After Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast of the US recently, everyone wondered what climate change would bring us next. The future has arrived: A typhoon swept through the Philippines killing 400 people (and 400 more are missing and may be dead).
Also, three people are dead, seven are in the hospital and hundreds have been left homeless after a tornado ripped through parts of Auckland, New Zealand.
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We have bacteria that can gobble up oil spills (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show), and now we may have a virus that can attack pimples. Doctors have discovered a harmless virus living on our skin that naturally seeks out and kills the bacteria that cause pimples.
Dermatologist Robert Modlin says, "Acne affects millions of people, yet we have few treatments that are both safe and effective. Harnessing a virus that naturally preys on the bacteria that causes pimples could offer a promising new tool against the physical and emotional scars of severe acne."
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Different Things are happening at the top and bottom of our world: Antarctica is gaining MORE ice, at the same time that glaciers are melting in the Arctic. What’s causing this strange discrepancy? The wind.
Changing wind patterns around Antarctica have caused a small increase in sea ice, as a result of cold winds off the continent blowing ice away from the coastline.
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