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Is Your Neighborhood Healthy?

December 17, 2009
Your neighborhood may be gaily decorated, with Christmas lights on every house, but is it a healthy place to live? Not if there's a Meth lab nearby! When authorities discover a "meth house," they decontaminate it by removing chemicals, getting... continued

Baseball Problems

December 17, 2009
Isn't the season over? - Who's thinking of baseball now? We have basketballand football to watch. But with the annual winter baseball meetings under way, fans wonder whether the expensive long-term contracts their favorite team gives to big name free... continued

Psychics Killed in Middle East

December 17, 2009
It's hard to go on fighting for democracy in Islamic countries, when people are being killed in these places for witchcraft and (now) for being a psychic. On the Paranormal Review website, Roy Stemman writes about a business trip to... continued

Life on the Moon

December 16, 2009
We've already found water on the moon and now scientists from India say they've found signs of life there as well. The instruments on their first unmanned lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, picked up signs of carbon, the main building block of... continued

The World’s Biggest Dump

December 15, 2009
Something most of us are not aware of: An amazing amount of trash is dumped into the ocean. It comes from landfills and from cruise ships that throw their trash directly into the sea. The ocean is becoming more and... continued

Sunspots Not the Problem

December 15, 2009
Alas, it's us humans - People are in denial about climate change (and other things as well), but no matter what they say, scientists insist that sunspots and solar cycles are not the cause of current global warming. The idea... continued

Murder: More Reasons Why

December 15, 2009
The recent fatal shootings of four Washington state police officers again brings up the recurring problem of mass murder in the United States. What motivates these men to go on a shooting rampage? Psychologist Andrew Smiler says, "These men killed... continued

Bird Flirts

December 14, 2009
Some feminists wear feathers - It's the time of year when birds are flying south for the winter. Scientists have learned that female birds in species that breed in groups (such as Purple Martins) not only indulge in sex orgies... continued

Chinese Glaciers Melting Too

December 14, 2009
Despite this, China has withdrawn from Climate talks - Who knew that there are glaciers in China as well as at the poles? And just like glaciers everywhere, they are melting! Which is why it's such a shame that China... continued

Can We Afford to Stop Global Warming?

December 14, 2009
Measures being proposed at the Copenhagen conference to curb greenhouse gas emissions are unlikely to affect potential long-term economic growth in the United States. Economist Martin Ross says that adopting climate legislation would only cause slight changes in the nation's... continued