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Why an NFL Player Killed Himself but Saved his Brain
August 10, 2011Retired NFL player Dave Duerson had endured so much pain that he killed himself--but he did it in such a way that he could will his brain to medical science so it could be studied in order to find out... continued
China is Becoming Dangerous
August 10, 2011Is China a friend or an enemy of the US? This is a country that can be dangerous--and not just because of the adulterated food and fake medicine they export. It turns out they are undertaking a massive spy operation... continued
Baseball is a Game Filled with Pranks
August 10, 2011As the baseball season winds down, it's worth looking at the kinds of pranks that players play on each other. One prank that's been done is loading up an orange with shots of an oral numbing ointment and waiting for... continued
There’s a Spy in Granny’s Slippers
August 9, 2011Engineers who work for giant telecommunications companies or small start-ups are inventing products that can send messages--from a diaper that lets parents know their baby needs changing, to slippers that can tell when your grandmother might be about to fall... continued
How Past Tragedies Can Predict the Present
August 9, 2011Past nuclear disasters can give us a clue about what may happen to the area around the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown in Japan. One of these is Chernobyl, where the same thing happened 25 years ago. Another is in Japan,... continued
Vote for the Candidate Who Seems the Most Depressed
August 9, 2011Can depression be good for you--or make you more creative? Or is the whole depression thing a big hoax? It's been discovered that some of our greatest leaders were severely depressed people. We can understand why people become depressed AFTER... continued
Scientists Gossip About God
August 8, 2011People do it, birds do it, and now quantum physicists do it: Gossip. Right now there are TWO competing particle accelerators smashing together subatomic particles--CERN (the Large Hadron Collider, which started operating outside Geneva) and the less well-known Tevatron, at... continued
What Football Does to Players’ Heads
August 8, 2011Now that the NFL has signed a contract that will allow the football season to begin again, it's worth thinking about what the game is doing to players' brains. Walking and thinking at the same time--not to mention THINKING AND... continued
Where the Next War Will Be
August 5, 2011The next war may be when China tries to reclaim Taiwan OR it may be when Russia tries to reclaim the Arctic. Russia's defense minister says the military will deploy two army brigades--of thousands of soldiers each--to help protect the... continued
UFOs are Being Seen Worldwide!
August 5, 2011This summer was an amazing time for UFO sightings, with reports from all over the world. These include videos from Australia, Canada and a video of strange beings from Arizona. In a Russian video, missile morphs into a UFO in... continued