For Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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Cell Phones Dangerous For Child Pedestrians, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126112429.htm

Top doctor admits she made up the condition 'cello scrotum'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7853564.stm

Evolution: Not Just Due To Natural Selection?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126203207.htm

EU calls for US action on climate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7856120.stm

UK gets biofuels research centre

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7851344.stm

Dynamical Theory And Novel 4-D Colorimetric Method Reveal Modus Operandi Of Intact Living Brain

Genetics Of Popularity In Social Networks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173604.htm

Newborn Infants Detect The Beat In Music

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127083540.htm

New Tree Of Life Sets Lower Metazoans Apart

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126203157.htm

Metazoan

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

DR Congo gorilla numbers up 12.5%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7852953.stm

Iceland sets major whaling quota

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7854705.stm

Australia denies whaling 'deal'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7852649.stm

Iceland raises quota for whale hunts

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_re_eu/eu_iceland_whaling;_ylt=AnU9OIY0vtRoiAI.S7aE91cPLBIF

Bears, Gazelles And Rats Inspire New Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127170708.htm

OCD

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

Emperor penguins face extinction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7851276.stm

Aptenodytes forsteri

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

Birds Survived Mass Extinction That Wiped Out Dinosaurs Because Of Their Larger Brains

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127165505.htm

Grouse numbers in north falling

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7853393.stm

Tetrao tetrix

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

Seabird’s Ocean Lifestyle Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126162256.htm

Puffinus puffinus

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

White Eyed Birds Diversify Across A Hemispheric Range Faster Than Any Other Bird

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173719.htm

Zosteropidae

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

Snowy owls swoop southward, delighting birders

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_re_us/snowy_owls;_ylt=AnLFTtH.QxYgNaAYmWRGe5MPLBIF

Bubo scandiacus

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

Butterflies Across Europe Face Crisis As Climate Change Looms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126102043.htm

Lepidoptera

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

Honey Bees Can Tell The Difference Between Different Numbers At A Glance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127202103.htm

Gene-engineered Flies Are Pest Solution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126203205.htm

Bacterial Intestinal Infections: Was It The Chicken Salad, Private Well Water, Or The Swim?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173831.htm

Idaho's Poor in Danger From Fish?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=6747317

Ancient Wounds Reveal Triceratops Battles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127202044.htm

Triceratops

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

Scientists zero in on Earth's original animal

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28865038/

Placozoa

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

N. American Comet Impact Theory Disproved

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173729.htm

Cows find milky way to happiness

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7854745.stm

Don't Touch That Vole! For Friday, January 16, 2009

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Global Warming Linked To European Viral Epidemic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115190453.htm

Nephropathia epidemica

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

South Africa busts rhino poaching ring

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28691087/

Elephant count surprises in Malaysia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_as/as_malaysia_jumbo_discovery;_ylt=ApkebggYpXQDPLw5EDgRPous0NUE

Texas' Cattle Dying In Devastating Drought

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/16/national/main4727076.shtml

Hungary gorilla recovering after rare surgery

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/ap_on_re_eu/eu_hungary_gorilla_surgery;_ylt=AjiAA7OgwZnlrnz_3bk7VPbtiBIF

Polar bear protection to be focus of national round table

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/15/polar-bears.html

Conflicts between humans and elephants harm both parties

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7828251.stm

China's wild camels increasing

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28692129/

Healing Camels in India's Desert State

http://abcnews.go.com/International/AroundTheWorld/story?id=6661613&page=1

N.J. River Dolphins Sparking Debate

http://abcnews.go.com/US/AmazingAnimals/wireStory?id=6652290

Repairing a hut, Antarctic-style: mind the seals

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090115/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_antarctica_seals;_ylt=AlLjDvCrQfzuh00GdagvqG3tiBIF

Tags reveal birds' ocean odyssey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7826639.stm

Puffinus puffinus

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

Origin Of Jawed Vertebrates: Prehistoric Fish Provides New Piece In Evolution's Jigsaw Puzzle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115103808.htm

Fish digestions help keep the oceans healthy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50e6q7-us-fish-carbon/

Singing began in fish, perfected by birds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28692491/

Study of aggressive bees may improve missile technology

http://m.www.yahoo.com/_ylt=AqPqEFZPGm.IZg3aabb3KiObvZx4/SIG=12a9mr303/**http%3A/cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews%3Fch=4226721%26cl=1156411515679

House Democrats move to overturn Bush species rule

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_go_co/endangered_species;_ylt=Ah5V2UySnE9VM2LpUM4IrFoPLBIF

Robo-Cat Gives Love, Not Hairballs

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6656257

Farms to take heat out of warming

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7831939.stm

Cooling The Planet By Growing The Right Crops

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164522.htm

Trapping CO2 In Ice-like Hydrate 'Cages'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114162235.htm

Tories plan 'energy revolution'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7832384.stm

New Method Accelerates Stability Testing Of Soy-based Biofuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113174537.htm

Americans Eager To Reduce Their Energy Use

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114172312.htm

South Korean experts find way to remove lead from blood

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50f3d1-us-leadpoisoning/

Tequila Boom Triggers Social, Environmental Hangover In Mexico

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113074138.htm

Tequila

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

Humans Can Make Their Own Salicylic Acid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112093330.htm

Common Soil Mineral Degrades The Nearly Indestructible Prion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114142028.htm

Birnessite

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

Free Antibiotics: Wrong Prescription For Cold And Flu Season

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090116111137.htm

MS increasingly recognized as a childhood disease

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/16/ms-teens.html

Fantastic Voyage: Medical 'Mini-submarine' Invented To Blast Diseased Cells In The Body

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164623.htm

Bird strikes becoming a more serious threat

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28679145/

See What a Bird Strike Looks Like

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6659154

How birds can down a jet airplane

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28680112/