2019-03-01
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What Dogs Know About Us
March 28, 2013The National Geographic website reports that when a researcher put 84 dogs in separate rooms with food on the floor and told each dog to leave the food alone, their response varied according to whether or not the light was... continued
Gum Doesn’t Help You Lose–It Makes You HUNGRY
March 27, 2013Chewing gum may keep your jaws (and mind) busy, but it's no substitute for food--in fact, in makes you HUNGRIER. Even worse, it creates a craving for chips, cookies and candy, rather than fruits and vegetables. Gum may evoke thoughts... continued
What We’ve Learned (and Keep Learning) from Nature
March 27, 2013Nature is the original "inventor"--Nature's designs are giving researchers ideas for new technologies that could help wounds heal, make injections less painful and provide new materials for a variety of purposes. Velcro was inspired by the grappling hooks of burrs.... continued
Fire in the Lake
March 27, 2013Methane is bubbling out of the bottoms of Arctic lakes, to the extent that, if you put a match to the surface of one of them, they catch on FIRE. Some of it seems to be coming--not from the bottom... continued
Is Perfectionism Genetic?
March 26, 2013Where does such perfectionism come from? It can either cripple a person, as they strive to reach unattainable goals, or it can cause them to triumph. Psychologists blame parents who overemphasize achievement or make love conditional upon meeting certain goals.... continued
Oil-Rich Saudis Go Solar
March 26, 2013Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil producer, has just built a huge solar power plant. Is the country going "green"--or are they running out of oil? They plan to use it to generate one third of their electricity needs by... continued
Stonehenge Was Both Hospital and Burial Ground
March 26, 2013More than 50,000 cremated bone fragments, of 63 individuals buried at Stonehenge, have been excavated and studied for the first time by a team of archeologists. The skeletons were discovered due to a renovation of the area around the ancient... continued
Ancient Bacteria–Is It Dangerous?
March 25, 2013Russian scientists may have discovered new life forms that have been sealed off for 14 million years under 12 thousand miles of ice in Lake Vostok in the Antarctic, a network of hundreds of lakes under an ice cap that... continued
When the Sun Goes Crazy
March 25, 2013It's happened before: In 1859, sunspots erupted, causing sparks in telegraph offices that set paper on fire. Today, 150 years later, we are much MORE "wired," and sun flares are much more dangerous. Satellites would be disabled. GPS and radio... continued
Who Did It–Man or Machine?
March 25, 2013The future of "killer drones" is one in which, instead of being operated by remote control, the drones themselves make the decision to attack. If (and when) that happens, who will be held responsible--the machine or the military that launched... continued