For Friday, October 10, 2008

Gasterosteus aculeatus (?) photo licensed under Creative Commons by frenquency

Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7662565.stm

Microscope shows how embryos grow

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27108010/

Western group petitions for species protection

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_sc/western_ark;_ylt=AgXMTLvcBX4qKt1mw8Yov6is0NUE

Pledge to protect Sumatran forest

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7662186.stm

Oil spill penguins released

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7663159.stm

Water Snails Offer New Propulsion Possibilities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081009144333.htm

Warming Threats To Tropical Rainforest Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081009143700.htm

Circadian Clock May Be Critical For Learning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008151318.htm

Circadian rhthym

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

How Fatty Foods Curb Hunger

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081007123647.htm

Diversity Of Plant-eating Fishes May Be Key To Recovery Of Coral Reefs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008113434.htm

Journey Toward The Center Of The Earth: One-of-a-kind Microorganism Lives All Alone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081009143708.htm

Desulforudis audaxviator

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

Wielding Microbe Against Microbe, Beetle Defends Its Food Source

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002171921.htm

Species Extinction By Asteroid A Rarity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081007102904.htm

Fitness In A Changing World: Genetics And Adaptations Of Alaskan Stickleback Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081010100457.htm

Gasterosteus aculeatus

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=2420&genusname=Gasterosteus&speciesname=aculeatus+aculeatus

Scientists: Yes, shark did have ‘virgin birth’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27107721/

Carcharhinus brevipinna

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=865&genusname=Carcharhinus&speciesname=brevipinna

Mutant fish develops a taste for human flesh in India

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3163501/Mutant-fish-develops-a-taste-for-human-flesh-in-India.html

Bagarius yarrelli

http://fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=23314

Hawking: If we survive the next 200 years, we should be OK

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/09/hawking/index.html

For Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Carnegiea gigantea photo licensed under Creative Commons by jcolman

Chocolate lovers: more kinds of cacao

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27073996/

Cows may hold secret for efficient ethanol

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27050661/

Tree power could save forests from fires

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26973918/

Hundreds of new marine species discovered, scientists say

http://www.yahoo.com/s/967216

Penguins ride air force jet to South Atlantic

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_sc/lt_brazil_penguins;_ylt=AsmzW7uyYl16SKK96dhPVtus0NUE

Climate change poised to devastate penguins: WWF

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081008/sc_afp/environmentbiodiversityspeciespenguins;_ylt=Au6evBq4kLc8E5q5zsaAogQPLBIF


China sets melamine levels for milk products

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk;_ylt=AplNPQFqQ7Ro2MAr4EqRcj2s0NUE

Taiwan suggests SARS a China warfare plot

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081007/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_taiwan_china_sars;_ylt=ApGP5viiSwYfaowGfJjnDiXtiBIF

Severe acute respiratory syndrome

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

University: Stem-cell study used falsified data

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_he_me/stem_cell_study;_ylt=AoWsOpZsnfXu4fAsiTSt9NAPLBIF

Feds to use chips to foil cactus thieves

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/08/cactus.thefts.arizona.ap/index.html

Carnegiea gigantea

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

Newsweek: Pfizer sued over anti-seizure drug

http://www.newsweek.com/id/162906

Gabapentin

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

Police raid Nigeria 'baby farm'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7658882.stm

'End in sight' for elephantiasis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7659222.stm

Neurofibrome

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

Bioengineers Fill Holes In Science Of Cellular Self-organization

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006155919.htm

Good News For Pig Breeders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002094832.htm

Sus

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

Using Living Cells As Nanotechnology Factories

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008095710.htm

Turf Wars: Sand And Corals Don't Mix

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008095708.htm

Biological Alternatives To Chemical Pesticides

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008065841.htm

DNA Could Reveal Your Surname

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081007192526.htm

Half-Ton Mexican Man Dies After Public Plea

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5980926

Starbucks in hot water over water use

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/08/earlyshow/main4509437.shtml?tag=lowerContent;homeSectionBlock205

Oldest Skeleton in Americas Found in Underwater Cave?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080903-oldest-skeletons.html

Monkeys work in Japanese restaurant

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7654267.stm

Macaca

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