For Monday, June 30, 2008

Yosemite photo licensed under Creative Commons by Soller Photo

Vets OK sea turtle Dylan for release into wild - Yahoo! News



BBC NEWS Science/Nature Turtles released on beach



Accidental fungus leads to promising cancer drug - Yahoo! News


Blind Special Forces soldier: determined to serve - Yahoo! News



Mich. woman gets back ring she lost in lake in '54 - Yahoo! News



Out-of-state crews post SC signs in wrong places - Yahoo! News



Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP on Monday - Yahoo! News



Cancer 'Cure' In Mice To Be Tested In Humans



Census Of Marine Life Lists 122,500 Known Species, Over Halfway To Complete Inventory By Oct. 2010



Higher Temperatures Helped New Strain Of West Nile Virus Spread


32 genes blamed for bowel disorder - Health care- msnbc.com


Transplant recipient completes Yosemite ascent - Heart health- msnbc.com


Lost something? Check the virtual lost and found - CNN.com





Lost and Found The Found Bin



Cooks Illustrated Bulletin Board - Topic Listing: Lost Recipes

Uncle Phaedrus, Finder of Lost Recipes

For Sunday, June 29, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by jgarber

Dodgers beat Angels without a hit - MLB - Yahoo! Sports


Plane soars past destination as pilots doze: report - Yahoo! News



100 years on, mystery shrouds massive 'cosmic impact' in Russia - Yahoo! News



Fish Fade Away, Crabs Take Over



A Quark Star? Super-luminous Stellar Explosion Observed



Migrating Songbirds Learn Survival Tips On The Fly



Lyme Disease Bug Came From Europe Before Ice Age



Protecting Romaine Lettuce From Pathogens



Shiitake Mushrooms May Improve Human Immune Function, Especially If Grown On Old Oak Logs



Teen decapitated by ride at Six Flags - Life- msnbc.com


Recreating ancient sounds
Scientists were fascinated by the ghostly find: a human skeleton buried in an Aztec temple with a clay, skull-shaped whistle in each bony hand. When someone blew into the noisemaker, the shrill, windy screech made the spine tingle. If death had a sound, this was it.

For Saturday, June 28, 2008

John McCain photo licensed under Creative Commons by ping news

Up to 54 years for ringleader of body parts scheme - Yahoo! News



Reports: Siemens to cut 17,200 jobs - Yahoo! News



Siemens AG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Wards didn't tell consumers about credit card hack - Yahoo! News



Montgomery Ward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Stilt-walker completes 830 miles across Michigan - Yahoo! News


BBC NEWS Science/Nature Biometrics picks up the penguins


Biometrics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


BBC NEWS Science/Nature Whale meet ends with peace agenda


BBC NEWS Science/Nature Diary: Protecting mountain gorillas


Ancient Oak Trees Help Reduce Global Warming


Quercus


Algae From The Ocean May Offer A Sustainable Energy Source Of The Future

Algae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Starvation Hormone Makes For Small Mice, Study Finds


Quantum Computing Breakthrough Arises From Unknown Molecule


In 'Novel Playground,' Metals Self-assemble Into Porous Nanostructures


New Process Creates 3-D Nanostructures With Magnetic Materials


McCain gets backing of former jailer - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com


Court: Exorcism is protected by law - Faith- msnbc.com


Exorcism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Report: Iran will use oil as weapon if attacked - Iran- msnbc.com


100 quake dogs rescued by Chinese woman - Pet health- msnbc.com


Racial contract killing nets life term - Crime & courts- msnbc.com


You may be driving up the price of oil - Oil & energy- msnbc.com


Magnetic migraine zapper shows promise - MSNBC Wire Services - msnbc.com


Transcranial magnetic stimulation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Woman builds house from junked jumbo jet - Innovation- msnbc.com

Study: Nearly everyone can carry a tune - LiveScience- msnbc.com



Drunken driver gets 43 years for killing mom, children - CNN.com


What NOT to tell a car dealer - CNN.com

For Friday, June 27, 2008

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

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


North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer



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



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


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



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


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


Database Shows Effects Of Acid Rain On Microorganisms In Adirondack Lakes


Genomics Of Large Marine Animals Showcased



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



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



Breakthrough In Plant Medicine Production



Glycosylation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Asteroid-hunting Satellite A World First



