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Pied Piper Needed All Over Again

December 5, 2008
Legend says that in the 13th century, a pied piper played his flute to lure the rats out of the town of Hamelin, Germany (he lured the town?s children away as well). Well, they need him again: the rats are... continued

Finding Missing Kids

December 4, 2008
Do those milk carton photos of missing kids really help locate them? If you saw the photo of a missing child in the newspaper or on TV, would you recognize that child if he or she was standing next to... continued

Preventing Asteroid Impacts

December 4, 2008
It didn't happen in November, but that doesn't mean it won't happen in the future. A new UN report states: "Faced with such a threat, we are far from helpless. Astronomers today can detect a high proportion of Near Earth... continued

Will We Ever Get National Health Insurance?

December 3, 2008
Will the Obama administration finally usher in national health insurance? We need to bridge the health gap between the rich and the poor?but when it comes to insurance, we ALL feel poor! A new study shows us that we may... continued

Need an organ transplant?

December 3, 2008
Grow your own! - Surgeons in Spain have transplanted a windpipe in a patient that was created using her own stem cells. Since there is no chance of rejection, she will have no need to anti-rejection drugs. In BBC News,... continued

All We Need Is?

December 3, 2008
?a little more time to plan - Maybe the earth is giving us a little more time to save it. New research shows that we should be looking to the ground, not the sky, to see where climate change could... continued

Marijuana for the Memory

December 2, 2008
It's not as dangerous as scientiststhink it shouldbe, and it can even be consideredmedicine. Also,it may affect different people indifferent ways. The more researchers study the effects of marijuana, themore evidence scientists find that specific elements in itcan be good... continued

Where the Latest Terrorism Came From

December 2, 2008
There were 30 years of IRA terrorism in the UK, and then it was us. Now the recent horrific attacks in Mumbai have shown how difficult it is for developing states to be safe from terrorism. Since 2005, this is... continued

Anne’s Diary: Feed My Sheep

December 1, 2008
In Anne's newest diary, she writes about helping to feed 800 homeless people on the day before Thanksgiving. She was assigned to be a "gravy spotter" and says, "It was hard work, and some of us gals in the 'gravy... continued

Will the Bailout Work?

December 1, 2008
More indications that we are heading for a major economic depression: the bailout costs will total more than the Marshall Plan, the Louisiana Purchase, the moonshot, the S&L bailout, the Korean War, the New Deal, the Iraq war, the Vietnam... continued