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Newswise – We’ve written here before about reflective clothing thatmakes people seem todisappear.This technology is now beingused for spy planes. But even more innovations are coming:We will soon have clothes that can detect the presence ofchemical weapons, then clean and decontaminate themselves.This research is being funded by the Department of Defense,meaning the clothes you wear in the future may come courtesyof the U.S. military, even if you are not a soldier inuniform!
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Newswise – In the past few years, many of us have been shocked by theviolent acts done by fans of professional sports. Forinstance, “football louts” in the U.K. routinely terrorizetowns where their favorite teams are playing, to the extentthat British teams have been banned from internationalsoccer matches. In the U.S., baseball stadiums have tried tocontrol rowdy behavior by setting aside special sectionswhere beer is not sold, or by limiting the number of beersthat can be purchased by a single individual. You wouldthink that fans would get violent when their team is losing,but surprisingly, that’s not the case. It’s winning?notlosing?that triggers sports-related violence.
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This fall, like every autumn, we’ll expect to see V-shapedformations of geese in the skies, honking as they fly southfor the winter. Now scientists have discovered thatmigrating geese may be spreading superbugs, those dangerous,antibiotic-resistant bacteria which are usually only found inhospitals.

Canada geese may be spreading bacteria such as E. coli andsalmonella wherever they migrate. CDC researchers spentmonths testing goose feces that dropped from the flyingbirds into lakes and streams in two states, trying to findout if migrating geese can pick up?and redeposit?E. Colibacteria. To their surprise, the feces tested positive forantibiotic-resistantstrains of this bacteria, even though the geese were wildand had not been treated with antibiotics.
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Newswise – In the wake of the recent SARS and Bird Flu scares, most ofus have forgotten about the West Nile virus. But scientistsare still concerned about West Nile and they’ve discovered aquick new way that mosquitoes can pass West Nile virus toeach other. This study may explain why the West Nile Virushas spread so quickly across the U.S., despite predictionsthat it would gradually die out.
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