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What Makes Music Unforgettable?

December 17, 2002
What makes a song stick in your head, and why does a wrongly played note sound so awful? New research shows the brain has specific structures that are designed to perceive and remember musical patterns. This area of the brain... continued

Without the Moon, We’d be Dead as Dinos

December 17, 2002
There are not nearly enough craters on Earth for the large number of asteroids that impact us every year. Over the past 250 million years, Earth should have been hit around 440 times by asteroids larger than a mile across.... continued

Pigs Stalk the Countryside

December 15, 2002
For years, residents in parts of England have cowered behind their doors at night, because Big Cats stalk the countryside. Now it's pigs in New Jersey. For weeks, residents there have seen a mysterious 600 pound pig walking the streets.... continued

More Storms Ahead

December 15, 2002
The ice and snow storms that shut down parts of the U.S. may not be over yet?there may be more to come, due to an El Nino in the Pacific Ocean. "El Nino is one of the driving forces behind... continued

Smallpox Vaccine Can be Deadly

December 15, 2002
Smallpox is the worst disease known to man?it killed half a billion people from 1880 to 1980, before it was finally eradicated in 1980. But the smallpox vaccine can be deadly too, and that's the problem we face today. Scientists... continued

Want a Gun? No Problem

December 13, 2002
While people may differ on whether or not individuals should have access to guns, no one wants convicted criminals to have them. However, since the creation of the National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS), administered by the FBI to screen... continued

Pollution Damage Passed on to Kids

December 13, 2002
Air pollution can cause genetic damage that is passed on by fathers to their children. Tests on mice show that those who breathed air near a smoke-belching steel mill had fewer babies and the ones they did have had more... continued

Will “Taken” Change Anybody’s Mind?

December 13, 2002
In this week's poll, we asked you if you thought the Sci Fi series "Taken" will make more people believe close encounters are real. Most of you are hopeful?52% voted "Yes." However, almost as many of you (40%) think the... continued

Earth Getting Fatter?and Mussels Know Why

December 13, 2002
Not only is there a wave of obesity in the well-fed Western world, but the Earth itself is getting fatter around the middle, caused by global warming. An increase in glacier melting at the poles, along with shifts in ocean... continued

Chris Reeve May Walk Again

December 11, 2002
Actor Christopher Reeve could make a full recovery from paralysis if his spinal injury can be fixed. He became paralyzed from the neck down in 1995 after damaging his spinal cord in a riding accident, but doctors at the Washington... continued