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When we could purchase something just as good for much less money? It’s a good question to ask ourselves as Valentine’s Day approaches.

Part of this has to do with how it makes us feel. There was a joke going around in newly-rich, post-Soviet Russia that went like this: One man shows another man his watch and brags about how much he paid for it. The other man replies, "I know where you can get the same thing for even MORE money!"
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If the world ends, will it be water (again) or fire? When volcanoes erupt, the devastation is short-lived, but violent. Magma creeps up through a crack in the Earth’s crust and mixes with water, setting off a series of explosions–as many as a few each hour for several weeks. When the action stops, a crater-topped, rock-filled fracture called a diatreme is left behind.

If volcanologists could understand how to predict these volcanoes, they could not only save lives, they could find DIAMONDS.
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Food allergies are on the rise, affecting 15 million Americans, pesticides and tap water could be partially to blame. High levels of dichlorophenols, a chemical used in pesticides and to chlorinate water, when found in the human body, are associated with food allergies. An increase in food allergy of 18% was seen between 1997 and 2007. The most common food allergens are milk, eggs, peanuts, wheat, tree nuts, soy, fish, and shellfish, and symptoms can range from a mild rash to a life-threatening reaction known as anaphylaxis.
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