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Irish Potato Blight Reaches our Shore
July 6, 2009But 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, 2009Are 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, 2009Using 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, 2009And 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, 2009We 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, 2009Something 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
Whitley’s Journal: Amazing Talk at an Amazing Festival
July 1, 2009In Whitley's new Journal, he reflects on this year's Dreamland Festival and on the crop circle that Linda Howe gave an extraordinary report on there. To see the formation he's talking about, click here. And that wasn't the only thing... continued
Big Brains Can Be a Problem
June 30, 2009Do we get cancer because we evolved big brains? That's a depressing thought, but it may be true. It's a question that has nagged cancer researcher John McDonald, who says, "I was always intrigued by the fact that chimpanzees appear... continued