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Antibiotics May No Longer Work

November 14, 2002
Doctors in Detroit recently amputated the toes of a 40-year-old woman who was not responding to antibiotics and discovered she was infected with a virulent new strain of staph bacteria. The new bacteria became totally resistant to all antibiotics by... continued

How Can We Tell It’s Osama?

November 14, 2002
A new audio message said to be from Osama bin-Laden was broadcast on the Arab satellite TV network Al Jazeera earlier this week. Many messages from bin-Laden have been broadcast before, but earlier messages haven?t referred to recent events, giving... continued

Lifeboat Needed for Solar Flares

November 13, 2002
On Halloween, solar flares erupted almost simultaneously on opposite sides of the sun?a phenomenon that?s never been seen before. Simultaneous solar flares have been seen in the past, but they're usually clustered together, and scientists want to know if the... continued

Marijuana Bad as Tobacco

November 13, 2002
Smoking marijuana is as bad for your lungs as smoking tobacco, according to a report from the British Lung Foundation. Marijuana has the same chemicals that are harmful to respiratory tissue as tobacco?except for nicotine?and three marijuana joints a day... continued

Poor Sperm on the Farm

November 13, 2002
The quality of semen is much poorer in farmers than in men from urban areas, and this may be due to agricultural chemicals. University of Missouri researchers say they?ve found the first evidence that semen quality varies significantly in different... continued

Viagra Saves Endangered Species

November 12, 2002
The success of Viagra has drastically reduced the demand for the body parts of wild animals that are used in traditional cures for impotence, especially in Asia. Since the drug was introduced in 1998, worldwide trade in some rare and... continued

Our Libraries are Bugged

November 12, 2002
The FBI is monitoring computer use in at least one public library--and probably in libraries across the country. Bill Olds, a reporter for The Hartford Courant, discovered the Feds have bugged the computers at the Hartford Public Library, in an... continued

Mars Coming Closest in Human History

November 12, 2002
Mars is coming closer to the Earth, and will be easier to see, than it has been since Neanderthal times. It will slowly appear to grow larger and brighter until at 5:51 am EST on August 27, 2003, Mars will... continued

Motherhood Makes You Smarter

November 11, 2002
Motherhood may make women smarter and help prevent Alzheimer's by bathing the brain in protective hormones. Tests on rats show that the ones who raise two or more litters of pups do better in tests of memory and skills than... continued

Schizophrenia Blamed on Spine

November 11, 2002
Schizophrenia could be the result of differences in the structure of the spine. Past theories about the disease speculate that it's caused by abnormal brain chemistry or defects in the development of brain pathways. Now researchers have discovered that the... continued