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Friday, December 26, 2008

For Friday, December 26, 2008


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7797776.stm

Africa's oldest chimp, a conservation icon, dies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28368980/

Gregoire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregoire_(chimpanzee)

Wolf captured near tourist part of Great Wall

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081225/od_nm/us_china_wolf_odd;_ylt=AiiPl_86EREPioFv5vUAgHWs0NUE

Quiet Bison Sire More Calves Than Louder Rivals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131014.htm

Male Rhino, 20, Seeks Mate to Save Species

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6522115

Snowy Owl -- A Marine Species?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210143416.htm

Bubo scandiacus

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

Why some Scottish salmon are leaping for joy this year

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/7797156.stm

Fisheries Catch-22: Captive Breeding Aims To Conserve Biodiversity But Plunders Genetic Diversity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211081616.htm

Honey Bees On Cocaine Dance More

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223091308.htm

Modified Plants May Yield More Biofuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222163051.htm

Hobbyists try genetic engineering at home

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390773/

DIY Genetics: Revolutionary or Risky?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/wireStory?id=6527921

Experts Detail The Three Rules For Technological Fixes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218094626.htm

Newsweek: Why we should demolish the FCC

http://www.newsweek.com/id/176809

Wal-Mart to start selling iPhones on Sunday

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bp1ya-us-walmart-iphone/

Android apps you won't find on the iPhone

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28355832/

How an old phone can make money

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7772985.stm

Vietnam tightens rules on blogs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7798681.stm

Enhancing Solar Cells With Nanoparticles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223172705.htm

Efficient Organic LEDs A Step Toward Better Lights

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223121129.htm

Millions of older Americans use risky drug combos

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081224/ap_on_he_me/med_drug_interactions;_ylt=AnpY2opzcw3bEcrrOFfOoAGs0NUE

Too sick to work? Need health care? Take a number

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081223/ap_on_he_me/health_care_gap;_ylt=AkkZ1KxZhnrevUbOOOpuwIOs0NUE

U.S. Medical Trash Saving Lives In Africa

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/24/eveningnews/main4686034.shtml

Speed your metabolism with these fat-burners

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28301841/

Diet appears to alter heart failure risk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390490/

Another reason to slim your belly

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390722/

Whooping Cough Making a Comeback

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6512732&page=1

Bordetella pertussis

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

'Nano' Drugs Kill Skin, Breast Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215151147.htm

New Evidence That Humans Make Aspirin's Active Principle -- Salicylic Acid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222122559.htm

Salicylic acid

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

Unwanted Memories Might Be Erasable

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223121137.htm

Premature Babies Have Altered Senses Later On

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222100710.htm

How limb pain limits web surfing

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390371/

Mystery Of Hexagonal Column Formations Solved

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216104325.htm

Sparkling Spray Of Stars Seen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216114435.htm

NGC 2264

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2264

Worlds of wonder

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Star of wonder

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7791571.stm

Celebrating lack of achievement

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7791000/7791966.stm

US singer Eartha Kitt dies at 81

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7799852.stm

Eartha Kitt

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

Informant's Death Brings New Law, Lawsuit

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6518730&page=1

Toll rises in 'Santa' LA shooting

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7799809.stm

Suspected Santa Shooter Had Booby-Trapped Car, $10K in Cash

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6530779&page=1

SciTechBlog: The Water Bullet

http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/



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Thursday, August 28, 2008

For Thursday, August 28, 2008


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

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
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Friday, August 15, 2008

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









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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

For Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Russians on move; Georgians flee


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26116598/

Retail sales fall for first time in five months

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26174995/



'Slow' light to speed up the net

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7557280.stm

Phelps breaks Olympic gold record

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/swimming/7557675.stm

Video: Watch U.S., Phelps win 800 relay

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player.html?assetid=0813_hd_swb_hl_l0368&channelcode=sportsw

Live - Olympics (Only for scheduled events)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/live_action/7557665.stm

Dancer may be paralyzed after rehearsal injury

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26171257/


Georgia beats Russia on the beach

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26176124/



Rocky Horror movie to be remade

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7558091.stm

Recession fears weigh on sterling

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7557019.stm

Charles in GM 'disaster' warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7557644.stm

Link to Official website of HRH The Prince of Wales

http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/

Dangerous jellyfish on rise in UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7558354.stm

Creatures given more protection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7556309.stm

Free software to 'see sound'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7557660.stm

Device 'steals chip-and-pin data'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7557956.stm

Tiny Molecule Helps Build, Repair Blood Vessels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812094524.htm

microRNA

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

Strange Molecule In Sky Cleans Acid Rain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812213935.htm

O'Donnell et al. Special Feature: Spectroscopic identification and stability of the intermediate in the OH HONO2 reaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800320105

New Group Of Plant Hormones Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812100327.htm

5-deoxy-strigol

http://tel.readfree.net/bbs/simple/t72489.html

Diamonds As Window To Center Of The Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812100333.htm

'Anti-noise' Silences Wind Turbines

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811095500.htm

Anti-noise

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-noise



With Skate Eyes, Scientists Peer Into Human Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813101953.htm

Invasion Of Comb Jellyfish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813101741.htm

Mnemiopsis ledyi

http://nas.er.usgs.gov/taxgroup/Coelenterates/default.asp

Cassini Begins Transmitting Data From Enceladus Flyby

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812100324.htm

Enceladus

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

Light Metals Against Bombs And Grenades

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813110800.htm

World's tallest woman dies at 53

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26178315/

Sandy Allen

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

Buy evidence of my husband's adultery on eBay

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26176680/

Fuel from E. coli poop

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/08/12/bug.diesel/index.html

Why the dollar rally won't last

http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/13/news/buck_stops.fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes

How to talk to your doctor about chronic pain

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/01/hm.pain.management/index.html

Steve Jobs Confirms iPhone Has a Kill Switch

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080811/bs_nf/61270;_ylt=AmCAKk1qz496XfiwnCMrHo.s0NUE



Can NY infrastructure handle floods, intense heat?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080813/ap_on_re_us/climate_change;_ylt=Aub3ic9Wwvk9pykiOaDEQhwPLBIF

The outrage in your credit card's fine print

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/ylange;_ylt=AiuJG_RV6UUZK0IaQoxW6B0DW7oF

Shark eats Polar Bear

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/clash-of-the-fiercest-predators-as-shark-eats-polar-bear-891512.html









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