Fantastic Photographs Of Fluorescent Fish

Scientists have discovered that certain fish are capable of glowing red. Research in BMC Ecology includes striking images of fish fluorescing vivid red light.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm

Breakthrough In Energy Storage: New Carbon Material Shows Promise Of Storing Large Quantities Of Renewable Electrical Energy

Engineers and scientists have achieved a breakthrough in the use of a one-atom thick structure called "graphene" as a new carbon-based material for storing electrical charge in ultracapacitor devices, perhaps paving the way for the massive installation of renewable energies such as wind and solar power.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm

Oil Palm Plantations Are No Substitute For Tropical Rainforests, New Study Shows

The continued expansion of oil palm plantations will worsen the dual environmental crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, unless rainforests are better protected, warn scientists in the most comprehensive review of the subject to date.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm

Is Re-emerging Superbug The Next MRSA?

Physicians are issuing a warning that Clostridium difficile, a virulent strain of an intestinal bacteria, is currently plaguing hospitals and now rivals the superbug Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus as a top disease threat to humans. The little-known bacteria appears to be the next emerging disease threat, killing 1,000s in the United States.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm

Gene Therapy For Chronic Pain Gets First Test In People

Scientists have launched a phase 1 clinical trial to test whether a pain-relieving gene can be sent to a key point in the nervous system and block pain sensation. The technique promises a more effective, targeted way to treat persistent pain than present painkillers.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm

New Music Software Can Create Accompaniment To Any Melody, In Style Of Any Artist

A new software system can not only create an accompaniment to any given melody, but do so in the style of any chosen artist, or even the particular style used in select pieces by the artist. The system can potentially run on an ordinary PC.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm

Why Some Primates, But Not Humans, Can Live With Immunodeficiency Viruses And Not Progress To AIDS

Some primate species, including sooty mangabeys, harbor simian immunodeficiency viruses but remain healthy, unlike rhesus macaques. The immune systems of sooty mangabeys become significantly less activated during SIV infection than the immune systems of macaques. The less vigorous immune response to SIV in mangabeys may be an effective evolutionary response to a virus that resists clearance by antiviral immune responses. New treatment strategies that would steer the immune system away from over-activation could protect against the unintended damage caused by host immune responses.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

Mice Missing 'Fear' Gene Slow To Protect Offspring

First, he discovered a gene that controls innate fear in animals. Now Rutgers geneticist Gleb Shumyatsky has shown that the same gene promotes "helicopter mom" behavior in mice. The gene, known as stathmin or oncoprotein 18, motivates female animals to protect newborn pups and interact cautiously with unknown peers. Shumyatsky's newest finding could enhance our understanding of human anxiety, including part-partum depression and borderline personality disorders.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

3-D Computer Processor: 'Rochester Cube' Points Way To More Powerful Chip Designs

The next major advance in computer processors will likely be the move from today's two-dimensional chips to three-dimensional circuits, and the first three-dimensional synchronization circuitry is now running at 1.4 gigahertz at the University of Rochester.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

Earth Structure: Lowermost Mantle Has Materials With Unexpected Properties

Materials deep inside Earth have unexpected atomic properties that might force earth scientists to revise their models of Earth's internal processes. Recreating in the lab materials they believe exist in the lowermost mantle 2,900 kilometers below Earth's surface, researchers say the materials exhibit unexpected atomic properties that might influence how heat is transferred within Earth's mantle, how superplumes form, and how the magnetic field and heat generated in Earth's core travel to the planet's surface.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

NASA Eyes Nuclear Power for Moon Base (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Nuclear power could make a comeback beyond Earth if NASA goes forward with a proposed a fission reactor in its future moon base.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 11:02 am

NASA Eyes Nuclear Power for Moon Base

Nuclear power offers advantages for a long-term stay on the moon.
Source: Livescience.com | 17 Sep 2008 | 10:59 am

Dogs Catch Human Yawns (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Spying someone yawning often makes us yawn. Now, a new study shows your canine buddy can catch yawns from you, too.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 10:56 am

Dogs Catch Human Yawns

A new study reveals dogs catch yawns from humans.
Source: Livescience.com | 17 Sep 2008 | 10:53 am

The Nation's Weather (AP)

AP - Active weather was expected for portions of the East and West coasts on Wednesday, while a cold front lingered across the northern Midwest.

Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 10:41 am

Offshore drilling up to Senate after House passage (AP)

AP - Offshore oil drilling, which has dominated energy debates in the presidential campaign, is now coming to the Senate.

Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 10:19 am

Russia needs to mark its Arctic territory: Medvedev

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia should pass a law marking its territory in the disputed Arctic where it claims a large share of the mineral resources, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.

