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New Kind of Hurricane This Season

July 7, 2009
Thanks to new kind of El Nino - El Nino years typically result in fewer hurricanes forming in the Atlantic Ocean. But a new study suggests that the form of El Nino may be changing potentially causing not only a... continued

Biofuel for Jet Planes Too

July 6, 2009
Everyone's talking about biofuel for cars, but what about using it for jet planes? The seeds of a weed could cut jet fuel's carbon emissions by 84%. Engineer David Shonnard analyzed the carbon dioxide emissions of jet fuel made from... continued

Irish Potato Blight Reaches our Shore

July 6, 2009
But it's affecting tomatoes this time - Almost everyone in the US has some Irish blood, because due to the potato famine in the 19th century, thousands of Irish immigrated here. When Anne Strieber analyzed the hundreds of thousands of... continued

Emergency Room Crowds

July 3, 2009
Are they really that bad? - Hospital Emergency Rooms increasingly seem crowded and chaotic. George Bush suggested that if you didn't have health insurance, you could always go to an emergency room, so most people assume that's the reason for... continued

Saying Goodbye to Our Pets

July 3, 2009
...when we no longer have a home - There are many tragedies connected with the recession, and one of these is the dilemma about what to do with some special members of our families when we can't afford to take... continued

A Mummy is Unwrapped

July 3, 2009
Using a computer - Thanks to the skills of artists (and psychics) who work on cold case investigations, people have a chance to see what the University of Chicago's mummy may have looked like when she was alive and living... continued

The Curry Cure

July 2, 2009
And green tea medicine - We reported on this before, but it was unclear whether or not simply EATING curry occasionally would do the trick, but researchers have now decided that it will. So your new prescription is: eat curry... continued

Plant Pretends to be Sick

July 2, 2009
We now know that bacteria plan ahead. New research has revealed that some plants are hypochondriacs. Nature has a lot to tell us if we'll only listen. They don't actually THINK they're sick when they're not, the way human hypochondriacs... continued

Homeless: The Ultimate Solution

July 2, 2009
Something that government officials don't like to admit is that most of the homeless people who ask for money on the street are mentally ill. Some of them are addicted to alcohol, drugs (or both), but since the mental hospitals... continued

Big Tobacco the One Who Needs to QUIT

July 1, 2009
...Quit trying to hook our teens on smoking - President Barack Obama's signature on a bill to grant the FDA authority to regulate tobacco was a historic step that could eliminate tobacco use in the US by 2047. To save... continued