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Biggest Solar Storm in 5 Years Takes Aim at Earth

March 8, 2012
An X-5 solar flare has sent a coronal mass ejection directly toward earth. The CME is now impacting earth's atmosphere, and has the potential to disrupt satellites, unprotected power grids and global positioning systems. While there may not be a... continued

Plants Talk to Each Other

March 7, 2012
Sometimes it seems like plants are communicating--but this seems impossible. But biologists now say it's TRUE--we just need to learn their "language." Researchers added the protein luciferase (which makes fireflies glow in the dark) to the DNA of cabbage plants,... continued

New Law Means More Gun Crimes Than Ever

March 7, 2012
Congress is passing more laws than ever, and some of them are downright dangerous. For instance, a new study finds that the number of guns that were subsequently linked to crime sold by a single store--a Milwaukee-area gun shop called... continued

Proposed Ban on Internet Whale Meat Sales

March 7, 2012
Amazon.com customer Melissa Sehgal has created a petition calling for the world's largest online retailer to permanently ban the sale of whale and dolphin meat on its site. So far it's gotten over 9,000 signatures. A report published by the... continued

How Long Does it Take to Evolve?

March 7, 2012
Evolution doesn't happen overnight: large changes in body size take a long time. There have been increases and decreases in mammal size following the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Now biologists estimate that a mouse-to-elephant size change... continued

New Technology Can Read Your Mind

March 7, 2012
Current advances in electroencephalographic (EEG) brain-wave detection technology make it possible for someone wearing a helmet with special sensors that broadcast your brain's waves to be able to tell what state of alertness you're in. Someday they may be able... continued

Poison Hanging in Our Air

March 6, 2012
Humans pump thousands of tons of vapor from the metallic element mercury into the atmosphere each year, and it can remain suspended for long periods before being changed into a form that is easily removed from the atmosphere. New research... continued

We’re All Being Monitored by the FBI

March 5, 2012
Your cell phone is tracking you, there are spies on Facebook, streetlights are eavesdropping on us, and even the TOYS we play with a spying on us! Now it turns out that the FBI has quietly released details of plans... continued

How You Use Your Cell Shows How You Use Your Brain

March 5, 2012
Which ear do you use for your cell phone? If you’re a left brain thinker, chances are you use your right hand to hold your cell phone up to your right ear. There is a strong correlation between brain dominance... continued

Climate Change: More Volcanoes and Earthquakes

March 5, 2012
Climate change brings along a couple of companions: Volcano eruptions and earthquakes. In the Guardian, Bill McGuire writes: "Between about 20,000 and 5,000 years ago, our planet underwent an astonishing climatic transformation. Over the course of this period, it flipped... continued