Source: Reuters: Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 10:17 am

Australia issues first license to clone human embryos

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government has issued its first license allowing scientists to create cloned human embryos to try and obtain embryonic stem cells.

Source: Reuters: Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 10:08 am

Australia issues first license to clone human embryos (Reuters)

Reuters - The Australian government has issued its first license allowing scientists to create cloned human embryos to try and obtain embryonic stem cells.

Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 10:03 am

Russia to help Cuba build space center

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow is ready to help Cuba develop its own space center, Russia's space agency chief said on Wednesday after talks in Caracas with Venezuelan and Cuban officials, Itar-Tass news agency reported.

Source: Reuters: Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 9:50 am

Detroit mayor's name replaced on zoo water tower (AP)

AP - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's name no longer is in its prominent place at the Detroit Zoo.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 9:33 am

Will the real dinosaurs stand up?

Most of the newly discovered dinosaurs are just that - new to science, an assessment concludes.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 17 Sep 2008 | 9:07 am

Adam Rutherford: The resignation of Michael Reiss is a loss to science

Adam Rutherford: In forcing Michael Reiss out, the Royal Society has undermined its own policies and lost a good advocate
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 17 Sep 2008 | 9:05 am

Caspar Melville: The intellectual fireworks over at the New Humanist prove that there's life in the intelligent design debate yet

Caspar Melville: Intellectual fireworks over at the New Humanist site prove that there's life in the intelligent design debate yet
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 17 Sep 2008 | 8:02 am

House backs fresh US oil drilling

The US Congress approves legislation which will lift a 27-year-old moratorium on drilling for oil in US coastal waters.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 17 Sep 2008 | 5:14 am

Britain 'faces power cuts threat'

The UK will experience prolonged power cuts in about five years unless urgent action is taken, a report warns.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 17 Sep 2008 | 4:21 am

Food waste pilot hailed a success

A pilot in which homes had food waste collected separately and composted is hailed a success by government advisers.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 17 Sep 2008 | 1:53 am

Arctic sea ice melt comes close, but misses record (AP)

AP - Crucial Arctic sea ice this summer shrank to its second lowest level on record, continuing an alarming trend, scientists said Tuesday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 1:26 am

Agency wants to boost Calif. frog's protected land (AP)

AP - Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday proposed more protection for the threatened California red-legged frog, providing up to four times as much habitat than was set aside two years ago.

Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 1:22 am

Federal study says grizzlies thriving in Montana (AP)

AP - The majestic grizzly bear, once king of the Western wilderness but threatened with extinction for a third of a century, has roared back in Montana.

Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 1:00 am

Feds keeping Northern Rockies wolf listed for now (AP)

AP - The government won't immediately try to take gray wolves in the Northern Rockies off the endangered species list, a federal wildlife official said Tuesday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 1:00 am

Common plastics chemical linked to heart problems

ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Reuters) - A major study links a chemical widely used in plastic products, including baby bottles, to health problems in humans like heart disease and diabetes, but U.S. regulators said on Tuesday they still believe it is safe.

Source: Reuters: Science News | 17 Sep 2008 | 12:41 am

Professor steps down over creationism row

Professor of education at Britain's national academy of science steps down over creationism row
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 16 Sep 2008 | 11:09 pm

Spacewatch

From Saturday the International Space Station will be visible in our evening sky as it is follows its spectacular path
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 16 Sep 2008 | 11:09 pm

Obituary: Simon Thomas

Obituary: A confident, thoughtful new voice in the realm of psychotherapy scholarship
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 16 Sep 2008 | 11:09 pm

Endangered species: Starving guillemots push rival chicks off cliffs

Desperate reaction to collapsing fish stocks sees birds turn to infanticide on Scotland's Isle of May
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 16 Sep 2008 | 11:08 pm

Plan to fence off Cornish moors, pits roamers against conservationists

Objectors argue that any attempt to tamper, tidy, cultivate or refine will inevitably diminish historic integrity
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 16 Sep 2008 | 11:08 pm

George Monbiot: How can the rich still be buying our silence with this 13th-century law?

George Monbiot: If even football fans can be sued by their club, it's clear libel is too easily used to stifle legitimate dissent
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 16 Sep 2008 | 11:07 pm

As people with HIV live longer, services must respond, says Lisa Power

As people with HIV live longer, services must respond, says Lisa Power
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 16 Sep 2008 | 11:07 pm

Seabird chicks 'killed over food'

Food shortages are forcing Scotland's seabirds to attack and kill chicks from neighbouring nests, experts say.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 16 Sep 2008 | 10:44 pm

Survey: Nearly Every Kid a Video Gamer

97 percent of young kids play video games, says survey.
Source: Livescience.com | 16 Sep 2008 | 10:02 pm

Toilet-Paper Researchers Create 3-Ply Tissue

If two-ply toilet paper is good, then three-ply tissue must be better. At least that's what toilet-paper researchers in northeastern Wisconsin hope.
Source: Livescience.com | 16 Sep 2008 | 9:18 pm

Was the inventor of the telescope Dutch, Italian or Spanish?

