2019-03-01
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Casino Danger
July 13, 2009More than just losing your money! - Smoking and drinking go together, and gambling? That too. And new research suggests that casino workers face a higher risk of heart disease and lung cancer because they work in buildings filled with... continued
A Noisy Hybrid?
July 10, 2009People who drive a Prius (or other hybrid car) can be a bit boring at times. But despite their obsession with the mileage they're getting, sometime THEY get a little bored too, with their polite, docile QUIET cars. Some people... continued
How Drug War Encourages Drug Use
July 10, 2009As we've said before, the war against drugs is a very silly war, and when we fight it, we often encourage the very things we're trying to prevent. The idea behind tough policing of illegal drugs is to drive dealers... continued
Men: If You’re Planning to Cycle
July 10, 2009...Freeze your sperm! - Now that the Tour de France is on, scientists want to remind would-be professional cyclists (and the rest of us?) that they should consider freezing their sperm before spending too much time on that bike. When... continued
Why the Universe Seems So Quiet?
July 9, 2009A scientist has created a device that makes radio waves do what Albert Einstein said was impossible: travel faster than light. If other cultures on other planets have already learned how to do this, it could be the reason that... continued
If You Need Friends
July 9, 2009...Now you can BUY them! - Whitley twitters. Anne twitters. And sometimes it's hard to know who your friends are. Now, if YOU twitter, you can buy friends! An Australian company is offering to sell people potential Twitter friends for... continued
Waters Rising Soon
July 9, 2009Why has Greenland's major glacier doubled the speed of its melt in the last 15 years, causing ocean levels to rise? We need to figure this out before we all drown. We don't yet understand ice sheets and glaciers well... continued
Sunspots Subside on July 7
July 8, 2009UPDATE - The huge sunspot formation that emerged on July4 has begun subsiding, and alarmist predictionsthat the sun would "blow up" or emit some sort of giganticflare toward the earth have proved--not unexpectedly--unfounded. However, one thing is clear: the new... continued
Going Gray
July 8, 2009When you get gray hair, it's a sign of stress (not necessarily YOUR stress, but your HAIR'S stress). Scientists have learned this by studying people who go gray prematurely from a rare syndrome called Ataxia telangiectasia. As the hair's stem... continued
More Amazing Revelations from Whitley
July 7, 2009In his new Journal, Whitley draws from such seemingly disparate sources as crop circles in England, the Bible and letters from experiencers who wrote about seeing the Visitors along with dead friends and relatives in order to weave together an... continued