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Pesticide Tests Approved for Humans

December 5, 2001
Three years ago, in response to mounting criticism from environmentalists and physicians, the Clinton administration stopped using information from industry studies conducted on humans to determine the amount of pesticides that could be applied to fruits, vegetables and other crops.... continued

Noisy Meteors

December 5, 2001
We reported that several people were hit by falling meteors during the recent leonids shower on November 18. Now we?ve learned that some skywatchers not only saw the leonids, they heard them too. ?I am sure I could hear several... continued

Access to Vitamins is Safe?For Now

December 4, 2001
The drug industry?s efforts to restrict customer access to nutritional supplements and other natural health therapies have been thwarted by a huge consumer letter writing campaign. Pharmaceutical industry executives and politicians representing more than 50 countries met in Berlin as... continued

Prehistoric Pompeii Discovered

December 4, 2001
A prehistoric village has been unearthed in Italy, more than 3,500 years after it was buried by Mount Vesuvius, the same way the Roman city of Pompeii was destroyed centuries later. Experts call the find at Nola, near Naples, ?sensational?... continued

We Predicted IT

December 4, 2001
Inventor Dean Kamen has finally unveiled ?It? (aka ?Ginger?). It?s a one-person, battery-powered scooter that resembles a lawn mower that?s easy to ride and hard to fall off.It?s officially called the Segway Human Transporter and has gyroscopes to keep it... continued

Little Mad Cow Risk for U.S.

December 4, 2001
There is little risk of mad cow disease turning up in American cattle despite the spread of the illness in Europe and Japan, according to a Harvard University study. Harvard researchers briefed Congress about the chance of mad cow disease,... continued

U.S. Plans to Attack Iraq

December 3, 2001
George Bush has ordered a plan to destroy the government of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, according to the Sunday Observer newspaper in the U.K. The Pentagon plans air attacks on Iraqi installations as well as attacks by Iraqi opposition forces... continued

Garlic Cure for Common Cold

December 3, 2001
It?s been discovered that people who take a garlic supplement each day catch fewer colds. The common cold is the most common disease of humans and adults catch between two and four colds a year. Infants and young children get... continued

Source of Connecticut Anthrax Found

December 3, 2001
Trace amounts of anthrax have been found at a postal facility that sorts mail for Oxford, Connecticut, where 94-year Ottilie Lundgren mysteriously died of the disease last month. The source of her exposure baffled officials, who were investigating how she... continued

Is Your Computer Sick?

December 3, 2001
Nasty new viruses that use devious tricks to infect computers will become even more common in the future. The anti-virus software company Sophos says that the Nimda worm was the most widespread virus this year, even though it first appeared... continued