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US Soldiers Going Deaf in Iraq
May 28, 2007We hear so much about soldiers coming home from Iraq with missing limbs due to insurgency bombings, but a more pervasive problem is that gunfire is making many of our soldiers deaf. Gunfire can have a profound impact on soldiers'... continued
NASA Scientist Warns of Catastrophic Climate Change
May 27, 2007Dr. J. E. Hansen, head of NASA's Goddard Institute for SpaceScience and their lead climate scientist, is warning that sea levels could rise fifteen feet over the next hundred years. He says that the scientific community's fear of saying this... continued
Traveling at the Speed of Light
May 25, 2007We may be able to travel to that newly discovered Earth-like planet sooner than we think, since a physicist thinks he has found a way to travel close to the speed of light. Physorg.com reports that researcher Franklin Felber is... continued
Another Good Reason to Lose Weight
May 25, 2007We know that smoking leads to cancer, but bad behavior in general?eating too much and drinking excessive amounts of alcohol?can bring on that dreaded disease as well. In the Independent, Sadie Gray writes that obesity is getting so common in... continued
Shrunken Heads
May 25, 2007Not many people know that Oxford?the seat of higher learning in the UK?has a special museum dedicated to shrunken heads. These may have to be returned to South America for burial, and if this is the case, an artist has... continued
An Essential Food is Going Extinct
May 25, 2007Sharks and whales aren't the only sea creatures being fished into extinction?the fish that much of the world relies on for food are going extinct as well. Part of the cause may be global warming, but most of it can... continued
Drone Appears on You Tube–But Original Photos Still Stand Up
May 25, 2007Super-clear photos of a bizarre UFO have caused aninternational sensation, and now CGI experts are showingjust how perfect fakes can be, but so far there is noevidence at all that the 'Chad' photos posted on Flikr, andthe 'Alabama' photo posted... continued
Global Warming May Mean the End of Some Butterflies
May 24, 2007In the UK, 11 species of butterflies are making their earliest recorded appearances this spring, which means they will die off earlier in the season as well, since butterflies typically live for a very short time. Some species of butterflies... continued
Are You Accident Prone?
May 24, 2007Feel stupid since moving to that new apartment? A recent study shows that ceiling height affects your problem-solving skills. Don't bump your head! Another study shows that some people really ARE more accident-prone than others. In LiveScience.com, Ken Mauk quotes... continued
Weird Aerial Object Haunts California
May 23, 2007At first, the super-clear pictures and the suggestion thatone of the 'wings' on this odd craft had Klingon letters onit made seasoned UFO observers assume that it was a prank.But now additional photographs being received fromindependent sources by Dreamland science... continued