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Men: We’ll Miss ‘Em, Part II
March 22, 2002Sperm counts are falling dramatically across the industrialized world, and scientists are increasingly convinced that pollution is to blame. Studies around the world have shown that average sperm counts in men have dropped by more than half over the past... continued
Despite Near-Miss, Nobody?s Looking for Asteroids
March 21, 2002After our near-miss with an asteroid on March 8, an Australian government official dismissed a plea by scientists that his country should spend money searching for potentially threatening asteroids that can only be spotted from the Southern Hemisphere, calling it... continued
The Water Wars Begin
March 21, 2002New Hampshire?s worst drought in 37 years has started a war over who controls underground water, as well as attacks on a bottled water company that wants to sell water from aquifers. USA Springs wants to build a water bottling... continued
Signs of Life on Mars
March 21, 2002The dark spots that appear near the south pole of Mars in early spring may be a sign of life. We may be able to find out for sure when Mars Express, the European Space Agency?s Mars mission, goes into... continued
Chinese Discovered America
March 21, 2002A Chinese explorer reached America 72 years before Columbus and circled the globe a century before Magellan, according to British amateur historian Gavin Menzies. Menzies read about an epic voyage undertaken by a Chinese admiral named Zheng He. From 1421... continued
Flies May Be Source of HIV
March 20, 2002Blood-sucking flies may be to blame for the HIV epidemic being unleashed on humans, according to Gerhard Brandner of the University of Freiburg in Germany. AIDS researchers believe the HIV virus jumped species from chimpanzees to humans at some point... continued
Lost Inca City Found?Untouched by Conquerors
March 20, 2002Peruvian and British explorers have discovered a lost Inca city on a peak in the Andes that was used by the Incas as a place of resistance against Spanish conquerors in the 16th century. The site, about 25 miles from... continued
Dead Zone Discovered in Ocean
March 20, 2002Cathy Zollo writes in the Naples (FL) Daily News that commercial fishermen along the Southwest Florida coast are reporting a massive dead zone that contains no marine life in an area of the Gulf of Mexico that has traditionally been... continued
Was There Once Another Planet?
March 20, 2002Our solar system may have had another planet, that was swallowed up by the Sun. But before it was destroyed, this planet caused a lot of problems. Space scientists John Chambers and Jack Lissauer of NASA think that along with... continued
Religious Police Let Saudi Girls Burn
March 19, 2002Saudi Arabia's religious police stopped 15 schoolgirls from leaving a blazing building because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress, according to Saudi newspapers. The Saudi media has accused the kingdom?s powerful ?mutaween? police of hindering attempts to save the... continued