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Asteroids & Fireballs

September 11, 2008
?and funny things happening on the sun - Lots of new stuff is being discovered in space?right here in our own galaxy! One newly-discovered asteroid may have a somewhat mysterious origin. And a flurry of "fireballs" (the tiny meteors called... continued

CERN Powers Up

September 10, 2008
The Large Hadron Collider, also known asCERN, cost $10billion an is located on the border between France andSwitzerland. It wasactivated today. And don't worry: A new report provides the mostcomprehensive evidence available to confirm that the LargeHadron Collider?s switch-on poses... continued

The AIDS Puzzle

September 9, 2008
Who gets it, who doesn't, and why? - AIDS experts have compelling evidence that some people live with HIV who for years and even decades show extremely low levels of the virus in their blood, never progressing to full-blown AIDS,... continued

Global Warming Link to Hurricanes Confirmed

September 9, 2008
and why Gustav wasn't as bad as Katrina - The theory that global warming may be contributing to stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic over the past 30 years is bolstered by a new study. Using global satellite data, researchers James... continued

Who Suffers Most from Road Pollution?

September 9, 2008
Kids! - You don't have to be ajogger tosuffer from highway pollution. New evidence blamestraffic-related pollution for increasing the risk of allergyamong children by more than 50%, and the closer the childrenlive to roads, the higher their risk. And it?s... continued

Football: A Rough Game

September 8, 2008
...in fact, most players never recover - Football players have the shortest professional lives of players of any other sport. Not only do the have the most injuries during the NFL season, they often don't live long after they STOP... continued

Back to School: The Problem That Never Goes Away

September 8, 2008
Bullies: it turns out EVERYONE is a victim, including the bullies THEMSELVES - Now that school is starting, the perpetual problem of bullies is on people's minds again. Whether you or your child is beginning his or her first day... continued

Movie Psychology

September 5, 2008
If movie executives could figure out how to read our minds, they'd have a hit film every time. They haven't perfected the technique yet, but they're working on it. The NYU film school has enlisted their psychology department to help... continued

Hobbits NOT

September 5, 2008
Remember those fossils of tiny people nicknamed Hobbits, that were discovered in Indonesia? Turns out they weren't tiny after all?the so-called dwarfs of these Micronesian islands actually were modern, normal-sized hunters and gatherers. It's all the fault of an archeologist... continued

Northern Climates Warming Fast

September 5, 2008
Birds react by moving north - There is a colossal ice shelf collapse going on in our close neighbor Canada. Farther away, Greenland's glaciers are not doing well. That's not the only thing that's happening in the North: Bird habitats... continued