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Thanksgiving Food Sources Can Be Tracked Online

Once upon a time, in order to trace the path of a meal from your table to the source, you may only have had to take a short jaunt to a nearby field. But in these days of modern transit, when the foods that people consume hail from various regions of ...

From JENNIFER VIEGAS, Discovery Channel,  20 Nov 2009

University of Georgia Bulldog Mascot Dies at Age 4

Uga VII, the legendary Georgia mascot who roamed the sidelines at Bulldog football games, died unexpectedly Thursday morning in Savannah. He died of heart-related causes according to owner Frank W. “Sonny” Seiler. He was four years old and finishing ...

From JENNIFER VIEGAS, Discovery Channel,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of Georgia,  Damon Evans

Ten Tips for Staying Healthy and H1N1-Free This Holiday Season

The holidays are here and with them family, friends, parties and germs. This year, in light of the H1N1 outbreak, many fear that the most wonderful time of the year will end up being the unhealthiest, too. “While crowded shopping malls and holiday ...

From JENNIFER VIEGAS, Discovery Channel,  20 Nov 2009

Dinosaur Fossils Helicoptered Out of Southern Utah

Late Cretaceous dinosaur fossils were helicoptered out of The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah this week. The bones transported from the site site represent a Gryposaurus monumentensis, an ankylosaur, a pterosaur, ...

From JENNIFER VIEGAS, Discovery Channel,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Museum of Natural History

Hobbits Are a New Human Species, Study of Fossils Concludes

Is the hobbit human debate over? I doubt it, but the below, from Wiley-Blackwell, puts a strong notch on the side of those who believe "Homo floresiensis" represents a new human species. Researchers from Stony Brook University Medical Center in New ...

From JENNIFER VIEGAS, Discovery Channel,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Stony Brook University,  Washington University in St. Louis

Is the Tuna in Your Sushi Endangered?

While most of us would never willingly consume a highly endangered species, doing so might be as easy as plucking sushi from a bento box. New genetic detective work from the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics at the American Museum ...

From JENNIFER VIEGAS, Discovery Channel,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: American Museum of Natural History,  Columbia University,  US Food and Drug Administration

Snails: More Protein, Less Expensive Than Beef

A nutritionist in Nigeria says that malnutrition and iron deficiency in schoolchildren could be reduced in her country by baking up snail pie. In a research paper to be published in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health, ...

From JENNIFER VIEGAS, Discovery Channel,  19 Nov 2009

Galloping, Dinosaur-Eating Crocodiles Found in the Sahara

This just in from National Geographic: A suite of five ancient crocs, including one with teeth like boar tusks and another with a snout like a duck’s bill, have been discovered in the Sahara by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno. The ...

From JENNIFER VIEGAS, Discovery Channel,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Geographic Channel,  University of Chicago,  Crocs, Inc.,  People Magazine,  Columbia University

Bill Gates Shifts from Computer Viruses to Bird Viruses

Avian viruses, however, don't generally infect human or other mammalian hosts. But every once in a while, a mutation occurs that allows avian viruses to adapt to human cells. That is generally when a pandemic occurs. By identifying mutations that might ...

From JENNIFER VIEGAS, Discovery Channel,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bill Gates,  Microsoft Corporation,  Forbes Magazine,  University of Wisconsin,  Melinda Gates

Israeli Rodents Are More Cautious Than Jordanian Ones

University of Haifa scientists in partnership with counterparts in Jordan reveal: Why Israeli rodents are more cautious than Jordanian ones. A series of studies carried out at the University of Haifa have found that rodent, reptile and ant lion species ...

From JENNIFER VIEGAS, Discovery Channel,  19 Nov 2009

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