MD Breakthrough? and More on Rising Sea Levels and More for Tuesday, March 17, 2009

DNA 'Patch' For Canine Form Of Muscular Dystrophy Developed, First Treatment For Human Muscular Dystrophy In Sight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316101426.htm

Climate Change Affecting Life In Antarctica

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312140848.htm

$50 million lawsuit filed by chimp-attack victim

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29735924/

Fate of polar bears seen to depend on emissions cuts

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52f3ua-us-polarbears-melting/

Ursus maritimus

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

Hippo sweat: The next big thing in sunscreen?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29727352/

Hippopotomidae

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

Bornean sun bear cubs debut at San Diego Zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_us/zoo_sun_bears;_ylt=AlB.00eONqWIaoL0ZBJbzdAPLBIF

Helarctos malayanus

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

Cattle respond to magnetic fields from power lines

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090316/ap_on_sc/sci_cow_compass;_ylt=Al96M2AgbaiUY5FIq4tC5SAPLBIF

Kangaroos in the firing line in Australia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29735008/

Macropus giganteus

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

Madrid plans vulture rescue law

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7947442.stm

Fossil sea monster's bite makes T-Rex look feeble

http://news.stv.tv/oddly-enough/82689-fossil-sea-monsters-bite-makes-trex-look-feeble/

Canadian dig yields tiny dinosaur

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7947240.stm

Hesperonychus

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

Forests 'facing a testing time'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7942237.stm

Stress May Cause The Brain To Become Disconnected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316075845.htm

A few states buck stem cell trend with bans

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g0rp-us-stemcells-states/

'Shocking' hospital caused deaths

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/7948293.stm

Report says 3 percent in DC have HIV or AIDS

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090316/ap_on_he_me/dc_aids_epidemic;_ylt=AoeYcOP39SE2_abj5fDgiROs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNjQwMmtuBHBvcwMxMzkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3JlcG9ydHNheXMzcA--

Catching The Common Cold Virus Genome

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316142438.htm

Malaria Immunity Trigger Found For Multiple Mosquito Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313110744.htm

Hepatitis C: Key Molecules That Inhibit Viral Production Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310131118.htm

Measuring The Strength Needed To Move Chromosomes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312214107.htm

Long-sought food labeling law takes effect today

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29724685/

Understanding new label of origin laws

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29679355/

Country of Origin Labeling

http://www.ams.usda.gov/cool/

'Sunshade' Could Reduce Solar Power Generation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311124022.htm

New Tool For Study Of Air Quality Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311085406.htm

How rising sea level has affected the Maldives

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7945877.stm

Future of floods Anticipating watery climate change in the Netherlands

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7942169.stm

For Friday, May 2, 2008

King Penguin photo licensed under Creative Commons by Yukon White Light

Today we explore: a fur seal that seems to prefer sex with a King Penguin (!) - pictured at right - , elephant killings in the Congo, Martian life and fossils, a project to DNA Barcode trees, the rediscovery of the cloud rat, a rare parasitic plant from Mexico, the endangered Asian vulture, how spiders communicate sexual intent through UVB rays, a very nasty and dangerous germ (Clostridium difficile - you don't want this thing), Paranthropus bosei, parachuting dogs, the death of Ling Ling, the mysterious die-off of hundreds of Mallards, the mortality of caribou calves, a carcinogen in human milk, and how the Sun might actually create extinctions through its movement and interaction with comets. Please browse on, click and enjoy. We've also added a new link list: Floralinks. Also added today (finally): Dodolinks. Our newest links are listed on the top right hand side of the page.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_sc/tree_dna;_ylt=Ao5znBchb6gplxar_4xdJRqs0NUE

Scientists to capture DNA of trees worldwide for database - Yahoo! News





http://www.livescience.com/animals/080501-cloud-rat.html

Cloud Rat Rediscovered after 112 Years LiveScience

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

Carpomys melanurus

Carpomys melanurus (Zipcode zoo)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/sc_afp/scienceanimalsbirdsoffbeat;_ylt=AuKuByVOGPEsPcoRROOnM24PLBIF

Where am I? Chemical compass helps bird brains - Yahoo! News

http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/category/colossal-squid/

Colossal squid « Te Papa’s Blog

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080501-am-mars-life-iron.html

SPACE.com -- What Mars Fossils Might Look Like








http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_sc/rare_plant;_ylt=AqV_hdQXuQnB8EZv77U0DvMPLBIF

Scientist rediscovers rare plant unseen since 1985 - Yahoo! News

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

Conopholis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7379554.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature 'Sex pest' seal attacks penguin

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

Arctocephalus gazella

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

Aptenodytes patagonicus



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7378196.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Study sheds light on spider sex

http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Phintella_vittata.asp

Phintella vittata (No common name)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7379775.stm

BBC NEWS World Africa Fears over Congo elephant killing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7373381.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature 'Decade to save Asian vultures'

http://www.wwfpak.org/sc_vulture.php

Oriental White-backed Vulture (Gyps benegalensis) and Long-billed Vulture (Gyps indicus)




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24407803/

A bad germ gets worse - Health care- msnbc.com

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

Clostridium difficile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24388112/

Nutcracker Man strangely preferred fruits - LiveScience- msnbc.com

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

Paranthropus boisei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24386579/

Bats can put on the loudest rock concert — ever - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24405578/

Parachuting dog helped win WWII - LiveScience- msnbc.com



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24386784/

Ling Ling, Japan's oldest giant panda, dies - Science- msnbc.com

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

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/01/canada.ducks.ap/index.html

Canada probes deaths of hundreds of ducks - CNN.com

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

Anas platyrhynchos



http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080501180253.htm

Global Warming Linked To Caribou-calf Mortality

http://zipcodezoo.com/animals/r/rangifer_tarandus_tarandus.asp

Rangifer tarandus tarandus (Caribou, Eurasian Tundra Reindeer)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080428203702.htm

Life-Probing Instrument Preparing For Mission To Mars

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/images/pia09174.html

NASA - Urey: Mars Organic and Oxidant Detector

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080502092145.htm

Sun's Movement Through Milky Way Regularly Sends Comets Hurtling, Coinciding With Mass Life Extinctions

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

Sol