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Climate Change Means More Allergies
November 16, 2010Bad news for 35 million allergy sufferers: ragweed, fungal spores and poison ivy are thriving due to rising carbon dioxide levels. Additionally, leaves fed by heightened levels of carbon dioxide enable fungi to reproduce more rapidly and spread more allergenic... continued
Butterflies Self-Medicate
November 16, 2010Just like frogs, butterflies produce their own medicine, and they dose themselves with it while they are still caterpillars. This is why Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on milkweed plants, which contain high levels of chemicals that are toxic to... continued
Are Ipods Making Us Deaf?
November 15, 2010The number of young people who are going deaf due to the overuse of headphones keeps increasing, and poor kids are being hurt the most. Of the almost 9,000 16-year-old girls who took part in a recent study, poor teens... continued
Climate Change: Blame the Cities
November 15, 2010All over the world, people are moving into cities from the countryside, because young people want jobs and older people want a more convenient lifestyle. These changes could significantly affect global emissions of carbon dioxide over the next 40 years.... continued
Astronomers Can See the Future
November 15, 2010Just like this week's Dreamland host psychic medium Marla Frees! Most of what we see in the sky at night is very old, since it takes the light from distant stars a long time to travel to us. This means... continued
Gotcha!
November 12, 2010Can you forge an emotional bond with a brand so strong that, if forced to buy a competitor's product, you suffer separation anxiety? According to a new study, the answer is yes. In fact, that bond can be strong enough... continued
Planet Hot Spot
November 12, 2010A huge alien planet has a strange hot spot on its side, and astronomers don't know what it is. The planet resembles Jupiter, because it's a hot gas giant, and one side of it is constantly boiling under its parent... continued
Can We Predict the Future?
November 12, 2010This week's Dreamland host Marla Frees sure thinks we can, and many of us who are NOT psychic mediums have found that sometimes we can do it too. A 2002 survey by the National Science Foundation shows that 60% of... continued
Marla’s Blog
November 12, 2010Psychic medium Marla Frees tells about her adventures at the Monroe Institute on this weekend's Dreamland, and she's written a blog about her experiences there. If you want to hear her interviews with members of the Andreasson family, who have had... continued
Before You Eat: Wash Up!
November 12, 2010Mom’s advice about washing your hands may finally be starting to get through (it hasn't always been this way!) At least we're getting better: A new study shows that 85% of adults washed their hands in public restrooms, compared with... continued