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Waiting for Baby

August 23, 2010
Sometimes we have to wait a long time for good news. Many people wait to have kids until they feel confident about their career. And since the right man doesn't always turn up in time, women in their late 30s... continued

New Planets Discovered

August 20, 2010
Some may harbor intelligent life - It has now been found that there must be many small, rocky planets in our galaxy, and probably spread across the universe. This means that the likelihood of there being intelligent life elsewhere could... continued

Superstorm Vindicated

August 20, 2010
When Whitley and Art Bell wrote "The Coming Global Superstorm" in 1999, based in part on information that Whitley received from the Master of the Key, (which went on to become the hit film The Day After Tomorrow), meteorologists scoffed... continued

Ant Zombies

August 20, 2010
Zombies are now showing up in movies and books, but these didn't originate in Haiti: A 48-million-year-old fossilized leaf gives us the oldest known evidence of parasites taking control of their hosts to turn them into zombies. Researcher David P... continued

Pretty People Get Ahead

August 19, 2010
in politics - It's so unfair: Attractive people are less likely to get convicted (and short people commit more crimes), and it turns out that attractive politicians are more likely to get elected. With such widespread TV coverage of candidates,... continued

Trust

August 19, 2010
Leave it up to a robot - We predict that the future will reveal a world filled with robots, and there are all kinds of them out there already. How do you teach someone to trust, especially someone who has... continued

Whew!

August 19, 2010
Seafood from the Gulf is OK - Did the BP oil spill contaminate Gulf Coast seafood? After receiving a shipment of Louisiana seafood samples collected by a reporter with "Good Morning America," Texas researchers found NO evidence of petroleum hydrocarbons.... continued

Pets Made Us Human

August 18, 2010
Human evolution may have been shaped by our pets. But if humans want to avoid food poisoning, they shouldn't feed their pets in the kitchen. In LiveScience.com, Jeremy Hsu quotes paleoanthropologist Pat Shipman as saying, "Once you undergo that funny... continued

GM Seeds Spreading Like Weeds

August 18, 2010
One problem with genetically-modified crops is that their seeds spread far and wide and contaminate fields where other crops are growing. Scientists have found populations of wild plants with genes from genetically modified canola in the United States. Globally, canola... continued

Computers R Us

August 17, 2010
The next generation of computers will try to duplicate the way the human brain works, meaning that they may be able to SEE and HEAR in the future. They may even be able to feel emotions. Meanwhile, our brains are... continued