On The Boil: New Nano Technique Significantly Boosts Boiling Efficiency




WALL-E : Official Site



Review: 'Wall-E' is a classic - CNN.com



FROM MSNBC.com Alonso Duralde’s review of new Pixar movie “WALL-E”


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


Aedes aegypti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



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



Stromatolite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



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



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



Muskrats weaken, bust Mississippi River levee



Ondatra zibethicus



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



Exclusive: Wyoming Mountain Depicted On Colorado Stamp? - Denver News Story - KMGH Denver



Mount Helen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Making poverty history - CNN.com


Going solar in the Sunshine State - Jun. 25, 2008

For Thursday, June 26, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by vladdythephotogeek

SPACE.com -- Bits of Ancient Earth Hidden on the Moon


No-fishing zones studied for ecosystem protection - Yahoo! News


Project to dissect cocoa genome, protect crop - Yahoo! News


Cocoa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Authorities hope to shoo dolphins from N.J. rivers - Yahoo! News



Cheeky Study Finds Beauty Secret in Cadavers


Scientists Hunt for Astrobiology at Carl Sagan Center - Yahoo! News



Astrobiology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific N Korea hands over nuclear data



BBC NEWS Health Cancer gene test 'for all women'



BBC NEWS Health 'Hospital risk' from radio tags



Largest Crater In Solar System Revealed By NASA Spacecraft


Salutary Pizza Spice: Oregano Helps Against Inflammations



Looming Tropical Disaster Needs Urgent Action, According To New Report


Ancient Mexican Maize Varieties: Sequencing Of Ancient Corn Landraces To Ensure Genetic Diversity And Resources



Computer Scientist Turns His Face Into A Remote Control That Speeds And Slows Video Playback


Smelly camels keep elephants away - Animal weirdness- msnbc.com


Camelidae


Seal hunt plan draws ire in Namibia - World environment- msnbc.com


Spanish lawmakers boost ape rights - Science- msnbc.com



Do you want to be a guinea pig? - CNN.com



Artificial DNA Made Exclusively of Nonnatural C-Nucleosides with Four Types of Nonnatural Bases

Spooky DNA Why would researchers create DNA-like oligomers from non-natural nucleosides? In their words, perhaps to create “a future extracellular genetic system with information storage and amplifiable abilities”.

For Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Photo of Homer's Bust licensed under Creative Commons by mharrsch

Wimbledon under fire for pigeon cull - Tennis - Yahoo! Sports



Columbidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Fish out of water: The evolutionary crawl from sea to land - Yahoo! News


Ventastega - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



BBC NEWS Science/Nature Fossil fills out water-land leap



Fishy Ancestors of Humans Surprisingly Diverse


Shootings at Ky. plastics plant stun town; 6 dead - Yahoo! News


Atlantis Plastics


Scientists seek to sort sundry names for sealife - Yahoo! News


Census of Marine Life Portal


Pilots in India often fail alcohol tests - Yahoo! News


Drugs, phones wing their way to prisoners - Yahoo! News


Drugs in rugs - Yahoo! News


Wrong names for fish seen complicating conservation - Yahoo! News




BBC NEWS Science/Nature Sun-loving frogs aid fungus fight


BBC NEWS UK England Close encounters over Mersey


When Threatened, A Few African Frogs Can Morph Toes Into Claws


Life On The Edge: To Disperse, Or Become Extinct?

