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Lichen

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Name: Lichen

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Native woodland

native woodland that is over 400 years old is classed as ancient. Its arguably our richest wildlife habitat in Britain and is scarce, covering less than 2 percent of the UKs it appears that my childhood playground is in that minority. Ancient woodland ... [Countryfile Magazine - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Raymond Blanc, Lichen, Durham (United Kingdom)

First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)

United Nations

Treatment of women crucial, says UN population report

THE SECRET of managing climate change lies in the way people across the world, especi ally women, are treated, says the UN's State of World Population 2009 report, Facing a Changing World: Women, population and climate, published on Wed nesday.As negotiations ... [ChurchTimes - 4 hours ago]

Entities: United Nations, Global Warming/Climate Change, Emission, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Lichen

First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 1 Documents

Syntopix breakthrough with acne cream

SHARES in acne specialist Syntopix leapt last night after the group announced positive results for one of its spot cream compounds. Known as SYN0126, the compound was found to reduce spots by more than 30 per cent over an eight-week period. Shares in ... [Yorkshire Post - 11/15/2009]

Entities: Stephen Jones, Lichen, University of Bradford, University of Leeds

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents

Cytotoxic Constituents of the Lichen Diploicia canescens

Journal of Natural Products, Volume 0, Issue 0, Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable). ... [Journal of Natural Products - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Lichen, cytotoxic, Diploicia

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Climate Craziness of the Week: What’s more idiotic than holding a cylinder of CO2 for a photo op in the snow? – Calling it “art”.

People email me stuff. Sometimes its just too bizarre to ignore. We have another person on an “expedition” with a camera and artistic license to foist upon the world: click for the video From Francesca Galeazzi of the disko.bay expedition, whatever ... [Watts Up With That? - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Carbon Dioxide, Propane, Climate

First Reported 11/13/2009 - Updated 11/13/2009 - 3 Documents (in Environment)

Global Warming Hits Reindeer Of Norway Hard

The penalty of the global climate change has hit Norway’s reindeer populace as warming temperatures harm food stocks and industry expansion gobbles up grazing land for the creatures."Over the past three years, I've had to give some hay to my 800 reindeer ... [Red Orbit - 11/13/2009]

Entities: Norway, Lichen, Global Warming/Climate Change

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)

AI Spacesuits Turn Astronauts Into Cyborg Biologists

Equipped with wearable AI systems and digital eyes that see what human eyes can’t, space explorers of the future could be not just astronauts, but “cyborg astrobiologists.”That’s the vision of a research team led by Patrick McGuire, a University of Chicago ... [Wired News - 11/02/2009]

Entities: Patrick McGuire, Cyborg, Astronautics, Lichen, Biologist

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 2 Documents

Scientist proposes cyborg astronauts to seek out new life

If University of Chicago geoscientist Patrick McGuire starts calling the shots, NASA won't have to decide between sending a person or a robot into space. They could just send a 'cyborg astrobiologists' — or advanced artificial intelligence riding piggyback ... [Dvice.com - 11/04/2009]

Entities: Astronautics, Patrick McGuire, Lichen, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

First Reported 11/04/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 1 Documents

Dissident Voice : Size Matters

Scale is DEFINITELY matters. Remember the dinosaurs?However I think there is a contradiction with Single Payer and the general thesis, at least as described in US parlance.Nation-states seem to work fairly well when they are relatively small – say, to ... [Dissident Voice - 11/04/2009]

Entities: Lichen, Shamanism, Organism

First Reported 11/04/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 1 Documents

Yellowstone treasure trove

Mike StarkHelena - Volunteer researchers have found microscopic worms, species of mushrooms and lichen, slender grass and tiger beetles never before d in Results show more than 1 200 species of creatures at the park, much more than the grizzly bears, ... [News24.com - 11/04/2009]

Entities: Species, Mike Stark, Lichen

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Mars Explorers May Use AI to Become 'Cyborg Astrobiologists'

Ever heard of a 'Cyborg Astrobiologist'? Probably not. But I bet you'll want to be one after learning that future exploration of Mars (and other planets, for that matter) may employ the use of artificial intelligence integrated into spacesuits to enhance ... [Universe Today - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Cyborg, Lichen, Astronautics

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 1 Documents

Passion for perfume

By Janetta Mackay Francis Hooper loves being a purveyor of perfumes with provenance. Photo / Babiche Martens Viva Magazine Talking scents Oakmoss is on the outer. What? Well among the more fanatical of fragrance fans, this news created a stir when the ... [New Zealand Herald - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Oakmoss, Coco Chanel, Paloma Picasso, Aromatics, Lichen

Quotes

...climate change has to be built up to ensure that they can cope with the crisis, slow it, and reverse it, while reduc ing emissions, "starting now". "This requires a shift in human behaviour and a new mindset about the way we deal with our environment. Even the critically needed early successes in reducing emissions will be a prelude to a task likely to preoccupy humanity for decades, even centuries." Even the reindeer are under threat because their food supply, lichen, once accessible under the snow, is now sealed in ice, the report says...

