMDUEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNuZXdnb3Zlcm5tZW4-

Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science

http://www.noaa.gov/climateliteracy.html

UN accuses EU over climate change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7950211.stm

Robot Sub Searches For Signs Of Melting 60 Km Into An Antarctic Ice Shelf Cavity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317113818.htm

'Armed' chimps raid beehives How chimps armed with clubs plunder beehives for honey.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7946614.stm

Pan

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

Tracking Tigers In 3-D

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312134639.htm

Panthera tigris

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

Escaped lion shot dead at zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090318/od_nm/us_australia_lion_odd;_ylt=AuexEnKF8beN0QpiVPT5YfCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmdTg5MDg0BHBvcwMxOTEEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDZXNjYXBlZGxpb25z

Panthera leo

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

Wolf numbers up again, but expansion slowing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_us/endangered_wolves;_ylt=AtI_eDbS66bcmT7Q5smzrXis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcWFkc3JyBHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawN3b2xmbnVtYmVyc3U-

Canis lupus

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

Bill would ban nonmedical drug use in U.S. livestock

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g5ul-us-agriculture-antibiotics-bill/

Petland accused of scheme to sell sick puppies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29742068/

Beavers 'could thrive in England'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7949733.stm

Castor

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

Long, Sexy Tails Not A Drag On Male Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312115131.htm

Fife aquarium breeds deadly frogs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7950128.stm

Deep Sea World

http://www.deepseaworld.com/

Phyllobates terribilis

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

Fungus devastates 'chicken' frog

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7948124.stm

Leptodactylus fallax

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

Chytridiomycota

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

Discovery Of Color Perception In Deep-sea Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317162844.htm

Callorhinchus milii

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

Cleaning Up Oil Spills Can Kill More Fish Than Spills Themselves

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316101430.htm

Cretaceous Octopus With Ink And Suckers -- The World's Least Likely Fossils?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317111902.htm

Most Diverse Animals Have Widest Size Range

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317200944.htm

Chernobyl 'shows insect decline'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7949314.stm

Chernobyl

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

Rare vine in Hawaii designated endangered species

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_sc/endangered_plant_species;_ylt=Am5Yu.NxmE0HQ0QAFOZQyT2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlM2o5aXBzBHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNyYXJldmluZWluaGE-

Process That Regulates Seed Germination Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311170637.htm

Rock Rose Leaves And Olive And Date Pits Make Up New Anti-pesticide Formula

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312153328.htm

New Microorganisms Discovered In Earth's Stratosphere

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318094642.htm

For Friday, August 15, 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7562720.stm

Bats face dark times ahead


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7560833.stm

Species 'damaging waterways'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7559266.stm

Climate 'altering UK bird habits'


Rat-brain robot in memory study

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7559150.stm

Birds released in secret location

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7559305.stm

Water's the limit for tall trees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7556065.stm

Pseudotsuga

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


Study Shows Continued Spread Of 'Dead Zones'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814154325.htm


How Flesh-eating Bacteria Attack Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813120743.htm

Major Genetic Cause Of Colon Cancer Found, Linked To Unequal Gene Activity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814154337.htm

Hybrid 'Muttsucker' Has Genes Of Three Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080723190731.htm

Turning Waste Material Into Ethanol

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813164640.htm

Big-brained Animals Evolve Faster

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814210006.htm

'Flu Vaccination' Protects Bacteria Against Virus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814163649.htm

Managing the Conch Fishery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812135511.htm

Strombidae

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

Trees, Forests And The Eiffel Tower Reveal Theory Of Design In Nature

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814104839.htm


Scientists 'listen' to plants to find pollution

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26200052/

Octopuses have six 'arms' and two 'legs'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26197656/


Is that a Bigfoot carcass in the freezer?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/14/bigfoot.body/index.html

Hunters claim to have nabbed Bigfoot, Internet goes nuts

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080814/tc_cnet/83011357731001710236;_ylt=AgQtDB_qZivG_JVwAsfVE5ms0NUE

Scientists worried about tiny invasive snail found in Michigan

http://www.yahoo.com/s/935574

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

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

King penguin receives Norwegian knighthood

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_fe_st/odd_penguin_knighted;_ylt=Am.CGkhBK80hxcVucrXNnj6s0NUE

For Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons on Flickr by photos_martha

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7457755.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature First farmers made 'lucky beads'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617151845.htm

Symmetry Of Homosexual Brain Resembles That Of Opposite Sex, Swedish Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617204512.htm

Shallow Water Corals Evolved From Deep Sea Ancestors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616170807.htm

Nanotechnology, Biomolecules And Light Unite To 'Cook' Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617204509.htm

Female Chimps Use Copulation Calls Strategically

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080612125038.htm

Unraveling Bacteria Communication Pathways

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617102853.htm

New Research On Octopuses Sheds Light On Memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613093732.htm

Threatened Or Invasive? Species' Fates Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080618091707.htm

Unlocking Genome Of World's Worst Insect Pest

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

Helicoverpa armigera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080618082046.htm

Birds Communicate Reproductive Success In Song

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617210034.htm

Phoenix Makes First Trench In Science Preserve

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080610191910.htm

Leicestershire Burial Mounds Reveal Ancestral Insights

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

Tumulus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25218580/

Millions of cicadas screech a serenade - Science- msnbc.com

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

Magicicada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25209226/

Japan makes robot girlfriend for lonely men - Innovation- msnbc.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/18/veganic.farm.ap/index.html

Vegan farming takes organic to next level - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/17/cardboard.bike/index.html

The ultimate in recycling - CNN.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080618/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_peanut_probe;_ylt=AuyM3fap.pXSIvDBXECgu5is0NUE

Peanut probe part of NASA mission - Yahoo! News

http://www.livescience.com/animals/080618-whale-sharks-fly.html

Huge Sharks 'Fly' Like Fighter Pilots LiveScience

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

Rhincodon typus

For Saturday, May 24, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by alfonsotar
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_eu/germany_ebay_baby

German parents post baby on eBay for 1 euro - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080523/ts_afp/environmentpollutionspeciescoral

Sun screen lotion threatens coral: study - Yahoo! News


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7418279.stm

BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Great Barrier Reef divers found

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

Great Barrier Reef - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7415423.stm

BBC NEWS Health Cancer vaccine target pinpointed


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7417123.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080523083007.htm

Dramatic Impact Of Sea-Level Rise On Chesapeake Bay's Coastal Habitats

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

Chesapeake Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080520130807.htm

Joint NASA-French Satellite To Track Trends In Sea Level, Climate

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

Ocean Surface Topography Mission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080522210025.htm

New Statistical Method Reveals Surprises About Our Ancestry

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24804797/

Shark kills surfer in Mexico - Americas- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24797206/

Toad aphrodisiac kills man, NY issues warning - Sexual health- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24797061/

Seas off West Coast dangerously acidic - Climate Change- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24719524/

Smugglers try to mail geckos - World environment- msnbc.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/23/fda.nipple.cream.ap/index.html

FDA warns of harmful nipple cream - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/05/23/shagren.man.saves.ducks.kxly

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_sc/tortoise_decline;_ylt=AuDjQcNSFNQm4SHZOsEHCD.s0NUE

Southern Utah tortoise continues decline - Yahoo! News

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

Gopherus agassizii

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/japan_suicide;_ylt=ArH6jOIV8PXZK3Pc5Uts_JKs0NUE

Suicides linked to work-related stress up in Japan - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/od_nm/foot_odd_dc;_ylt=AtjHG8GTwrLhkQaMNVOivuSs0NUE

Mystery deepens as 4th severed foot found - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/od_nm/sex_odd_dc;_ylt=At45Jz1ocMVQiB.0zpLbOZWs0NUE

Warning issued over unlicensed sex drugs - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080523/sc_afp/costaricaenvironmentturtlesanimals;_ylt=AgqrBkDs96ZbDc57fFWqnNMPLBIF

Record birthrate of leatherback turtles in Costa Rica: WWF - Yahoo! News

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/nhl_experts/post/Why-the-octopus-still-won-t-twirl-in-Detroit?urn=nhl,84176

Why the octopus still won't twirl in Detroit - Puck Daddy - NHL - Yahoo! Sports

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

Octopoda