Laser Fluorescence Could Find Life On Mars



Scientists Fix Bugs In Our Understanding Of Evolution


Sea Urchins Reveal Medical Mysteries -- Sea Urchins' Genetics Add To Knowledge Of Cancer, Alzheimer's And Infertility


Echinoidea


Tethered Molecules Act As Light-driven Reversible Nanoswitches



Mini Subs To Probe Odd Coral-like Growths In British Columbia, Canada, Lake


No Scent, No Sex For The Japanese Beetle


Scientists reveal why glass is glass - LiveScience- msnbc.com


Glass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




Clues from Homer classic help date 'Odyssey' slaughter - CNN.com


Odyssey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Homer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For Monday, June 23, 2008

Early Earth Marred by Acid Rain - Yahoo! News


George Carlin mourned as counterculture hero - Yahoo! News



BBC NEWS Entertainment US comedian George Carlin dies



George Carlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Tiny Shetland island declares independence - Yahoo! News



Sen. McCain offers $300 million prize for new auto battery - Yahoo! News


Some searchers still expect to see rare woodpecker - Yahoo! News


Campephilus principalis



Can the Martian arctic support extreme life? - Yahoo! News

Zoos ask, what to do with an aged lemur? - Yahoo! News

Navy conducts hearing tests on rare whale in Fla. - Yahoo! News


Mesoplodon



Outdoors in Chicago? Watch out for the blackbirds - Yahoo! News


Agelaius phoeniceus

"Curse of the Fuwa" fulfilled by floods - Yahoo! News


Whaling commission meet to debate hunting resumption - Yahoo! News



Welcome to the Website of the International Whaling Commission


BBC NEWS Science/Nature 'Neanderthal tools' found at dig



Homo neanderthalensis



BBC NEWS Health Chickens 'unlock allergy secrets'


BBC NEWS Science/Nature Meteorite could hold solar clues


DNA Study Unlocks Mystery To Diverse Traits In Dogs



Canis lupus familiaris



Birds Migrate Earlier, But Some May Be Left Behind As Climate Warms Rapidly



New Findings On Immune System In Amphibians


Engineers Create 3-D Model To Help Biologists Combat Blue Tongue Virus



Bluetongue disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Project Succeeding To Relocate Caspian Terns


Hydroprogne caspia


Phoenix Mars Lander Delivers Soil Sample To Microscope


Phoenix Mars Lander Confirms Frozen Water On Red Planet


Building Giant 'Nanoassemblies' That Sense Their Environment


12 Million Molecules Share 143 Basic Shapes, Researchers Find

8 drugs doctors wouldn't take - Health care- msnbc.com

For Friday, June 20, 2008

Photo/image of Beijing licensed under Creative Commons by keso

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_re_as/china_traffic_plan;_ylt=Aj5bXxCqG0dyrBkBibn5r8Ws0NUE

Beijing sets restrictions on cars during Olympics - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=AnC9OOG_5ybI3WrAdQ5CxmKs0NUE

Scientists believe Mars lander exposed ice crumbs - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_re_us/alaska_zoo_tigers;_ylt=Alt8W0wfQTB_.79CKZuCBS.s0NUE

Alaska Zoo gets 2 new rare Amur tigers from N.Y. - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080620/od_nm/australia_python_dc;_ylt=AuYLKX0TieZW6omDSSVKOvWs0NUE

Python found in toilet - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080620/od_nm/extraterrestrial_odd_dc;_ylt=Asvz9jXEK12JQYA5s9VFZyDtiBIF

Life in outer space? Astronomers hunt aliens - Yahoo! News

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25281490/

Life in space? Japanese astronomers hunt aliens - Space- msnbc.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/od_nm/curse_dc;_ylt=AmBLRuYcSW.xBivQWKLAucftiBIF

"Curse of the Fuwa" fulfilled by floods - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080620/sc_afp/japanwhalinggreenpeace;_ylt=AnJWZbz1EfLJ8VrcwQw7G.EPLBIF

Japan police arrest Greenpeace members over whale meat - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080619/sc_livescience/inventorssolardishcouldrevolutionizeenergyproduction;_ylt=Aqc3d.qrcsDChzmgeNy9EtgPLBIF

Inventors: Solar Dish Could Revolutionize Energy Production - Yahoo! News

http://www.livescience.com/environment/080619-solar-power.html

Inventors: Solar Dish Could Revolutionize Energy Production LiveScience

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7461707.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Arctic sea ice melt 'even faster'

http://nsidc.org/

National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)







http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7457818.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Key ocean mission goes into orbit

http://www.osd.noaa.gov/ostm/

Ocean Surface Topography Mission

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7463866.stm

BBC NEWS UK England Fisherman's shocking catch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7463810.stm