Treatment of women crucial, says UN population report [ChurchTimes - 4 hours ago]

SYN1113 is another acne treatment that Dr Jones calls 'our big hope'. "It's more consumer friendly, it's green which may sound odd but green counterbalances the redness produced by spots. It's also a natural compound that is derived from a lichen moss type plant" he said. The other compound SYN0017 has been proved to be effective at killing the bugs that cause gum disease...

Syntopix breakthrough with acne cream [Yorkshire Post - 11/15/2009]

Jonathan Colman, an authority on "reindeer ecology" at the University of Oslo, stated that occasionally "there's wet ice in the lichen. It gets into their stomachs and they can't digest the food."

Global Warming Hits Reindeer Of Norway Hard [Red Orbit - 11/13/2009]

More Content

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Treatment of women crucial, says UN population ... [ChurchTimes - 4 hours ago]
Native woodland [Countryfile Magazine - 11/19/2009]
Royale Challenge [Defenders of Wildlife - 11/18/2009]
Cytotoxic Constituents of the Lichen Diploicia ... [Journal of Natural Products - 11/18/2009]
Climate Change Index for week ending 15 Nov. 2009 [Greenbang - 11/17/2009]
Silent Valley conservation movement enters silv... [DNA India - 11/16/2009]
Syntopix breakthrough with acne cream [Yorkshire Post - 11/15/2009]
Life in UK proves fatal to reindeer [Times Online - 11/15/2009]
For love of a forest [Deccan Chronicle - 11/14/2009]
Global Warming Hits Reindeer Of Norway Hard [Red Orbit - 11/13/2009]
Global warming a growing threat to Arctic reindeer [Canada.com - 11/13/2009]
Global warming a growing threat to Arctic reind... [Yahoo! News - 11/13/2009]
Prized fungi collection returns to China [Cornell University - 11/12/2009]
Job vacancy: Curatorial Assistant [PublicTechnology.net - 11/11/2009]
Extragenital lichen sclerosus et atrophicus mim... [MDLinx - 11/11/2009]
The secret life of ancient trees [Christian Science Monitor - 11/11/2009]
Rare Chinese mushroom collection comes home [Fresh Plaza - 11/09/2009]
Rare Chinese Mushroom Collection Comes Home [Red Orbit - 11/08/2009]
Remaking Tweed for the Modern Era [Newsweek Society - 11/06/2009]
Wearable Artificial Intelligence Could Help Ast... [Popular Science - 11/05/2009]
Where the rock wallabies tread [Brisbane Courier-Mail - 11/05/2009]
Scientists say caribou is the new cod as supply... [CTV.ca - 11/05/2009]
Scientists warn caribou collapse not unlike dis... [Macleans Online - 11/05/2009]
Passion for perfume [New Zealand Herald - 11/05/2009]
Mars Explorers May Use AI to Become 'Cyborg Ast... [Universe Today - 11/05/2009]
Yellowstone treasure trove [News24.com - 11/04/2009]
Dissident Voice : Size Matters [Dissident Voice - 11/04/2009]
Scientist proposes cyborg astronauts to seek ou... [Dvice.com - 11/04/2009]
How to build a cyborg astrobiologist [NetworkWorld - 11/03/2009]
AI Spacesuits Turn Astronauts Into Cyborg Biolo... [Wired News - 11/02/2009]

Blogs

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Climate Craziness of the Week: What’s more idio... [Watts Up With That? - 11/18/2009] People email me stuff. Sometimes its just too bizarre to ignore. We have another person on an “expedition” with a camera and artistic license to foist upon the world: click ...
10 Gorgeous Waterfront Campgrounds in the U.S. [Treehugger - 11/18/2009] Haena Beach. Photo by randystoreyphotography via Flickr.Lets face it: Camping is even better when you have a fantastic waterfront view. And there's nothing to keep ...
AI Spacesuits Turn Astronauts Into Cyborg Biolo... [Wired: Wired Science - 11/02/2009] Equipped with wearable AI systems and digital eyes that see what human eyes can’t, space explorers of the future could be not just astronauts, but “cyborg astrobiologists.” That’s ...
Dave Lindorff: In Praise of 'Joe' Wilson: What'... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 09/12/2009] Liberals are acting all righteous and offended that a member of the Republican opposition, Rep. "Joe" Wilson of South Carolina, would deign to besmirch ...
Nature Meets City [Responsive Arts - 09/11/2009] Ever wonder if mother nature could thrive within an urban environment? The interactive public installment is set up in Adelaide, Australia and its purpose is to ...

Audio/Video

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Araneus bicentenarius - Giant Lichen Orbweaver ... [Mefeedia Video Tag : evolution - 07/09/2009]
Araneus bicentenarius - Giant Lichen Orbweaver ... [Mefeedia Video Tag : evolution - 07/09/2009]
Araneus bicentenarius - Giant Lichen Orbweaver ... [Mefeedia Video Tag : evolution - 07/09/2009]
Araneus bicentenarius - Giant Lichen Orbweaver ... [Mefeedia Video Tag : evolution - 07/09/2009]

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