For Thursday, August 21, 2008

Century-old secret of Italian snails uncovered at British mansion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7572553.stm

Web browser to get 'privacy mode'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7574265.stm

Uncovering the ultimate family tree

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7570928.stm

Black holes 'dodge middle ground'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7573364.stm

Machine 'sniffs out skin cancer'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7573060.stm

Intel unites the internet with TV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7573331.stm

Sale of bank data alarms Germany

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7572774.stm

Stellar result in MoD challenge

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7570902.stm

Unconventional Metal Is Quantum Oddity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080820162856.htm

Spinning electrons make for an unconventional metal - physicsworld.com


http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/35487

Fermi liquid

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

Magnetic Monster In Erupting Galaxy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080820162958.htm

NGC 1275

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1275

Microbes Convert Hydrocarbons To Natural Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080819213056.htm

Polymer Electric Storage, Flexible And Adaptable

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080820163105.htm

Strawberry-flavored Banana? Biochemists Manipulate Fruit Flavor Enzymes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080820174712.htm

Decline And Slow Recovery of Atlantic Salmon Illuminated With Tagging

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080818184422.htm

Tracking A Crop Disease Could Save Millions Of Lives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080819213019.htm

Maize streak virus

http://www.mcb.uct.ac.za//msv/mastrevirus.htm

A Better Way To Make Hydrogen From Biofuels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080820163111.htm

New Climate Record Shows Century-long Droughts In Eastern North America

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080819092017.htm

Oetzi The Iceman Dressed Like A Herdsman

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080820194843.htm

Ötzi the Iceman

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

Merritt leads U.S. sweep in 400 meters

http://www.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/news/newsid=242887.html#merritt+leads+u+s+sweep+mens+400m

As gas prices go down, so will food, right? No

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26316365/

Tongue's sixth 'taste' discovered — calcium

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315648/

Calcium

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

Space 'ropes' hang together by threads

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26314754/

Death rate charts let you compare hospitals

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/20/hospital.deaths/index.html

Ruling protects maker of anti-war T-shirts

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/20/soldiers.names.ap/index.html

Movie paints picture of catastrophic future

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/21/buffett.box.office.ap/index.html

"I.O.U.S.A."

http://www.iousathemovie.com/

Don't become a victim of medical marketing

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/21/ep.conflicts/index.html

Climate chief warns against 'tragic' inaction

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/08/20/pachauri.climate.talks/index.html



Homeland Security Hacked

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/fema_phones_hacked

Rare albino alligator goes on display in San Francisco

http://www.yahoo.com/s/939388

Now on the Hallmark aisle: Gay marriage cards

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_bi_ge/gay_wedding_cards;_ylt=AqVtM1lXoEQHFkHd3tLp54us0NUE

Mexico starts campaign to save endangered porpoise

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_sc/mexico_endangered_porpoise;_ylt=Ahz_3qbN4ovYJIYfiUXfnHas0NUE

Phocoena sinus

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

Australian officials to euthanize baby whale

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_baby_whale;_ylt=AsDDiLkGbF7CYA_tTBBVr.is0NUE

Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_photosynth;_ylt=Aj4yvywZ3a5ME_gv1xJHcCys0NUE

Photosynth

http://www.photosynth.net/

New Zealand's colossal squid defies legends: scientists

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/ts_afp/nzealandscienceanimalsquid;_ylt=Ard9RcJvJooQ9yyxvX8QA.APLBIF

McCain not sure how many houses he and wife own

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_houses;_ylt=AsTKo4OtSQD3Pc8C2BiMk54DW7oF

Mexico outraged over corrupt police, kidnappings

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/mexico_kidnapping_wave;_ylt=Am4yxHppraPj7NbYKXC9EGMDW7oF

Speak out, lose job

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/speakoutlosejob;_ylt=At7I_fH7j.i3ksXhVWrrhWwDW7oF

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, February 27, 2008

EU fines Microsoft record $1.3 billion



Fed chief signals another rate cut



Supreme Court rules against Mayor Kilpatrick



Florida power blackout remains a puzzle



Fannie Mae posts nearly $3.6B loss in 4Q



Life encyclopedia: too popular to live



Study: Contaminent levels high in parks



Pollution turns Chinese river system red



Han River (Hanshui)



Allegations fly in FCC hearing aftermath



Comcast


Clemens decision may come by end of week



Roger Clemens





Termite hunters find 200-year-old mummy


Falling icicles kill six



Sea reptile is biggest on record

Dollar falls to record euro low

Ice Age fish thrives in new home

Coregonus vandesius

Tiny tags track brainy bumblebees

Bombus

Radio-frequency identification

Crowds flock to monkey 'wedding'

Hormones Produced By Heart Eliminated Human Cancers In Most Mice Treated

Pancreatic cancer

Bats Use Magnetic Substance As Internal Compass To Help Them Navigate

Magnetite

New Gadget Lets You Track Your Carbon Footprint

Carbon Hero

Centuries-old Maya Blue Mystery Finally Solved

Maya Blue

William F. Buckley

Bush urges Kenya power-sharing

Gecko 'begs' insect for honeydew

Phelsuma

Indian Maoists kill 14 in Orissa

Green watchdog urges store reform

Five-seat concept car runs on air

Deputy in wheelchair case turns herself in

Breathing dirty air may lower kids' IQ

Feds: Druglords launder euros via Miami

Engineering’s greatest challenge: Our survival

National Academy of Engineering’s List of 14 Challenges

Why are thousands of bats dying in New York?

White-nose syndrome

Chiroptera

Losing Our Lakes (Newsweek)

Sheep In Human Clothing: Scientists Reveal Our Flock Mentality

Wireless Monitoring Of People And Things: Future Of Social Networking?

'Old Dogs' Don't Notice New Tricks: Prior Knowledge Affects How Consumers Accept New Information

New Approach May Render Disease-causing Staph Harmless

Colony Collapse Disorder: Researchers Work To Control Varroa Mites, Increase Longevity Of Queen Bees

Varroa destructor

Chemicals In Our Waters Are Affecting Humans And Aquatic Life In Unanticipated Ways

Pioneering Eagle Eye Surgery Removes Cataract, Restores Vision, After Injury

Turning 'Funky' Quantum Mysteries Into Computing Reality

Metabolic Syndrome Linked To Cold Tolerance

Cleopatra's Cosmetics And Hammurabi's Heineken: Name Brands Far Predating Modern Capitalism

Thousands Of Humans Inhabited New World's Doorstep For 20,000 Years

Chronic Pain Harms Brain's Wiring

Bird flu kills another Indonesian boy

Kindness, then sharp words, from Clinton

Easy answers elude Mich., Fla. delegates

Wal-Mart picks Blu-ray over HD DVD

Bats could fly before they had 'radar'

Correction: Bat fossil story

Mystery deaths halt Bengal tiger tracking plan

EBay seller boycott set to start Monday

'Soldier ghost' caught on camera