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Is Doomsday in our Future?
May 17, 2012Are there are more people alive today than have ever lived? Earth's population reached seven billion in October. We need to figure out how that compares with the number of people who have lived before us. The problem is, how... continued
Why Eating Less Meat Will Help Climate Change
May 17, 2012Meat consumption in the developed world needs to be cut by 50% per person by 2050 and for this to happen, industrial AND agricultural emissions need to be reduced by 50% if we are to meet this goal (it may... continued
Sick? Eat Worms!
May 15, 2012Worms--the intestinal parasite type --may be useful in treating lung disease and healing wounds (which could be why they evolved to torment us in the first place). These worms infect over a billion people all over the world every year,... continued
Hard Times Bring Baby Girls
May 15, 2012Mom: Are you having a daughter? According to a new study of the 1959-1961 Great Leap Forward famine in China, women are more likely to give birth to girls during famine conditions than when there's plenty to eat. With the... continued
How to Detect Danger
May 15, 2012You don't have to use a computer to detect a psychopath, but it would be handy if you could: That way, you'd know who to stay clear of. These dangerous and mysterious people seem completely normal--until they attack. A new study... continued
Hormone Horrors
May 14, 2012Hormones that mimic estrogen are turning up in many of the plastic items we use, and estrogenic herbicides are feminizing male animals and fish. Some male frogs now have female organs, and some male fish even produce eggs. In a... continued
More Trash in the Ocean Than We Thought
May 14, 2012There are more than just cracks in the ocean floor: While working on a research sailboat gliding over glassy seas in the Pacific Ocean, oceanographer Giora Proskurowski noticed something new: The water was littered with confetti-size pieces of plastic debris,... continued
Dinosaur Farts Changed Prehistoric Climate
May 14, 2012Sauropod dinosaurs could have produced enough of the greenhouse gas methane to warm the climate 150 million years ago, at a time when the earth was warm and wet. Does this mean, now that humans rule the planet, we should... continued
Mom: Don’t Smoke–It Can Make Your Kids Deaf
May 11, 2012Smoking is not sexy: Exposure to second hand smoke is bad for a fetus and it's bad for teenagers too: Researchers report that exposure to tobacco smoke nearly doubles the risk of hearing loss among adolescents (Come to think of... continued
It’s Your Fault, Mom!
May 11, 2012If you're a male who was "born bad," Mom can save you, but she can also be the root of the problem, which is why Moms need to be smart! By comparing the testosterone levels of five-month old pairs of... continued