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Only a Few Left

March 18, 2002
We have only a few left of the following items in the ?sale? section of our store. We thought you?d want to know, so you can snap one up before they?re out of stock. Most of these fascinating items can... continued

Take Your Next Vacation in Space

March 18, 2002
The Suborbital Corporation, a Russian space company, has developed a reusable ship for space tourists who can pay $100,000 to spend three minutes in zero gravity on a suborbital flight. This may seem like a lot, but it?s much less... continued

Mystery Spot on Jupiter

March 18, 2002
Researchers have noticed a mysterious dark spot near Jupiter?s north pole and watched it develop for more than two months. It was photographed by the Cassini spacecraft, which is a NASA-operated robot, but was only spotted recently, when researchers were... continued

Another Silent Spring

March 18, 2002
Maryland's Baltimore orioles could vanish altogether in this century due to dramatic changes in migration patterns influenced by global warming. A new study due out soon from the National Wildlife Federation and the American Bird Conservancy suggests that the effects... continued

Asteroid Nearly Hit Us?And Nobody Noticed

March 18, 2002
One of the largest asteroids known to have made a close approach to Earth flew past about 300,000 miles away on March 8, but nobody noticed it until four days later. When the object, which has been named 2002 EM7,... continued

Google Jokes

March 15, 2002
The internet search site Google is being used by some people to play jokes on their friends. These people have found a way to improve the rankings of particular webpages, to make sure a site is near the top of... continued

Eat Right, Don’t Breathe

March 15, 2002
John Paterson, a biochemist at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, says that eating organic food may help reduce your risk of heart attacks, strokes and cancer. Until now there has been little scientific evidence to suggest that organic food is... continued

Put On Your Thinking Cap

March 15, 2002
A monkey with a brain implant the size of a fingernail can move a cursor on a computer screen just by thinking. One day scientists may be able to implant similar chips in human brains so that we can control... continued

Men: We’ll Miss ‘Em

March 15, 2002
In Science News, J. Raloff writes that boys' birth rates are falling and scientists aren't sure why. During fetal development, "the male sex is clearly the more fragile one," says Bruce B. Allan, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Alberta, Canada. While some... continued

Water Polluted by Medicines

March 15, 2002
A national study by the U.S. Geological Survey of U.S. streams across 30 states shows they are polluted by the painkillers acetaminophen and ibuprofen, prescription medicines for cardiac disorders and hypertension, and female sex hormones used in birth control pills... continued