2019-03-01
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Eating Right
April 5, 2010It's not a miracle, it's just a fact: Raising prices by taxing cigarettes worked, because it caused a lot of people to stop smoking. Could it do the same thing for eating unhealthy foods? (And if you're overweight, you're more... continued
Why We’re Drilling Again
April 5, 2010In a bid for the US to become totally self-sufficient when it comes to energy, President Obama has announced that oil companies should be allowed to drill for oil in the oceans off the US coasts for the first time... continued
What Frogs Can Teach Us
April 5, 2010Amphibians don't just teach us how to stay married, they can also predict earthquakes. Biologists have discovered the common toads can sense an impending earthquake because they have been seen to flee their underground colonies days before one strikes. Other... continued
Are we about to attack Iran?
April 2, 2010Seven years ago, the US suddenly, and without warning, invaded Iraq. There is evidence that we are about to attack Iran in the same way. Was this predicted by a monk centuries ago? In the March 14th edition of the... continued
Blowing in the Wind
April 2, 2010Dirty dust from China - It's that time of year again (and no, we don't mean Easter!): The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the... continued
Water Wars
April 2, 2010What we're REALLY fighting about! - Some researchers think that al-Qaeda IS NOT fighting a war of religion, it's fighting a WATER WAR. On Alternet.org, Steven Solomon writes: "The unfolding global water crisis increasingly influences the outcome of America's two... continued
Large Hadron Collider Disappears
April 1, 2010Just days after achieving the highest energy particlecollision in history, the Large Hadron Collider hasdisappeared from the face of the earth. Swiss officials atfirst explored the idea that the collider might have beenstolen. But this seems improbable, due to the... continued
Anne’s Diary: I was an Angel for Easter
April 1, 2010In her newest diary, Anne Strieber writes: "A few years ago, I wrote about meeting an angel in a Kinko's copy shop. This time around, I was an angel for SOMEBODY ELSE, although I didn't realize it until later." It's... continued
Homeland Security to Use Double-Nosed Dogs
April 1, 2010Double-Nosed Dogs have long been popular in the Americansouth for their exceptional abilities at sniffing out smallgame, and now the breed's abilities have caused it to beadopted by US HomelandSecurity as America's official preferred dog for contrabandsniffing. As a result,... continued
Dangerous Brains
March 31, 2010The brains of psychopaths are wired to keep seeking a reward at any cost, which is why they do such awful things to the rest of us. And A person can reach a high level of spiritual development without being... continued