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How to Avoid Breast Cancer

September 24, 2008
Be happy! - Here's a new reason to be happy: Women who have a positive outlook on life are less likely to get breast cancer. Getting divorced, or having a loved one die, increases your risk. BBC News quotes researcher... continued

Extinction: What Happened in the Past

September 24, 2008
...can warn us about the future - No matter what one of our candidates says about polar bears, the truth is that global warming is rapidly reducing the number of animal species.And it?s not only happening in Alaska?two species of... continued

Bartering is Back

September 23, 2008
You'll spend less if you pay cash, but in these tough times, you may not HAVE any cash, so what do you do? You barter! A growing number of us are surviving the recession by trading?with our friends and neighbors... continued

Paying the Piper

September 23, 2008
In Whitley's incredible new Journal, he writes: "What a week! We have seen the effective nationalization of the financial industry, and handed a bill to pay that will reach past a trillion dollars. More fantastically, our national wealth is to... continued

Sweeter?

September 22, 2008
Would we eat fewer sweets if the desserts we DO eat tastedsweeter? Researchers have also found a way to make foods tastesaltier or more savory than they really are, and some ofthese taste enhancers are being tested in commercial foodsby... continued

Our Financial Future

September 22, 2008
What will ourfinancialfuture be like? In LiveScience.com, Clara Moskowiz quotes economist RossGittell as saying, "For many US households this may resultin a new reality, with declining economic prospects for thenext generation." Will the economic world really be worse for our... continued

Do Polls Tell the Truth?

September 22, 2008
A longtime pollster says that media polls are not used touncover the "will" or thoughts of the public, but rather tomanufacture a "public opinion" that grabs the attention ofjournalists and can be used to fill media news holes. In the... continued

Lost Cities

September 19, 2008
A remote area of theAmazon oncecontained thriving cities, which have now been completelyengulfed by the jungle, in the same way that Mayan citieswere lost for centuries. And what will thecities of thefuture belike? Archeologists have found evidence of a grid-like... continued

Paralyzed People Walk Again

September 19, 2008
ChristopherReeve would have loved this: It's a robotic suit thatcan be worn by people who are paralyzed from the waist down,which enables them to walk, stand and even climb stairs. Arewheelchairs finally a thing of the past? BBC News quotes... continued

Pole Shift

September 19, 2008
We know thepoles areshifting right now (as they do at regular intervals)?now weknow why. It turns out that fluid in the center of the earth issloshing around, causing the poles to magnetically shift. InLiveScience.com, Jeremy Hsu writes, "The last major... continued