Thursday, July 31, 2008

For Thursday, July 31, 2008

Plants Talk, Even Eavesdrop

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080731/sc_livescience/plantstalkeveneavesdrop;_ylt=AuhONRnKRLb10exFLg.awJUPLBIF

Nano-foods: The next consumer scare?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080730/sc_nm/nanofoods_dc;_ylt=AsuQVRyf83C016.NrMgWyBAPLBIF

Signs of Life Found Inside Rock Salt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/signsoflifefoundinsiderocksalt;_ylt=AhWpONAIl1iIp_e4DIv7F3UDW7oF

Live fish caught at record depth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7525552.stm

Tips to get ahead in Beijing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7511876.stm

European Birds Flock To Warming Britain, While Some Northern Species Not Faring As Well

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080729234302.htm

New Class Of Glassy Material Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728193229.htm
New Yeast Trick For Eating Favorite Food

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080730140730.htm

Life In A Bubble: Mathematicians Explain How Insects Breathe Underwater

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080730155354.htm

Frankincense Provides Relief To Arthritis Sufferers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080729234300.htm

Boswellia serrata

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

Solar Eclipse On The Morning Of August 1st

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080724143903.htm

Sleeping man beheaded on Greyhound bus

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25949218/

Texters hurt as they walk, ride — even cook

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25934644/

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

For Wednesday, July 30, 2008

7-square-mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/ap_on_sc/canada_arctic_ice_shelf

Ward Hunt Ice Shelf

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

Bison advocates aim to seed West with new herds

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/ap_on_re_us/return_of_the_buffalo;_ylt=AjIbN_wScLODhBwHDaDVGNms0NUE

Man, 66, records 2 holes-in-one in same round

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_fe_st/odd_two_holes_in_one;_ylt=Aijl1C_KXNgMadkCvsMK.M7tiBIF

Police hunt stolen rare shark

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080729/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_britain_shark;_ylt=AgTolg0abP2GGM8ySXZJFiLtiBIF

Atelomycterus macleayi

http://wap.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=791



Portrait of Woman Revealed Beneath Van Gogh Painting

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080730/sc_livescience/portraitofwomanrevealedbeneathvangoghpainting;_ylt=AldfQk2H49a0MG0hsZEY3GwPLBIF

Monkey from Mars: A Ga. crime lab's museum oddity

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_mars_monkey;_ylt=Aj31qloRVQRI7senoHYoOj8DW7oF

Deficit nears a half trillion

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/deficitnearsahalftrillion;_ylt=AkNF.u5eFLeQ4ZWgVmvpWkEDW7oF

Chinese man held for quake photos

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7532813.stm

Record fine over BBC's phone-ins

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7497168.stm

New rainforest species revealed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7531537.stm



Thai school offers transsexual toilet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7529227.stm

Did Dinosaur Soft Tissues Still Survive? New Research Challenges Notion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080729234140.htm

Lost An Appendage? Grow Another

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728221236.htm

Ciona intestinalis

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

Electrical Activity On Saturn's Moon Titan Confirmed By Spanish Scientists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080729075117.htm

Unexpected Key To Flowering Plants' Diversity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728192946.htm

Protein Plays Jekyll And Hyde Role In Lou Gehrig's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728215336.htm

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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

Could Metals Help Treat Cancer?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080727225418.htm

Polyoxometalate

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

New Species Of Predatory Bagworm From Panama's Tropical Forest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080729133614.htm

Psychidae

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

Bioengineers Develop 'Microscope On A Chip'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728192813.htm

Delta says body found in plane's restroom

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25928867/

Cheech and Chong feud goes up in smoke

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25930766/

Cheech and Chong

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

Mexico's drug cartels target bystanders

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25925296/

White House gives details on deficit borrowing

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25931893/

U.N.: Millions at risk in N.K. food crisis

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/30/nk.un.food/index.html

White House reverses; housing rescue is law

http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/30/news/economy/housing_bill_Bush/index.htm?cnn=yes

Rescuers build bridge to reach 70 stranded

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/07/30/newmexico.flooding.ap/index.html