BBC NEWS Europe Rejected tiger adopted by dog

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7462900.stm

BBC NEWS Technology Firefox claims download success

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616144848.htm

Lou Gehrig's Protein Found Throughout Brain, Suggesting Effects Beyond Motor Neurons

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617142851.htm

Latrines And Out-houses Trounce Toilets In Global War Against Poor Sanitation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616160514.htm

Technique Used In Human Ankle Injuries Modified To Treat Dogs' Knees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080619111748.htm

Zebra's Stripes, Butterfly's Wings: How Do Biological Patterns Emerge?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616091602.htm

Coats Of Cellulose From Bacteria Yield Greener, Stronger Natural Composites

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080619113055.htm

Protecting Muscles Of Astronauts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Acetylcysteine

Acetylcysteine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25273114/

Frigid future for ocean in Saturn moon - Space.com- msnbc.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus_%28moon%29

Enceladus (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/06/19/pacman.dead.woman.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

Woman in 'Pacman' Vegas fight found dead in NYC - NFL - SI.com

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/dr_z/06/20/vikings/index.html?bcnn=yes

Dare I pick Minnesota to win it all? - Dr. Z - SI.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/06/20/google.lunar.xprize/index.html

Google launches new space race to the moon - CNN.com

For Thursday, June 19, 2008

Frocodile Spore creature image licensed under Creative Commons by 剛

Hundreds of brokers netted in FBI sweep - Mortgage Mess- msnbc.com



Charges at Bear Stearns linked to subprime debacle - Yahoo! News


'Rembrandt Laughing' is self-portrait - Yahoo! News


Rembrandt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Shell shuts down Nigerian oil field after attack - Yahoo! News



Royal Dutch Shell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


McCain calls for building 45 new nuclear reactors - Yahoo! News


Man with deadly skin cancer saved by new treatment - Yahoo! News



Melanoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Immunotherapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Man with deadly skin cancer saved by new treatment - Yahoo! News


Bridging the Iran-West divide to save cheetahs - Yahoo! News



Acinonyx jubatus venaticus







Rare otter gets sanctuary in Cambodian zoo - Yahoo! News



Lutra sumatrana


Genetically modified mosquitoes may combat malaria - Yahoo! News


Anopheles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Malaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Madagascar signs conservation deal with France: WWF - Yahoo! News


Namibia begins world's largest census of animals - Yahoo! News


Namibia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Petal, oldest African elephant in US zoo, dies - Yahoo! News



Australian leader, in Japan, stands firm against whaling - Yahoo! News


Kevin Rudd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia








BBC NEWS Entertainment Picasso breaks Australia record


Pablo Picasso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


BBC NEWS Africa Insecticide 'killing Kenya lions' (WARNING: VIDEO CONTENT OF DISTURBING AND SHOCKING NATURE. YOU ARE WARNED NOT TO VIEW THE VIDEO EMBED IN THIS LINK).



Carbofuran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

BBC NEWS In Pictures In Pictures: Creature creations


The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site (link to site)


Worm-like Marine Animal Providing Fresh Clues About Human Evolution


Cephalochordata



Thinking Ahead: Bacteria Anticipate Coming Changes In Their Environment


Flies Found To Have Internal Thermosensors To Monitor Environmental Temperatures


Diptera


Marine Biologists Investigate Aliens Beneath The Waves


Styela clava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Test Of Bacteria Toxin Delivery System Could Pave Way For New Antibiotic Drugs


Secretion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


New Soft Safety Helmet Lining Turns Into Rock Hard Shock Absorber When Hit


Home - SINTEF


Grains And Liquids Demonstrate Similar Cohesion Effects


Ancient Fort Opens New Chapter In First Nations' History


Science proves that bikinis turn men into boobs - Sexploration - msnbc.com


Dad gets life sentence for baby's cocaine death - Crime & courts- msnbc.com


CDC: 383 tainted tomato cases confirmed - Infectious diseases- msnbc.com


Ethanol backers look way beyond corn - World environment- msnbc.com


Japan debuts 3-D TV - CNN.com


The danger of maple bats is a major problem for MLB - Tom Verducci - SI.com