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Tai Chi for Robots (& Bird Flu)
July 12, 2007Tai chi chih, the Westernized version of the 2,000-year-old Chinese martial art characterized by slow movement and meditation, significantly boosts the immune systems of older adults. And researchers are making robots that move more efficiently by teaching them tai chi.... continued
Don’t Blame Sun for Climate Change
July 12, 2007Despite the fact that sunspot activity has been at an all time high recently, we reported (3 years ago) that the sun can't be blamed for global warming. A new scientific study confirms this. In BBC News, Richard Black writes... continued
Anne’s Diary: A Crime That Goes (Almost) Unnoticed
July 11, 2007In her new diary, Anne Strieber writes: "You often see little kids squeezing their eyes closed and putting their fingers in their ears so they don?t have to see (or hear) anything they don't want to. When we grow up,... continued
Food Fuel
July 11, 2007While we're all trying to figure out what is the best fuel to burn in our cars, some unexpected sources have turned up with some surprising ideas. BBC News reports that in the UK, McDonald's restaurants (which have been strongly... continued
Planting Trees Doesn’t Always Help
July 11, 2007In order to fulfill the Kyoto Agreement, some countries volunteered to plant more trees, but it turns out that this doesn't help nearly as much as everyone hoped it would. A new study shows that forests in the US and... continued
Pakistan on the Brink
July 10, 2007UPDATE - Hundreds of soldiers surrounding the Red Mosque in Islamabadand are preparing to storm the mosque after a standoff thathas lasted since the mosque was isolated by troops lastTuesday. Since then, at least 21 people have been killed inthe... continued
Can We Run Our Cars on Coal?
July 10, 2007There would be no oil shortage if we could use our coal, since we have LOTS of it. But burning it releases greenhouse gases, and what we need most is a clean way to power cars. Researchers Burt Davis and... continued
Do You Know the Facts of Life?
July 10, 2007UPDATE - Are women's and men's brains alike or different? Find out what you really know about the subject of sex by taking this sex quiz. UPDATE: To learn all about aphrodisiacs, keep reading. The brains of men and women... continued
Monitoring Global Warming From the Moon
July 9, 2007Not everyone thinks we should be investing so much time and money in the ISS, but there's more than one reason to return to the moon: while it's a source of a potentially perfect fuel to some nations, to climate... continued
We May Have a Cure for Cancer
July 9, 2007Almost all of us have lost friends and parents to cancer. Surgery, radiation and chemotherapy can prolong a patient's life, but now there's hope for a real CURE to this dreaded disease. Scientists have learned how to create stem cells... continued