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

For Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Feminists cry foul over Fat Princess

http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/feminists-cry-foul-over-fat-princess/1232315

Labrador 'runs' for mayor of Fairhope, Alabama

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_fe_st/odd_fido_for_mayor;_ylt=AgfacEL0PhcUu5GujbDtOLas0NUE

Sweet fruit drinks found to lead to diabetes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080728/hl_nm/diabetes_calories_dc;_ylt=Asm6T.9MwBxLfXK.GF0luSms0NUE

Hurricane Dolly may have shrunk Gulf 'dead zone'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_re_us/dead_zone;_ylt=AsEoqKdCULUBGX0TPqp2t7Ks0NUE

Tree shrews thrive, hangover-free, on alcohol

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080729/od_nm/alcohol_dc;_ylt=AvXzQ3lU.LC0skhgJ1bNbe2s0NUE

Rare new Tanzania monkey "at risk of extinction"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080729/sc_nm/science_monkey_dc;_ylt=Al0RoMobF_.wSf496ygpPwQPLBIF

Rungwecebus kipunji

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

Thousands evacuated in Budapest as WW2 bomb found

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/hungary_bomb_dc;_ylt=Agbm1zXTyDpGpFybOB0_d2kDW7oF

Cavers recover ancient bear bones

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7528648.stm

Rare amphibian found in India

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7531055.stm

Russian subs reach bottom of Lake Baikal

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25907619/

Piecing Together An Extinct Lemur, Large As A Big Baboon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728192653.htm

Hadropithecus stenognathus

http://cacajao.tripod.com/hadropithecus_stenognathus.html

Fungus Foot Baths Could Save Bees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728081621.htm

Diamonds May Have Been Life's Best Friend On Primordial Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728220324.htm

Diamond

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

What Do Squid Hear?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728221125.htm

There's life in space, says someone who's been there

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/t118421-japan-space/

Sunscreen for Crops

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/07/28/crop.sunscreen.ap/index.html

Sir Ed helps close net on elusive yeti

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4634395a11.html

Orangutans concoct plant-based soothing balm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/28/orangutan_balm/














Monday, July 28, 2008

For Monday, July 28, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_go_ot/salmonella_lobbying

Food industry bitten by its lobbying success

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_bi_ge/foreclosure_rates

US foreclosure filings more than double in 2Q

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7520868.stm

Rare fossils in India threatened

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7524557.stm

Shark-spotters wanted in Cornwall

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=90

Cetorhinus maximus - FishBase


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080725/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_nuclear_usa_airforce

U.S. missile crew falls asleep with launch codes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080724/us_nm/mine_utah_dc

Utah mine collapse caused by faulty design: probe

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080725/lf_nm_life/lottery_tickets_dc

Feeling poor spurs lottery ticket purchases

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_en_ot/obit_pausch

Prof whose 'last lecture' became a sensation dies



http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap;_ylt=An8XIgETVgLNE49lwEt1D6SLCpJ4?gid=280727111

MLB Pitcher Breaks 101 year old record

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_hi_te/google_challenger;_ylt=AqNwK1O1I38UD8WFh5.aaTys0NUE

Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search

http://www.cuil.com/

Link to Cuil

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080727/ap_on_re_as/china_pandas;_ylt=AgKv9On5UsSiuGXiECL18dCs0NUE

4 panda cubs born at Chinese breeding center

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080726/sc_livescience/thesurprisinghistoryofamericaswildhorses;_ylt=Av4Of_v3hokLY3oLbA6KVz0PLBIF

The Surprising History of America's Wild Horses

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080724/sc_afp/spaingeologyhistoryscience;_ylt=AhW96ZW_0oUP.hqXMu5QpZwPLBIF

Unknown insects found in 110-million-year-old amber in Spain

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080725/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_nuclear_usa_airforce

U.S. missile crew falls asleep with launch codes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080724143900.htm

