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Climate Change: More Volcanoes and Earthquakes
March 5, 2012Climate 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
Want to stay Young? Don’t Plan Ahead
March 3, 2012The ability to anticipate future events allows us to plan and exert control over our lives, but it may also contribute to stress-related increased risk for the diseases of aging. In a study of 50 women, about half of them... continued
Why Contact May Have Failed
March 3, 2012Our Milky Way galaxy is so big and so old--it contains at least 100 billion planets--so aliens should have visited us by now (Whitley Strieber thinks THEY HAVE!) This is what's known as the Fermi Paradox. In Discovery News, Ray... continued
Sharks Get Even!
March 3, 2012Whales have gotten even for being used as slaves in aquatic shows. Now sharks are getting even too--for having their fins cut off and used in soup. Scientists have discovered high concentrations of a neurotoxin linked to degenerative brain diseases... continued
How Our Skin Knows When to Tan
March 2, 2012What's on your calendar for the rest of 2012? Here's a question that those of use who are able to escape the cold by heading for warm beaches may ponder: How does our the skin know to start tanning after... continued
The Problem With Clean Energy
March 1, 2012Wind turbines seem to be the ideal solution to our energy problems, but they have a problem of their own: Shortages of small number of rare minerals could slow the future growth of this (and other) renewable energy industries, such... continued
Data From Japan Shows Big Quake Coming to West Coast of US
March 1, 2012Scientists who are studying the Fukushima earthquake have uncovered data that predicts a "big one" in the Pacific Northwest, along the coasts of Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. The Fukushima quake was precipitated by what is called the "Tohoku area"... continued
Creating Monster Ants
February 29, 2012Scientists have created monster ants from ordinary ones by using a special hormone on the larvae of ordinary worker ants to create monster "supersoldiers." Supersoldier ants can be born naturally but are rare, and occur in Mexican and US deserts,... continued
Death Valley Volcano More Active than Thought
February 29, 2012A team of scientists has discovered that the Ubehebe volcano in Death Valley, California, "may explode at any time." Magma has built up under the surface much faster and higher than previously thought. There is a water table just 500... continued
Stress on the Night Shift
February 28, 2012A lot of unemployed people are settling for any job they can get, and in many cases, this means cooking fast food or being a waitress or waiter in a restaurant. If this is your first job that involves shift... continued