For Friday, August 15, 2008

Legal milestone for open source

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7561943.stm

Cooking up some stories - the famous US WWII spies revealed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7562242.stm

Julia Child

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

BBC reporter harassed at Tibet protest

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7562297.stm

Sixth gold for unstoppable Phelps

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/swimming/7562248.stm

Food for fuel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7562840.stm

America’s new golden girl

http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=216021.html#liukin+grabs+gold

Slide show: Liukin's performance in Beijing

http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=621/photos/galleryid=191747.html

Nastia Liukin

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

Video: Watch Phelps win gold in 200 IM

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player.html?assetid=0815_hd_swb_hl_l0567&channelcode=sportsw



Interactive map Explore Beijing's Olympic venues and landmarks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/7493757.stm

Windows 7 details to be released

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7562720.stm

Bats face dark times ahead

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7555941.stm

Head of Roman empress unearthed

Faustina the Elder

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

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7560833.stm

Species 'damaging waterways'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7559266.stm

Climate 'altering UK bird habits'


Gaming's new 'sensory reality'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7562336.stm

Roman coffins discovered at dig

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7561263.stm

Rat-brain robot in memory study

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7559150.stm

Birds released in secret location

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7559305.stm

Water's the limit for tall trees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7556065.stm

Pseudotsuga

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

Chiefs admit Brum skyline mix-up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/7560392.stm

Study Shows Continued Spread Of 'Dead Zones'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814154325.htm


Phoenix: First Image Of Martian Dust Particle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814164414.htm

How Flesh-eating Bacteria Attack Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813120743.htm

Major Genetic Cause Of Colon Cancer Found, Linked To Unequal Gene Activity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814154337.htm

Hybrid 'Muttsucker' Has Genes Of Three Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080723190731.htm

Turning Waste Material Into Ethanol

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813164640.htm

Big-brained Animals Evolve Faster

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814210006.htm

'Flu Vaccination' Protects Bacteria Against Virus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814163649.htm

Managing the Conch Fishery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812135511.htm

Strombidae

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

New Nanomaterial Makes Plastic Stiffer, Lighter And Stronger

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731140141.htm

xGnP Exfoliated Graphite NanoPlatelets

http://www.chems.msu.edu/grad/mse.phd.diss.htm

Solar Collector Could Change Asphalt Roads Into Renewable Energy Source

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812135702.htm

New Theory For Latest High-temperature Superconductors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813122943.htm

Self-assembling Polymer Arrays Improve Data Storage Potential

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814154323.htm

Trees, Forests And The Eiffel Tower Reveal Theory Of Design In Nature

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814104839.htm

Vegetable Scales With A Mind Of Their Own

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814091057.htm



Edwards ally details payment to mistress

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26216035/

Russia says U.S.-Poland missile deal ‘cannot go unpunished’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26203430/

Peter Pan arrested at Disneyland

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26213955/

Portal to mythical Mayan underworld found

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26208873/

Scientists 'listen' to plants to find pollution

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26200052/

Octopuses have six 'arms' and two 'legs'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26197656/

Supercomputer to explore mass of the universe

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26199294/

Shedding light on 'spooky' physics

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26182524/

Audio: Pilot said Obama plane had 'emergency'

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/15/obama.plane/index.html

Is that a Bigfoot carcass in the freezer?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/14/bigfoot.body/index.html

Hunters claim to have nabbed Bigfoot, Internet goes nuts

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080814/tc_cnet/83011357731001710236;_ylt=AgQtDB_qZivG_JVwAsfVE5ms0NUE

Scientists worried about tiny invasive snail found in Michigan

http://www.yahoo.com/s/935574

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

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

Dropped calls plague iPhone 3G, and not just in U.S.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080815/tc_usatoday/droppedcallsplagueiphone3gandnotjustinus;_ylt=Aq8ShfkmMnukpyL3fKO4AtCs0NUE

King penguin receives Norwegian knighthood

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_fe_st/odd_penguin_knighted;_ylt=Am.CGkhBK80hxcVucrXNnj6s0NUE

Blog Action Day

http://blogactionday.cmail1.com/l/487919/xtd4j1lr/4

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/

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

For Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Sick bees lose their buzz, study finds - Yahoo! News



Early Mars Was All Wet - Yahoo! News



Chesapeake watermen fear blue crab not coming back - Yahoo! News



Callinectes sapidus



Maryland Blue Crab


Training reassessed after plutonium spill - Yahoo! News



E. coli linked to beef now reported in 5 states - Yahoo! News


Man spent $1,000 a week on beer? - Yahoo! News


Gulf Dead Zone May Grow Larger Than Ever - Yahoo! News


BBC NEWS Science/Nature Fishing ban brings seas to life


BBC NEWS UK Scotland Highlands and Islands Breeding rate fall for rare bird


Podiceps auritus



BBC NEWS UK Scotland Tayside and Central Ancient tree 'one of UK's best'



Fortingall Yew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Taxus baccata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Mechanism Behind Mind-body Connection Discovered


Two Extinct Flying Reptiles Compared: One Was A Glider, The Other A Parachutist


The 700-year-old Mexican Mummy With A Tummy Ache



Tigers Disappear From Himalayan Refuge


Horse Racecourse In Ancient Olympia Discovered After 1600 Years



Hippodrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



The science behind the August eclipse - Space.com- msnbc.com



8 charged over skull-trafficking ring - CNN.com



Dead Great White Shark Washes Up On Beach - Boston News Story - WCVB Boston

For Friday, April 4, 2008

Employers slashed 80,000 jobs in March


Zimbabwe gets $50 million bank note


Germs in soil find antibiotics tasty



'Fresh Tibetan riots' in China


£10m marine energy prize unveiled

Lincoln letter sets record price


Graphene Gazing Gives Glimpse Of Foundations Of Universe



Fine Structure Constant



Dead Zone Off Texas Coast Existed Since 1985



Dead zone (ecology)