Tracking Down Origin Of Matter And Antimatter

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7526871.stm

Rare seahorses born at aquarium

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1801

Hippocampus hippocampus - FishBase

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/suffolk/7527138.stm

Kray paintings sell for £16,500

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

Kray twins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080725152314.htm

Researchers Discover New States Of Electrons That Behave Like Light

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080727224101.htm

Francisella Tularensis: Stopping A Biological Weapon

Thursday, July 24, 2008

For Thursday, July 24, 2008

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

For Wednesday, July 23, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_he_me/salmonella_tomatoes;_ylt=AnOpvtB1oC5bJi0o0Gtwze6s0NUE

FDA finds salmonella strain in jalapeno pepper - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_sc/dead_zone;_ylt=Anmqluy_Ajig2SsHVYqzdx2s0NUE

Researcher says Gulf dead zone bigger than ever - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080720/ap_on_sc/brazil_dead_penguins;_ylt=AgDFccpy4PHwrRstKh08_ZWs0NUE

Hundreds of baby penguins found dead in Brazil - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080719/ap_on_sc/wolf_delisting;_ylt=AiaHCLR9m5eESsjgLvsN7M6s0NUE

Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080721/ap_on_re/britain_ancient_bible;_ylt=AlgVwynwMnfcHNnZBEI6RbOs0NUE

Scholars plan to reunite ancient Bible — online - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080722/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_galapagos_george;_ylt=Ao7DQWR.5Mx13_HOhIwXDvftiBIF

Lonesome George may end bachelor days on Galapagos - Yahoo! News

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

Geochelone nigra abingdoni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_re_eu/eu_canada_seal_hunt;_ylt=AtUZQdHQMFgqwQ2fyYL.6HUPLBIF

EU proposes crackdown on seal hunt - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_re_as/china_pandas;_ylt=Al_lNGZ7KunoGVpIc6lmhucPLBIF

7 pandas remain at famed breeding center in China - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080722/sc_livescience/fossilsuggestsantarcticamuchwarmerinpast;_ylt=AtXKsCdJM9tIp025etssVScPLBIF

Fossil Suggests Antarctica Much Warmer in Past

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7519614.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Fossils date Dry Valleys' origin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080722192345.htm

Unique Fossil Discovery Shows Antarctic Was Once Much Warmer

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

Ostracod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7520401.stm

BBC NEWS UK UK Politics Campaigner 'glues himself to PM'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7516874.stm

BBC NEWS Africa Zimbabweans play the zero game

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7521137.stm

The dangers of too much detox

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7511352.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Dolphin call tells calf who's mum

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

Tursiops truncatus and T. aduncus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7513635.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature '100 months to save the planet'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7519263.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature New white whale spotted

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

Megaptera novaeangliae

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

Leucism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7517700.stm

BBC NEWS UK Northern Ireland Back from the brink, Red Kites return

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

Milvus milvus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080722091652.htm

Ultrasonic Frogs Can Tune Their Ears To Different Frequencies

http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Odorrana&where-species=tormota

AmphibiaWeb - Odorrana tormota

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080722072025.htm

New Population Of Highly Threatened Greater Bamboo Lemur Found In Madagascar

http://www.animalinfo.org/species/primate/hapasimu.htm

Animal Info - Greater Bamboo Lemur

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080721001742.htm

Adding Lime To Seawater May Cut Carbon Dioxide Levels Back To Pre-industrial Levels

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

Calcium oxide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080721092416.htm

90 Billion Tons Of Microbial Organisms Live In Deep Marine Subsurface: More Archaea Than Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080717140448.htm

Super-Resolution X-ray Microscopy Unveils Buried Secrets Of The Nanoworld

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080718112208.htm

Molecular Hula Hoop Nanorotor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080720150203.htm

Genetics Of White Horses Unraveled: One Mutation Makes Ordinary Horses Turn Grey, Then White, Very Young

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080722225336.htm

Commercial Bees Spreading Disease To Wild Pollinating Bees

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25815901/

Toyota overtook GM in first-half world sales - Autos- msnbc.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/23/detroit.mayor.ap/index.html

