2019-03-01
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Plane Travel Makes You Sick
August 6, 2002You may be sick of the long lines and detailed inspectionsat airports these days, but you can get really sick when youfinally get on the plane. A study by scientists in theUnited States finds that one in five passengers becomes... continued
Dog Talk
August 5, 2002When your dog barks, he may be trying to tell you something.Scientists now think that dogs use different barks tocommunicate different ideas and can even count. (Theycertainly know the word "walk" when they hear it). Researchers at the University of... continued
We’re Heating Up Fast
August 5, 2002The first six months of the year have been thesecond-warmest ever and average global temperatures in 2002could be the highest ever recorded, according to weatherexperts in the U.K. It's heated up so much that the weatheris even causing train derailments.... continued
Men Killed by Deer Disease
August 5, 2002Medical experts are investigating the deaths of threehunters from brain-destroying illnesses, in order todetermine whether chronic wasting disease has crossed fromanimals into humans in the U.S., just as Mad Cow disease didin Europe. The men were friends who ate elk... continued
Pesticides Kill People Instead of Bugs
August 5, 2002Farmers are losing the war against agricultural pests asinsects become immune to chemical sprays. Professor IanCrute of Rothamsted Research in the U.K. says, "Just ashuman health is under threat from antibiotic resistance, socrop health is under threat from insecticide resistance.... continued
Media Lies
August 2, 2002Now that "Signs" is in movie theaters across the country,U.S. newspapers are finally paying attention to the subjectof crop circles, after ignoring them for years. Somejournalists are writing surprisingly open-mindedarticles?including our own hometown paper, the San AntonioExpress-News. Other papers are... continued
Live the Wine Lifestyle
August 2, 2002Lately, researchers have been telling us that red wineprotects us from heart disease. Now they think it may not bethe wine that does it, but the lifestyle that goes alongwith it. A new study of more than 4,400 U.S. men... continued
How to Tell a Fake Crop Circle
August 2, 2002How can you tell a fake crop circle from a real one? Withthe movie "Signs" coming out in August, we can expect to seemore faked circles than ever before. Lucy Pringle, who hasbeen researching crop circles for many years, will... continued
August Terrorism?
August 2, 2002The London-based Ash Sharq al-Awsat newspaper has reportedthat al-Qaeda will carry out a series of terrorist actionsin August and Osama bin-Laden will appear on video shortlyafterwards. Al-Qaeda sources told the paper that "Sheikh bin Laden isalive and will appear in... continued
The Evil Gene
August 2, 2002Scientists have found a gene variation that can cause adultsto become aggressive, antisocial adults when they wereabused as children. This is the first link betweenantisocial behavior and a specific gene. It helps explain why, although almost all adult criminalshave been... continued