The Gay Gene (More)

December 5, 2007
A study of men in Ontario, Canada provides a new twist on the connection between sexual orientation and right or left-handedness. Earlier studies showed that gay men (and lesbians) were 39% more likely than heterosexuals to be left-handed. This new... continued

What Do Trees Have to Do With It?

December 4, 2007
We know that global warming causes more hurricanes, but do trees have anything to do with global warming? Biologist Jeffrey Chambers discovered that the losses inflicted by Hurricane Katrina on Gulf Coast forest trees were enough to cancel out a... continued

Video Violence

December 4, 2007
Watching media violence significantly increases the risk that a viewer or video game player will behave aggressively in both the short and long term. Researcher L. Rowell Huesmann looked at more than half a century of research on the impact... continued

Anne’s Diary: Stories of Good & Evil

December 3, 2007
In Anne Strieber's new diary, she writes: "The more experiences I have in life, the more I realize that everything is made up of stories, from the tales of individual lives to the histories of places and civilizations. Every culture... continued

Stress Causes Asthma?in our Soldiers

December 3, 2007
For the first time, a study has linked asthma in adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study of male twins who were veterans of the Vietnam War suggests that the association between asthma and PTSD is not primarily explained... continued

Ozone is the Missing Link

December 3, 2007
Ozone may prove the key to the link between high temperature (they kind caused by climate change) and the increased risk of death from heart disease or stroke. Rresearchers studied almost 100 million people in 95 different geographical areas across... continued

Tobacco Plot Gets Teens Hooked

November 30, 2007
It may be illegal to advertise cigarettes to kids, but tobacco companies are still trying to start kids on smoking because they know that once they hook them, it will be incredibly hard for them to quit. A new Canadian... continued

How Sunshine Protects Us from Cancer

November 30, 2007
The sun's warm rays can not only give you skin cancer, they can also PEVENT it! Now that fall is here, if you're not getting out in the sun as much as you did in the summer, you also may... continued

The Secret of Success

November 30, 2007
What makes people happy? Doing better than the people around you is what makes some of us feel successful. But after working so hard to climb to the top, why do so many strivers self-destruct? BBC News reports on a... continued

A Planet Like Ours

November 29, 2007
The Master of the Key predicted we would find new universes?and we have. Astronomers have also discovered a viable new Earth-like planet that's fairly close to us. US astronomers say they have found a new planet orbiting around a star... continued