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Better to Just Live Together?

January 31, 2012
Why don't more couples take the marital path? The share of married adults at an all-time low in the United States, and demographers are trying to figure out why. Part of it is the recession--it's hard to ask someone to... continued

A Warm Winter Kills

January 31, 2012
Despite the ominous forecasts for NEXT winter, we're having a mild winter in the US this year. We assume that a COLD winter is what kills plants and animals, but it turns out that a warmer-than-usual winter season can harm... continued

Scientists Engineer Bird Flu as Potential Weapon

January 30, 2012
The swine flu scare may have been a gigantic hoax, but what about bird flu? It seems to have never materialized either. In order to study the disease, two teams of scientists have genetically engineered a deadly flu virus, causing... continued

Law Courts Need to Use Their Brains

January 27, 2012
Our laws have not kept up with new discoveries in neuroscience, meaning that a jury could declare someone guilty when a crime isn't necessarily his (or her) fault. How should insights about the brain affect the course of a criminal... continued

More Evidence That Fracking Causes Quakes

January 27, 2012
Geologists say that recent earthquakes in Ohio and Oklahoma are directly linked to deep wells that were used to dispose of liquid wastes produced by the hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" of natural gas. At least 177 similar disposal wells are... continued

Murder by the Numbers

January 27, 2012
America seems to have the most serial killers, although Russia produced Andrei Chikatilo, the "Rostov Ripper," in the 1980s. Mathematicians discovered that his murders followed the same mathematical pattern as earthquakes, avalanches and stock market crashes. Could serial killers be... continued

The Government Can Attack Us on the Internet

January 27, 2012
The US has always advocated free speech, and the internet has become a forum for various ideas, to the extent that it is behind the revolutions in Russia, China and Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt. But since Congress agreed... continued

Are Potato Chips as Dangerous as We Think They Are?

January 26, 2012
A new eight year long European study concludes that salt consumption is not dangerous and may in fact be GOOD. This is certainly contrary to advice from American Medical Association, American Heart Association and the Center for Disease Control and... continued

Not All Mayans Think 2012 is The End

January 26, 2012
The Mayan people of Guatemala don't agree with the December 21st, 2012 prophecy, and there are more Mayan ruins there than in any other place in South America. In the December 30th edition of the Guardian, Kevin Rushby writes, "The... continued

Arctic Changes Could Halt Gulf Stream

January 26, 2012
Over the past 15 years, a mass of fresh water from ice melt has been building under the Arctic ice cap. The water is trapped under the Beaufort Gyre in the western Arctic, and presently represents about 10% of all... continued