2019-03-01
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Strange Ways to Get Sick
September 20, 2010When it's time to leave the beach and return to the indoor pool, here's something you need to know: Swimming in indoor chlorinated pools may induce DNA damage that may lead to cancer as well as respiratory effects, but the... continued
Danger on the Night Shift?
September 20, 2010Jobs are scarce, so people are opening their own businesses. Women so often do the cooking for their families, so you think they would open more fast food franchises, but there may be a reason for this: They are free... continued
A War Worth Fighting
September 20, 2010The war on poverty - Most of the wars we've fought have been in reaction to the threat of being invaded, but right now we're fighting wars in two different countries, where we are essentially engaged in the (probably futile)... continued
Is Time Travel Possible?
September 17, 2010Quantum physicists such as Stephen Hawking think time travel is possible, and Anne Strieber thinks that the Visitors are time travelers. If so, what are they trying to change? The Discovery Channel website "The Daily Galaxy" quotes Hawking as saying,... continued
City People
September 17, 2010Crazier than country folks? - Are city residents crazier than people who live in the suburbs or in the country? A new report says yes. This study claims that the association between psychotic disorders and living in urban areas appears... continued
City Dogs
September 17, 2010Man's best friend might just be treated like any other animal, if his owners live in the suburbs. Sociologists have found that people who think of animals as children tend to have a city background. But no matter where someone... continued
Pot Doesn’t Lead to Hard Drugs
September 16, 2010One more argument bites the dust - As some states get consider making pot legal, new drug research shows that the "gateway effect" of marijuana (that teenagers who use marijuana are more likely to move on to harder illicit drugs... continued
Video Games: Good or Bad?
September 16, 2010Both! - The next time you cocoon over a video game (when you're supposed to be working?), ask yourself this: Are video games good or bad? Sometimes they can be useful. Video games have grown in popularity to the point... continued
Spying in the Dark
September 16, 2010Lots of secret things go on under the cover of darkness and now you can spy on all of them, without using cumbersome night vision goggles (which might give you away). Instead, you can use a phone app.! Standard night... continued
Robot Spies
September 15, 2010Another MOTKE prediction comes true - Stanley Kubrick's movie "2001, a Space Odyssey," made over 40 years ago, featured a nefarious, lying computer named "Hal." Scientists are now creating robots that will be skilled in the art of deception and... continued