May 6th, 2008 · A mysterious disease called "white-nose syndrome" is striking down hibernating bat populations in New York State. Four of the state's six species of hibernating bats are suffering from this affliction, which is decimating bat populations throughout the Northeast. Jim Metzner has been training scientists to make audio recordings of their field research. Biologists from New York's Ulster County go underground as they try to work out what is killing the region's bats.
Keywords: New York · populations · region · Scientists · disease · research · Audio · Syndrome · Biologists · species · mysteries · New York State
Apr 23rd, 2008 · A deadly disease that has ravaged bat populations in the Northeast is spreading faster than expected, according to federal researchers, who have confirmed fresh outbreaks of "white-nose syndrome" in Connecticut and eastern Vermont.
Keywords: federal · eastern · populations · disease · outbreak · Syndrome · ravaged · Vermont · Connecticut
Apr 18th, 2008 · Wildlife experts are trying to determine what's causing hibernating bats in the Northeast to die en masse. The condition has been dubbed "white-nose syndrome," after a white fungus seen on bats' noses. Researchers are racing to explain the deaths and keep the disease from spreading.
Keywords: deaths · disease · Syndrome · wildlife · Fungus · mysteries · en · Hibernate · White Nose
Sep 24th, 2007 · The L.A. rock quartet, the Deadly Syndrome, has been playing sold out shows and creating a good amount of buzz with their hilarious series of online videos used to promote the new album. Titled after a small bird, the Deadly Syndrome's the Ortolan is a solid art-pop record.
Keywords: L.A · video · online · Quartet · Syndrome · album · hilarious · Ortolan · eucalyptus · Deadly Syndrome
Aug 13th, 2007 · Tim Page, a Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic, describes living with Asperger's syndrome in his article "Parallel Play" in the Aug. 20 edition of The New Yorker. He talks with Robert Siegel about learning to live with Asperger's.
Keywords: Robert Siegel · critic · winners · Pulitzer Prize · music · Syndrome · Pulitzer · The New Yorker · Tim Page · Asperger · Parallel Play
May 19th, 2007 · The devastating effects of mental illness have been well documented in films, books and academia. But until recently there has been little said about the sisters and brothers of the mentally ill. Now, researchers are starting to look at what they're calling the "well sibling" syndrome.
Keywords: devastation · Mental · Syndrome · siblings · academia
Feb 13th, 2007 · Commercially important bees in the U.S. are being ravaged by an unfamiliar new disease. It's raising fears that certain crops will go unpollinated this year. Beekeepers in 22 states have lost up to 80 colonies to the fast-spreading malady that experts are calling "colony collapse syndrome."
Keywords: disease · colon · Syndrome · ravaged · Colony · bees · malady · beekeeping · collapse · unfamiliar · unpollinated
Feb 13th, 2007 · In an affluent suburb of Boston, a community is asking tough questions following the murder of one high school student by another. The student charged in the fatal stabbing, John Odgren, suffers from Asperger syndrome, a mild form of autism.
Keywords: community · suburb · students · schools · Boston · Syndrome · Affluent · fatal · autism · Asperger · John Odgren
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