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Is Extinction in Your Future?

October 23, 2008
One in four mammal species is threatened with extinction, and the terrestrial mammals in Southeast Asia are particularly at risk. The top threats to land mammals are habitat loss and harvesting (hunting, use for medicine, fuel and other materials). A... continued

Middle-Aged Suicide: Is the Problem Money?

October 22, 2008
Teen suicide gets plenty of airtime, but a new US study finds that middle-aged whites are emerging as a high-risk group. Could this be due to the recession? Before 1999, white middle-aged men were the least likely to kill themselves.... continued

Pollution Cuts the Earth in Half

October 22, 2008
There's a real equator?the invisible line that divides the earth's North from its South?but there's also a "chemical equator" that divides the polluted air of the North from the relatively clear air of the South. But as the South becomes... continued

Classified UFO Documents Reveal

October 22, 2008
...passenger jet in near-collision with UFO - Will the next president come clean about UFOs? They're already doing this in the UK! On Monday, Oct. 20 The Sun newspaper in the UK reported that in 1991, an Alitalia passenger jet... continued

Baseball Money

October 21, 2008
It's all in the POST season! - What's the baseball post-season worth to a team?in money, that is? New research shows for each postseason win, the Philadelphia Phillies organization will receive approximately $2.5 million in revenue this year and $3.3... continued

Washing: Why?

October 21, 2008
We all know that we should wash our hands often, and here's a new reason WHY. Don't you wish everyone washed their hands after going to the bathroom? (YOU do, don't you?) BBC News found that more than one in... continued

Speaking English

October 20, 2008
When you talk to people who are against immigration, do you ever hear this? "My great, great grandparents came to America and quickly learned English to survive. Why can't today?s immigrants do the same?" It turns out this isn't true.... continued

Pot Ads Backfire

October 20, 2008
New research finds that a national campaign's anti-drug TV ads failed to convince young children and teenagers to stay away from marijuana and actually might have ENCOURAGED some of them to try smoking pot. Researcher Robert Hornik says that the... continued

Women Smoking & Drinking

October 17, 2008
Smoking and drinking?they go together and they're both worse for women. When it comes to alcohol, the dividing line between a little and a lot depends on many things, including sex. Women are more vulnerable than men to alcohol?s long-term... continued

New Spiders Showing Up

October 17, 2008
It's not just birds that are ending up in the wrong places due to global warming?it's SPIDERS too, and some of them can be dangerous?for our crops and (in some cases) for US, since some of these spiders can BITE!... continued