WHO Loses H1N1 Count & Cure for MD? & More for Friday, July 17, 2009

WHO to stop counting swine flu cases

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/17/who-swine-flu-counting.html

Swine flu so widespread, WHO stops counting

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31962005/ns/health-swine_flu/

Fight for swine flu vaccine could get ugly

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31944668/ns/health-swine_flu/

H1N1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1N1

Genetic Source Of Muscular Dystrophy Neutralized: Possible Cure?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141127.htm

Muscular dystrophy

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


Male Sex Chromosome Losing Genes Via Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716201127.htm

Y Chromosome

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

DNA Not The Same In Every Cell Of Body

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715131449.htm

DNA

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

Neanderthals were likely poised for extinction

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31948849/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Homo neanderthalensis

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

How Dachshunds Got Such Short Legs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141146.htm

Dachshund

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

Canis lupus familiaris

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

Canis lupus familiaris (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1228387

Tiny lizard falls like a feather

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8150000/8150333.stm

Holaspis guentheri

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

Holaspis guentheri (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/793276

In sand, desert lizard swims like a snake

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31949660/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Scincus scincus

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

For fish, it’s the more the merrier

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31952465/ns/technology_and_science-science/


San Diego menaced by jumbo squid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8155417.stm

Dosidicus gigas

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

Dosidicus gigas (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/403181

Tiger moths can thwart bats by jamming sonar

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31950404/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Bertholdia trigonia

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

Eptesicus fuscus

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

Eptesicus fuscus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/327553


Ecologist Brings Century-old Eggs To Life To Study Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716203205.htm

Ancient Microbes Helped Build Rock Structures

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141221.htm

Stromatolite

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

Capturing CO2: Global Warming Fix From Microbes?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715101441.htm

‘Catching CO2 in a Bowl’ – Inorganic Chemistry

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic802454w

Arctic Sea Ice Images Derived From Classified Data Should Be Made Public, According To A New Report

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715112033.htm

Major Arctic Sea-ice Formed Earlier Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715131435.htm

Arctic Climate Under Greenhouse Conditions In The Late Cretaceous

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709095422.htm

Summer Is Here And The Mercury Is Rising ... Literally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715160446.htm

Organic Mercury

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_mercury#Safety

Waste From Textile Industry Transformed Into Rich Compost With Help Of Manure And Earthworms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716093959.htm

How do you build a wind farm out at sea?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8151222.stm

Low carbon way 'to reshape lives'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8150919.stm

Solar Power: New SunCatcher Power System Ready For Commercial Production In 2010

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709205950.htm

Retailers miss plastic bag target

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8155057.stm

Baking Soda: For Cooking, Cleaning, And Kidney Health?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716201123.htm

Sodium Bicarbonate

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

For Friday, June 27, 2008

North Pole photo licensed under Creative Commons by 9.81 meters per second squared

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080627/sc_livescience/northpolecouldbeicefreethissummer;_ylt=AmGqBYn9_lcd5MHUyXj864us0NUE

North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer - Yahoo! News

http://www.livescience.com/environment/080626-north-pole.html

North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_fe_st/odd_horse_commute;_ylt=Av91h6SA3Df_H_op9qD7WAis0NUE

Wash. dentist's staff saddles up to beat gas costs - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080626/sc_nm/birds_evolution_dc;_ylt=AuAPB7Ixg1QFqU2pnfjnBX4PLBIF

New bird family tree reveals some odd ducks - Yahoo! News

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25395007/

10 things you didn’t know about birds - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626141117.htm

Huge Genome-scale Phylogenetic Study Of Birds Rewrites Evolutionary Tree-of-life

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7470859.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Highlands and Islands Bees seeking 'sugary' garden pest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080623175401.htm

Database Shows Effects Of Acid Rain On Microorganisms In Adirondack Lakes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080624145103.htm

Genomics Of Large Marine Animals Showcased

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626142526.htm

What It's Like To Be A Bat: Vocal Sonar Does More Than Locate Objects; It Cues Memory And Assists Flight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626075537.htm

How To Build A Plant: Plant Architecture From The Genomics Toolbox

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080625091640.htm

Breakthrough In Plant Medicine Production

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

Glycosylation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25395515/

Scientists take a swat at mosquitoes - LiveScience- msnbc.com

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

Aedes aegypti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25410938/

Museum confirms discovery of rare fossil - Science- msnbc.com

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

Stromatolite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25396517/

Early life survived huge cosmic impact - Space.com- msnbc.com

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/east_coast_asteroid_010320.html

SPACE.com -- Huge East Coast Impact Crater Leaves Legacy of Water Woes

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/06/27/floods/index.html

Muskrats weaken, bust Mississippi River levee

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

Ondatra zibethicus

http://www.ktvu.com/news/16722523/detail.html

SF Zoo Denies Report That Tiger In Fatal Attack Was Underfed - News Story - KTVU San Francisco