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Most of Antarctica May Soon Disappear

March 28, 2002
Tim Naish, of the New Zealand Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, warns that Antarctic?s huge ice shelves may break up completely as the global climate warms. The recent collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf in Antarctica was ?a... continued

Herbs Treat AIDS in Africa

March 27, 2002
Jack Githae believes Africa could defeat its AIDS epidemic if it would embrace the healing powers of herbs. The Kenyan healer is one of a growing number of African herbalists who believe that ancient wisdom could help cure this modern... continued

Worldwide Drought by 2025

March 27, 2002
More than 2.7 billion people will face severe water shortages by the year 2025 if the world continues consuming water at the same rate, the United Nations warns. A new report says that another 2.5 billion people will live in... continued

Should We Trust Our Instincts?

March 27, 2002
Think you can tell when someone is lying? People who think they have good intuition and a ?gut instinct? about liars are worse at picking out liars than those who don?t, says Paul Seager of the University of Central Lancashire... continued

Light Pollutes Too

March 27, 2002
In Hong Kong, astronomers who want to observe the stars and planets must travel to a remote village in the dead of night. Some have rented top-floor apartments in Hong Kong?s New Territories so they can gaze at the stars.... continued

Cellphone Driving Like Driving Drunk

March 26, 2002
Talking on a mobile phone while driving is more dangerous than being over the legal alcohol limit, even if you?re using a hands-free phone. Driving simulator experiments by researchers at the Transport Research Laboratory in the U.K. found that drivers... continued

Allergic to the Future

March 26, 2002
Rising carbon dioxide levels associated with global warming could lead to an increase in allergies to ragweed and other plants by mid-century, according to Dr. Paul Epstein of Harvard Medical School. His study found that ragweed grown in an atmosphere... continued

Ancient Chinese Cropcircles

March 26, 2002
Calum McLeod writes in the U.K newspaper the ?Independent? about a Chinese researcher who has discovered, close to the Mongolian border, 2,500-year-old stone circles in the same patterns as modern cropcircles. Zhang Hui, research fellow at the Xinjiang Museum in... continued

Rock Star Next Space Tourist

March 26, 2002
The 22-year-old rock star Lance Bass of the group ?Nsync plans to take a ride on a Russian Soyuz capsule to the international Alpha station. California millionaire Dennis Tito became the world?s first space tourist in April 2001 after paying... continued

Grow Your Own Meat in a Lab

March 25, 2002
Scientists trying to create alternative food sources for astronauts believe we could grow meat on in a laboratory, without slaughtering fish or animals. Scientists at Touro College in New York have managed to make slices of fish grow bigger this... continued