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Search the Sky With Your Computer
April 13, 2002If you?re a high school student studying astronomy and your local skies are too polluted with light for star gazing or if you can?t afford a good telescope, let your computer do the skywatching for you. Ryan Hannahoe punches coordinates... continued
A Tap on the Head Produces Perfect Vision
April 13, 2002A light tap on the side of your head could one day restore your eyesight, according to Mohsen Shahinpoor and his team at the University of New Mexico. The tap would tighten a band of artificial muscle wrapped round your... continued
Ireland Shrinking, London Sinking
April 13, 2002Ireland is shrinking warns Andrew Cooper, director of the Coastal Research Group at the University of Ulster. He says the sea is swallowing up about 750 acres of Ireland each year, and warns that the process would quicken. He says... continued
Southern Cites Becoming More Polluted
April 13, 2002Uncontrolled growth and lack of access to technology are driving the cities of the southern half of the Earth to the verge of environmental collapse. At the recent conference of the Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS), with delegates from universities... continued
New Pesticides as Bad as Old
April 11, 2002Pesticides developed in the hope that they may be safer than older chemicals known to cause cancer may be only slightly better, according to Margaret Whalen, a biochemist at Tennessee State University. They found the compounds, which are used to... continued
Mother of Clone May Develop Cancer
April 11, 2002The world?s first cloned baby could be born in November, according to Italian fertility expert Severino Antinori. Most animal clones have short, unhealthy lives. But even if the baby is healthy, the mother could be at high risk for a... continued
Another Underwater City in India
April 11, 2002Explorers believe they have discovered remains of another city submerged off the coast of India. In January scientists announced the discovery of an ancient city 120 feet under the sea in the Gulf of Khambhat in northwest India, which could... continued
Poles May Flip
April 11, 2002The Earth?s magnetic poles might be starting to flip, according to Gauthier Hulot of the Institute of Earth Sciences in Paris and his colleagues, who have seen strange anomalies in the Earth?s magnetic field. The magnetic field is created by... continued
Global Warming Brings New Disease
April 10, 2002In 1994, during an unusually cold January in Maryland, birdwatchers began noticing red finches with swollen, crusty eyes. They sat alone on the bird feeders, with ruffled feathers while healthy birds flitted around them. Within weeks, sick finches were reported... continued
Are Your Fillings Killing You?
April 10, 2002Pamela MacArthur was a healthy artist whose body suddenly started to twitch. She had nightmares and her face erupted in boils so painful that it hurt to roll over in bed. Doctors suggested drugs for acne and psychological disorders, but... continued