BPA - Chances are its Inside of You and More for Friday, May 22, 2009

* Sarcophilus harrisii image licensed under Creative Commons by nicolas.boullosa

BPA, Chemical Used To Make Plastics, Found To Leach From Polycarbonate Drinking Bottles Into Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090521141208.htm

BPA

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

US CO2 goals 'to be compromised'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8061929.stm

Steven Chu

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

New worries on Arctic permafrost thaw

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54l34w-us-climate-methane/

Permafrost

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

U.S. to rely more on scientists for air rules: EPA

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54k5i1-us-epa-air-science/

EPA

http://www.epa.gov/

Biologists Call For Network Of Protected Rivers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520140613.htm

Biofilms As River Sentinels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519152601.htm

Water Framework Directive

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

Earth’s Climate And Ocean Acidification History

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519111031.htm

Whaling Commission head says Japan must compromise

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090521/wl_asia_afp/usjapanwhaling;_ylt=AuzS6VsELp9oqK4NaND1x6wPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJscjR2Nmt2BGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDUyMS91c2phcGFud2hhbGluZwRwb3MDMTUEc2VjA3luX2FydGljbGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawN3aGFsaW5nY29tbWk-

*Tasmanian devils now endangered

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8062840.stm

Sarcophilus harrisii

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

Rare deer reveals signs of life

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8061000/8061899.stm

Rusa alfredi IUCN Red List

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/4273

Cervus alfredi

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

The UK's endangered dormice population showing signs of a possible recovery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8062757.stm

Muscardinus avellanarius (IUCN Red List)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/13992/0

Muscardinus avellanarius

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

Internet followers of eagle cam watch helplessly as eaglet dies in B.C. nest

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/05/21/bc-trapped-eaglet-dies.html

Habitat loss 'hitting shellfish'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8061532.stm



Unusually Large Family Of Green Fluorescent Proteins Discovered In Marine Creature

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520161325.htm

Cephalochordata

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

Bumblebee flight is not quite in sync

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30875114/

Bombus

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

Heat-tolerant Coral Reefs Discovered: May Survive Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520100515.htm

Zooxanthellae

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

Genetic Pathway Responsible For Much Of Plant Growth Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520100511.htm

Beneficial Plant 'Spillover' Effect Seen From Landscape Corridors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520151441.htm

Landscape Ecology

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

New Species of Yeast Discovered in Amazon Jungle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090521084717.htm

Fundamental Mechanism For Cell Organization Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090521141204.htm

Swine flu will keep spreading globally: WHO chief

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/22/swine-flu-who.html

Swine flu genes circulated undetected for years

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30886851/

CDC to swimmers: Don't pee in the pool!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/22/pools.urinate.hygiene/index.html

CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/


Face Protection Effective In Preventing The Spread Of Influenza, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520161332.htm

New Vaccine Strategy Might Offer Protection Against Pandemic Influenza Strains

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518120954.htm

Children Who Get Flu Vaccine Have Three Times Risk Of Hospitalization For Flu, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519172045.htm

Safe For Passengers With Lung Disease To Travel By Air, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519075418.htm

Cigarette companies lose appeal in landmark ruling

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1075254



Anti-inflammatory Effect Of 'Rotten Eggs' Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090521084542.htm

Hydrogen Sulfide

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

Sick Of The Same Old Thing? Researcher Finds Satiation Solution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519134713.htm

Note: If you search for “Satiety” on the Wikipedia, the response is: Cholecystokinin

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

UK 'worst electrical recycler'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8063115.stm

Mars' Windy, Wet And Wild Past

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090521161526.htm

Mars probes unravel watery mysteries

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30870498/

For Monday, January 5, 2009

Sarcophilus harrisii image licensed under Creative Commons by dan taylor

Fence hope for Tasmanian Devils

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7810933.stm

Sarcophilus harrisii

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

Put kangaroos, camels on Australian eco-menu: scientists

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090104/sc_afp/australiaclimatefood;_ylt=AhgayRGzrdzeLSK807omQqoPLBIF

New reptiles found in Tanzania's shrinking forests

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5041za-us-tanzania-reptiles/

Evolution In Action: Our Antibodies Take 'Evolutionary Leaps' To Fight Microbes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105101501.htm

Organic Weed Control: Scientists Serve Up Mustard Meal To Tame Weeds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228192713.htm

p-Hydroxybenzylglucosinolate

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

Some Fungi Spores Are Remarkably Aerodynamic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223101406.htm

Microbes In The Intestine: Friend Or Foe?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227221640.htm

Biofuel Development Shifting From Soil To Sea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081220084424.htm

Better grass growing with hair

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090105/sc_livescience/humanhairmakesgoodfertilizer;_ylt=Ag05pY3y12t.Uc_Y30zHm1Ks0NUE

Did comet 'swarm' cause killer cold spell?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28472145/

Cancer cells 'cheat suicide call'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7807730.stm

For Tuesday, November 4, 2008

"Wooly Mammoth" (?) image licensed under Creative Commons by Manuel W.

Scientists clone from frozen mice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7707498.stm

Japanese to revive mammoths?

http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2420709,00.html

"We will need two planets by 2030," warns WWF

http://www.panda.org.za/?section=News_AboutUs&id=120



Saving Australia's Endangered Tasmanian Devil

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103164725.htm

Sarcophilus harrisii

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

Pairs Of Cleaner Fish Co-operate And Give Better Service On The Coral Reef

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027115429.htm

DNA Fingerprinting Method May Thwart False Labeling Of Shark Meat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103102116.htm

Antelope clicks knees to demonstrate sexual fitness, scientists find

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7707141.stm

Taurotragus

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

Roads Bring Death And Fear To Forest Elephants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028074428.htm

Snakebites: At Least 421,000 Poisonings And 20,000 Deaths Occur Each Year, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103203029.htm

Tale Of Two Snails Reveals Secrets About The Biochemistry Of Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103124324.htm

Being Unique Has Advantages: 'Rareness' Key To Some Insects Being Favored By Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103192316.htm

Ecologists Say Metabolism Accounts For Why Natural Selection Favors Only Some Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103160856.htm



Tiny Fungi May Have Sex While Infecting Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030123831.htm

Microsporidia

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

New Type Of Diesel Fuel Found In Patagonia Fungus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103192319.htm

Gliocladium roseum

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

Genetic Evidence For Avian Influenza Movement From Asia To North America Via Wild Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027152121.htm

HEALTHBEAT: Brain slows at 40, starts body decline

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081103/ap_on_he_me/med_healthbeat_aging_brain

Odorprints As Distinguishable As Fingerprints?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030203247.htm

Seasonal Affective Disorder May Be Linked To Genetic Mutation, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103130931.htm

Seasonal Affective Disorder

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

Women Have More Diverse Hand Bacteria Than Men

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103192310.htm

Bacteria Shown To Cause Blood Clots: Bacterial Clotting Depends On Clustering

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081102154519.htm

Gene That Helps Control Production Of Stomach Acid Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103192306.htm

HPV linked to 25,000 cancers in 5 years

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27518979/

Drug may help combat frailty in older adults

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27524685/