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When Blacks & Whites Marry, What About the Kids?
May 9, 2007We've written that adoptive parents?and grandparents? care more. Now it turns out that Biracial parents, compared to their monoracial counterparts, are more likely to go the extra mile in the amount of time and money they spend on their young... continued
Can Some People See Into the Future?
May 8, 2007Psychologist Dick Bierman thinks that some people avoided 911 because they saw it coming by looking into the future. The Evening Standard reports that Bierman believes that "ordinary people really do have a sixth sense that can help them 'see'... continued
Hate Your Job? Need to Change Your Career?
May 8, 2007People looking for jobs that bring satisfaction and happiness should concentrate on professions that focus primarily on serving other people, according to a new report from the University of Chicago, which found clergy to be the happiest and most satisfied... continued
Climate Change Timetable
May 8, 2007We know that global warming will change the weather worldwide, but what's the timetable for your particular part of the world? In LiveScience.com, Andrea Thompson and Ker Than make the following speculations, based on a recent report by the Intergovernmental... continued
Exxon Accused of Lying About Climate Change
May 7, 2007In the UK newspaper the Guardian, David Adam reports that "Britain's top scientists" have told Exxon to stop "funding groups that attempt to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change." The Royal Academy, which is comprised of Britain's top scientists,... continued
Russia Accuses US of Moon Plot
May 7, 2007Russia sees NASA's race for the moon as having a "distinctly Cold War feel," according to the British newspaper the Telegraph. Adrian Blomfield reports that the Russian space agency has accused NASA of "rejecting a proposal for joint lunar exploration."... continued
UK Reveals UFO Secrets
May 7, 2007In the Independent, Robert Verkaik reports that, unlike the US military and secret service, the British Ministry of Defense (MoD) is declassifying all of its UFO information. In a recent UFO sighting over the UK, airline captain Ray Bower, a... continued
Clothes That Ward Off Flu
May 4, 2007We've told you about clothes that can make you invisible. We've reported on clothes made from recycled chicken feathers. Soon you'll be able to wear clothes that protect you from pollution and stop you from catching a cold or the... continued
Staring Down Crime
May 4, 2007We've already learned that eyes can keep you honest?even when they don't belong to a real person! Holding eye contact, or "gaze," with hysterical citizens is one of the most effective methods police officers can use to calm them down.... continued
Save Our Planet: Suck Up That CO2 (Part II)
May 4, 2007One way to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, so that it won't cause global warming, might be to "seed" the oceans with iron that will stimulate blooms of phytoplankton, the microscopic marine plant that converts CO2 into organic... continued