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Dirt
May 2, 2007We know why dirt is good?but if we're not careful, most of it may not be here anymore?and one kind of dirt can even cure cancer! The bark of the rare Pacific yew tree is the main ingredient in the... continued
Arctic Ice Retreat Faster Than Predicted
May 2, 2007Arctic sea ice is melting at a significantly faster rate than projected by even the most advanced computer models, leading Prince Charles, in the UK, to issue an emergency ?MayDay? warning about global warming. A new study shows that the... continued
Memory: A Simple Solution
May 2, 2007There's a reason why it's harder to remember things than it used to be: you've got TOO MANY memories stuffed into your brain! But there's an easy trick to use when you want to remember something: it has to do... continued
Anne’s Diary: Choices
May 2, 2007In Anne's latest diary, she writes about choices, and says, "When we think of the Virginia Tech killings, we want to place the blame somewhere?such as our weak gun control laws, on violent video games and movies. But if we... continued
Latest on Poisoned Petfood
May 1, 2007UPDATE - We recently reported on how the pet food poison melamine, a substance which is used in China, may have gotten into pet food in the US. In the New York Times, Ariana Lindquist writes that workers at a... continued
Kryptonite
May 1, 2007Big people have been doing big things recently: we wrote about how the world?s tallest man managed to save two dolphins. Now a British strongman has managed to pull a jumbo jet weighing over 16 thousand pounds down a runway?and... continued
Is Wi Fi Dangerous?
May 1, 2007Homes, coffee shops and even entire towns are now being wired for internet access, but no one is investigating the possible health implications of this. The massive power of the cellphone industry has prevented any serious research into their possible... continued
What Will the Future Bring?
May 1, 2007In our most recent Insight, we share a recent communication about the future which may have come directly to one of our readers from the visitors. In her new diary, Anne writes about choices. Whitley talks in a sobering way... continued
Ethanol Could Make Things Worse
April 30, 2007In the US, for political reasons, we're being conned by corn. It turns out that fuels high in ethanol may pose an equal, or even greater, risk to our health than regular gas. In LiveScience.com, Charles Q. Choi quotes atmospheric... continued
What’s REALLY GOING ON in Iraq
April 30, 2007We hear news about the Iraq war from the White House all the time, but we rarely hear from the soldiers themselves. Do they feel that the war they are fighting is working?and is it worth it? British soldiers are... continued