Detroit mayor accused of lying about other affairs - CNN.com

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825244,00.html?cnn=yes


When Jellyfish Attack - TIME

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

Pelagia noctiluca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Friday, July 18, 2008

For Friday, July 18, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_re_us/army_pigs;_ylt=At8uTVX0KTvcyEHY9HhD70Cs0NUE

Army to shoot live pigs for medical drill - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080716/sc_livescience/sexypeoplesoundbetter;_ylt=ArbtsHDtdVgxxH5xKuuZGYes0NUE

Sexy People Sound Better

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_fe_st/odd_sticky_shutdown;_ylt=AvAiUfmz2eltZUXOJQ9YrD7tiBIF

5,000 gallons of molasses spill on Texas highway - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080718/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_india_divorce;_ylt=AlbeW1KOggFaga3.j.tM0M_tiBIF

With this fake wife, I divorce thee

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7514426.stm

Killer game chargers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7509556.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Highlands and Islands 'Survival zones' for butterflies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/working_lunch/7508436.stm

BBC NEWS Programmes Working Lunch Scientists look for cash spinners

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7510334.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Ancient bones could yield TB clue

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7513315.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Huge squid is cut open

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7514281.stm

BBC NEWS UK MoD admits loss of 'secret' files

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080717140451.htm

Fragile Antarctic Marine Life Pounded By Icebergs: Biodiversity Suffering

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080717134558.htm

Single Boulder May Prove That Antarctica And North America Were Once Connected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080715204750.htm

Frogs With Disease-resistance Genes May Escape Extinction



http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080715092602.htm

Researchers Generate Hydrogen Without The Carbon Footprint

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080714141257.htm

Golf Technique Challenged: When It Comes To Putting, Tiger Might Not Have The Best Advice

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/07/the-end-of-huma.html#posts

The End of Human Customer Service?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25736798/

U.S. soldier remains from 1846 found in Mexico - Science- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25690554/

Seven superpowers destined for the masses - Science- msnbc.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/17/airborne.soldiers.family/index.html

'It's gonna be a bloodbath,' fallen soldier told father - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/17/pelosi.interview/index.html

Pelosi: Bush 'a total failure' - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/15/olsen.solar/index.html

Water fresh from the tarp - CNN.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_bi_ge/farm_scene_citrus_panic;_ylt=AoyaYL7vqiEB58HoQvzREqUPLBIF

Tiny bug threatens California citrus industry - Yahoo! News

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

Psyllid

Thursday, July 17, 2008

For Thursday, July 17, 2008



How Mars and Alaska Are Alike - Yahoo! News



Speech clues from grunting fish
A grunting fish helps scientists to date the origins of speech to about 400 million years ago.


Researchers report toadfish sing to attract mates - Yahoo! News


Batrachoididae


Cleveland Clinic taking kidneys through navel - Yahoo! News



Mexico captures submarine loaded with drugs - Yahoo! News


Illegal trade in Indonesian markets putting wild animals in danger - Yahoo! News


BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Vet braves danger to save shark


Carcharias taurus, Sand tiger shark: fisheries, gamefish


BBC NEWS Science/Nature Sea die-out blamed on volcanoes


Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



BBC NEWS Science/Nature Elements brought to life online


BBC NEWS UK Scotland Tayside and Central Teenager scales Himalayan heights


Students Who Use 'Clickers' Score Better On Physics Tests


Tree Branching Key To Efficient Flow In Nature And Novel Materials



Glimpses Of Earliest Forms Of Life On Earth: Remnant Of Ancient 'RNA World' Discovered



Europe's Ancestors: Cro-Magnon 28,000 Years Old Had DNA Like Modern Humans



Brain Morphology Of Homo Liujiang Cranium Fossil Detailed With 3-D CT Scan



‘The Dark Knight’ ups the ante - At the movies- msnbc.com



The Dark Knight – Official Site



Bigger is better, until you go extinct - LiveScience- msnbc.com



Experts eye moving species to save them - Climate Change- msnbc.com



Russia says remains of last czar's son identified - Science- msnbc.com


They're stealing your trash - CNN.com