Science
Group says climate resolutions increase (AP)
AP - Support for climate-change proposals may be growing among investors in big U.S. companies. Read more…
Stem cell advance may help transfusion supplies (AP)
AP - Scientists say they've found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusion supplies in the laboratory. The promise of a virtually limitless supply is tantalizing because of blood donor shortages and disappointments in creating blood substitutes. Read more…
Key Georgian forests ravaged by fires: WWF (AFP)
AFP - Up to 280 hectares (692 acres) of forests have been burnt or are alight in Georgia after its conflict with Russia, the WWF said Wednesday, warning that key conservation areas were under threat. Read more…
Companies bid millions to tap Western Gulf (AP)
AP - Energy companies placed $487.3 million in winning bids for the right to drill in the western Gulf of Mexico, knowing they may get a chance later to explore in other areas that have been off limits for decades. Read more…
Stem cell test to help treat bowel cancer (Reuters)
Reuters - Stem cell scientists have developed a new and more accurate way of spotting aggressive forms of bowel cancer, allowing for tailored treatment that should improve patients' chances of survival. Read more…
Dinosaurs Roam the Los Angeles Natural History Museum
You can interact with some realistic looking dinosaurs at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum. The L.A. Times reports on these sometimes free-roaming actor-puppeteer dinos. Without any ballyhoo, the museum launched a new attraction in June called Dinosaur Encounters, in which actor-puppeteers don lifelike T. rex or triceratops suits and spend 20 minutes demonstrating how scientists believe baby dinos behaved. Usually they work with interpreter-handlers, but sometimes they just roam free and meet their public. Which is how a museum-goer's video of a grunting, bemused, 7-foot-tall and 14-foot-long T. rex inspecting babes-in-arms and other humans at close range came to be posted on MySpacetv on Thursday. "Real Live Dinosaur" shot to No. 1 on MySpace's daily video chart, attracting more than 215,000 viewers by early evening -- far outstripping "Cindy and Heidi Bare It All." That clip from TMZ featured stills of Crawford and Klum yachting au naturel, their modesty preserved by strategically placed black bars. A MySpace page has been set up for the dinosaurs here. Permalink | Recent Headlines | News Feeds Read more…
Scientists Worried About Lionfish Population Explosion
You have probably heard of the jellyfish invasion but scientists are also concerned about a population explosion in the number of lionfish. Lionfish are venomous and they are considered a danger to people, coral reefs and commercial fisheries. They are considered a pest as they eat smaller fish. Practical Fishkeeping has an article about the growth of the Lionfish off of New York here. Science Daily has an article about how the lionfish are a major threat to coral reef ecosystems in the Caribbean. The video below about the lionfish population explosion is from the Associated Press. Permalink | Recent Headlines | News Feeds Read more…
Jellyfish Population Booming and Frustrating Beachgoers
There seem to reports of jellyfish problems around the Globe. There may be giant Jellyfish in the Sea of Japan but smaller ones are causing a problem even in the U.S. Beaches in the Northeast have been suffering from a jellyfish invasion. CBS News reports that thousands of competitors in the recent New York City triathlon were stung by jellyfish in the Hudson Bay. "We were here a few weeks ago and there were a lot of jellyfish. We didn't even go in the water. It was horrible," one teen told CBS News correspondent Susan Koeppen. And with thousands being stung by jellyfish this summer, lifeguards at Long Beach are armed with spray bottles filled with alcohol and water to take away the pain, says Koeppen. "We didn't get these a lot years ago," says Chief Lifeguard Paul Gillespie, "but now they're, we're getting, the frequency of them a lot more. ... We've had some of them that were just (so) tremendous that we have to come and pick off the beach." It's not just beaches seeing a problem, Koeppen points out. "During the recent New York City triathlon, thousands of competitors were stung by jellyfish in the Hudson River. Here's a video from CBS that blames things like global warming, pollution and over-fishing on the global jellyfish problem. Permalink | Recent Headlines | News Feeds Read more…
Worrying invasive snail found in Lake Michigan (AP)
AP - Scientists worry that a rapidly reproducing, tiny invasive snail recently found in Lake Michigan could hurt the lake's ecosystem. Read more…
More women choosing careers in forensic science (AP)
AP - Kelly Johnson snips pieces from a blood-stained, blue-striped shirt, then swabs the neck and armpits for sweat. Down the hall, Samantha Glass watches as a chemical reaction reveals a fingerprint on a juice bottle. Read more…