Was the telescope invented in Spain, not in the Netherlands as popularly assumed?
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 16 Sep 2008 | 8:22 pm

World's Shortest Man, Leggiest Woman Meet

Trafalgar Square routinely serves as a stage for mimes, jugglers and other acts, but the tourist attraction drew an exceptionally curious crowd Tuesday when the shortest man who can walk met the woman with the longest legs.
Source: Livescience.com | 16 Sep 2008 | 8:18 pm

SC Auction To Have Paintings By Penguin, Sea Lions

Paintings featuring the brush strokes and paw prints of animals such as snow leopards and sea lions from zoos around the nation will be sold Tuesday.
Source: Livescience.com | 16 Sep 2008 | 8:14 pm

Evolution fine but no apology to Darwin: Vatican

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Tuesday the theory of evolution was compatible with the Bible but planned no posthumous apology to Charles Darwin for the cold reception it gave him 150 years ago.

Source: Reuters: Science News | 16 Sep 2008 | 8:07 pm

Biggest Melt Comes From Smallest Glaciers

Greenland's small coastal glaciers actually account for most of ice loss.
Source: Livescience.com | 16 Sep 2008 | 7:47 pm

'Creationism' biologist quits job

Head of education at the Royal Society quits after saying creationism should be discussed in science lessons.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 16 Sep 2008 | 7:42 pm

No 2008 record for Arctic sea ice

Sea ice in the Arctic appears to have passed its minimum extent, scientists say, without breaking last year's record.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 16 Sep 2008 | 7:26 pm

Packaging chemical linked to greater risk of diseases

Scientists call for use of bisphenol A, found in baby bottles and drinks cans, to be restricted
Source: Science | guardian.co.uk | 16 Sep 2008 | 7:05 pm

SLIDE SHOW: Arctic Sea Ice Going, Going ...

With Arctic ice at record lows, summers there could soon be reliably ice-free.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 16 Sep 2008 | 6:38 pm

Whales Heard Near New York City

The calls of three whale species have been heard in the waters around New York City for the first time.
Source: Livescience.com | 16 Sep 2008 | 6:19 pm

Social Isolation Makes People Cold, Literally

The cold shoulder is more than just a metaphor.
Source: Livescience.com | 16 Sep 2008 | 6:06 pm

Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Second Lowest on Record

Arctic sea ice appears to have hit 2008 minimum; second only to 2007 low.
Source: Livescience.com | 16 Sep 2008 | 5:58 pm

Ozone Hole Larger Than Last Year

This year's ozone hole over the Antarctic has surpassed last year's hole in size.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 16 Sep 2008 | 5:56 pm

Self-flying helicopter gets off ground

STANFORD, California (Reuters) - A four-foot-long helicopter flew itself over the Stanford University campus on Monday in a test of artificial intelligence that researchers say could be used to scout wildfires or on military missions.

Source: Reuters: Science News | 16 Sep 2008 | 5:27 pm

'Day-Glo' Fish Shine Red Light

Fluorescent fish that glow red in the deep ocean are shaking some long-held tenets.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 16 Sep 2008 | 5:08 pm

Israeli town uses doggie DNA to combat street fouling

Officials in an Israeli city plan to use a database of doggie DNA to identify owners who allow pets to foul the streets.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 16 Sep 2008 | 4:20 pm

Inside story

Can good nutrition improve prisoners' behaviour?
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 16 Sep 2008 | 4:01 pm

Sharks released off Sydney beach for study

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Sydney aquarium released seven sharks bred in captivity and tagged with acoustic tracking devices into the waters off a city beach on Tuesday to study if it is feasible to breed sharks to restock dwindling wild numbers.

Source: Reuters: Science News | 16 Sep 2008 | 3:52 pm

Scientists discover 120 million year-old ant

BERLIN (Reuters) - German biologists have discovered a new species of ant they believe is the oldest on the planet, dating back around 120 million years.

Source: Reuters: Science News | 16 Sep 2008 | 3:48 pm

Powdered Methane Could Help Harness Energy Source

By adding silica to methane gas, scientists make the energy resource more stable.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 16 Sep 2008 | 2:35 pm

Mega-Tsunami Dumped Tonga's Coral Boulders

Are huge boulders on a South Pacific island the result of ancient devastation?
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 16 Sep 2008 | 1:38 pm

Bushmeat Ban Not the Answer

A ban on bushmeat hunting ignores the nutritional needs of local people, says a new report.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 16 Sep 2008 | 1:16 pm