MRSA in the Food Supply and More for Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Drug-resistant bugs in food vex experts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31766160/ns/health-food_safety/

MRSA

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

Indian tiger park admits it has no tigers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8150382.stm

Panna National Park

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

Newsweek: Raids, rage at puppy mills across U.S.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/206163

Puppy mill

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

Amphibs mate under a full Moon

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8145000/8145125.stm

Gigantic shark washes ashore in N.Y.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/07/14/vo.ny.shark.ashore.news12longisland

Megachasma pelagios

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

Crocodile Skull Unearthed At Arlington Archosaur Site In Texas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715102305.htm

Therizinosaur Fossil Skeleton Found in Utah

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/potbellieddinosaurskeletonfoundinutah;_ylt=AgNghnQ4IKVR59lCmOhwiMIDW7oF

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

Help call for vanishing honeybees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8148999.stm

Public Accounts Committee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(United_Kingdom)

New Insect Specie on Balearic Islands

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715101507.htm

Tyrrhenoleuctra antoninoi

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Plecoptera.html

Balearic Islands

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

Bee Colony Collapse Disorder: New Bait Lures Varroa Mite To Its Doom

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090705145109.htm

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)

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

Varroa destructor

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

Longest insect migration revealed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8149000/8149714.stm

Pantala flavescens

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

Anax guttatus

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

Hemianax ephippiger

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

Tholymis tillarga

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

Diplacodes trivialis

http://eol.org/pages/131133

Fire Ant Outcompetes Other Species, Even In Its Native Habitat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090705141721.htm

Solenopsis

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

Sex Involved In Plant Defense

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090713201448.htm

Climate Change May Spell Demise Of Key Salt Marsh Constituent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090713085016.htm

Forb

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

Avian Bacterium More Dangerous Than Believed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090705145642.htm

Bordetella hinzii

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

First Remote, Underwater Detection Of Harmful Algae, Toxins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090714154036.htm

Swedish PM sounds climate alarm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8151143.stm

Fredrik Reinfeldt

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

Ontario to offer $10,000 electric car incentive

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/07/15/ont-electric-cars511.html


Tagging technology to track trash

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8149183.stm

Trash Track (Blog)

http://senseable.mit.edu/trashtrack/

Deglaciation and More for Friday, June 5, 2009

Mount Rainier and Carbon Glacier image licensed under Creative Commons by brewbooks

Deglaciation

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/06/deglaciation.html

Younger Dryas

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

Glacier

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

History Channel: MegaDisaster Episode Archives

http://www.history.com/content/megadisasters/episode-archive

The End of Nations? And More for Friday, February 6, 2009

http://americanpoliticalhandbook.blogspot.com/2009/02/for-friday-february-6-2009.html

Stem Cells On Contact Lens Restore Sight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090605081151.htm

Climate Change Models Find Staple Crops Face Ruin On Up To One Million Square Kilometers Of African Farmland

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602204259.htm

Origin of Antarctic ice revealed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8079767.stm

Rainforest is worth more standing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8083706.stm

Prehistoric Whale Discovered On The West Coast Of Sweden

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090605110420.htm

After failed courtship, zoo helps rare birds breed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_re_us/us_national_zoo_rare_crane;_ylt=ApphHFChYBUz2VvfT6Jnt9sPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMwaGQ4NGQ3BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNjA0L3VzX25hdGlvbmFsX3pvb19yYXJlX2NyYW5lBHBvcwMxMARzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA2FmdGVyZmFpbG

Grus vipio

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

Grus vipio (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/143775/0



Bee-killing Parasite Genome Sequenced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604222430.htm

Nosema ceranae

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

Sacred plants of the Maya forest

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8083000/8083812.stm

Ceiba pentandra

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

Pachira aquatica

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

Pseudobombax ellipticum

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

Quararibea funebris

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

Long-standing Mystery Of How Plants Make Eggs Solved

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604144332.htm

Plantae

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

Do Dinosaurs Still Exist?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/dodinosaursstillexist;_ylt=Annd33a3BTCQtYSFjiPknboDW7oF

Dinosaur

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

Bacteria From The Deep Can Clean Up Heavy Metals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604222432.htm

Carbon Payments Help Protect Threatened Tropical Mammals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604181251.htm

'Beehive fence' deters elephants

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8081000/8081521.stm

Elevated Water Temperature And Acidity Boost Growth Of Key Sea Star Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601140926.htm

Bacteria And Algae Act As Biocatalysts For Deep-sea Raw Material Deposition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601085918.htm

Researchers Solve 'Bloodcurdling' Mystery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604144326.htm

How Humans Have Disrupted The Nitrogen Cycle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604144322.htm

Nitrogen cycle

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

Diarrhea vaccine urged for all children

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31121962/

Rotavirus vaccine

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

8-Year-Old N.M. Boy Dies Of Bubonic Plague

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/05/health/main5064847.shtml

Bubonic plague

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


Is There a Lake Champlain Monster?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=7760355&page=1