For Thursday, August 28, 2008

6.1 magnitude quake hits Vancouver Island

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26437761/

Arctic ice 'is at tipping point'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7585645.stm

Giant panda cub is born

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7585607.stm

Indian PM says flood 'a calamity'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7585797.stm

2008 Indian Floods

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Indian_floods

Social factors key to ill health

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7584056.stm

Man's 'pants' password is changed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/7585098.stm

First light for space telescope

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7584915.stm

NASA website for GLAST

http://glast.gsfc.nasa.gov/

'No alternative' to squirrel cull

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7582554.stm

'Complexity' of Neanderthal tools

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7582912.stm

Emblem in danger

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7583757.stm

Cedrus libani

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

Water scarcity is causing food shortages and environmental decline - so why is it ignored?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7564140.stm

iPhone ad rapped as 'misleading'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7582197.stm

Pole trek needs last explorer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7580913.stm

Minimum Mass For Galaxies Discovered: Breakthrough Sheds Light On Mysterious Dark Matter

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080827163812.htm

Why Is Greenland Covered In Ice?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080827163818.htm

Greenland Web Site

http://uk.nanoq.gl/

Drug-induced Plasticity Protects Addict's Brain?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080827163820.htm

Clash Of Clusters: New Dark Matter Clue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080827104704.htm

First Prehistoric Pregnant Turtle Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080827152614.htm

Adocus kirtlandius

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=82835

Over 10 Million Americans Are Taking Opioids Each Week, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080827163937.htm

Opioid

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

Protection Zones In The Wrong Place To Prevent Coral Reef Collapse

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080826205932.htm

Olive Leaf Extract Can Help Tackle High Blood Pressure And Cholesterol

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080827002717.htm

EFLA 943

http://home2.btconnect.com/jrb/antipress.html

Sweet Potato Out-Yields Corn In Ethanol Production Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080825200752.htm

Ipomoea batatas

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

Rosetta Spacecraft On Its Way To Meet Asteroid Steins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080828084407.htm

Asteroid (2867) Steins

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2867_%C5%A0teins

Wind-powered 'Ventomobile' Places First in Race

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080827104702.htm

Raft made of plastic bottles crosses Pacific

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26436974/

Up to 10,000 defy order to end Thai protest

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26435856/

Mackenzie Phillips arrested for drugs at airport

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26426549/

Mackenzie Phillips

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

(Normally, we don’t do “entertainment” story links, but this story has been off-and-on since the ‘70’s.)

Cells switch identity in biological breakthrough

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26421737/

Banking customers' info sold on eBay

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26412391/

Georgia Aquarium houses giant manta ray

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Manta birostris

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



Manta birostris

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=2061&genusname=Manta&speciesname=birostris

Jesus' image seen on wings of a moth

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/08/28/lane.jesus.moth.kltv

Web surfing without leaving a trace

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/28/microsoft.broswer.explorer.ap/index.html

Five mistakes that will land you in medical debt

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/28/ep.medical.debt/index.html

Tomb of the Unknowns caught in battle

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/27/tomb.unknowns/index.html

Official U.S. Army Tomb Guard and Tomb of the Unknowns website

http://www.army.mil/oldguard/SpecialtyPlatoons/Tomb.htm

Boy born with 2 heads dies; parents couldn't afford health care

http://www.yahoo.com/s/943750

Germans probing whether Bayer pesticide caused honeybee colony collapse

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080826/sc_mcclatchy/3028384;_ylt=ArzMk.WGdtMEHRPdZjRpO7Ss0NUE

Clothianidin

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

Purdue reprimands fusion scientist for misconduct

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_sc/sci_fusion_probe;_ylt=AqM6gDUb3oBZvii8EhcjKQis0NUE

One small hitch for FAA, one giant mess for fliers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_hi_te/faa_communication_breakdown;_ylt=Ar0oU65ELfoylnDjZeWILqas0NUE

Rat meat in demand as inflation bites

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080827/od_nm/cambodia_rats_odd_dc;_ylt=As3PaVpuRGeRngpRL7yMp3us0NUE

Cat survives being walled in under bath for 7 weeks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080826/od_nm/germany_cat_dc;_ylt=AgFCNVMMhILEpnjhtgTUY96s0NUE


Woman goes down baggage chute at Swedish airport (…we wept with mean-spirited laughter after reading this one…apologies…)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/swedenairportoffbeat;_ylt=At0nUJ6E1DaXZWNSaZoJlLDtiBIF

Live Architecture: Grow Your Own Home

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080828/sc_livescience/livearchitecturegrowyourownhome;_ylt=ApOWWQ8VDsQtdqMm7BqcSCAPLBIF

Great Ape Trust says flood bill is $1 million

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_us/iowa_flooding_apes;_ylt=Alu_EqlbzP6PX9W3qqAI9eIPLBIF

Millionaires' secrets

http://www.yahoo.com/s/943427