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Ghost Yacht
April 23, 2007The Kaz II, a 40 foot yacht, has been foundoff the Australian coast with its occupants missing. So far,a search has failed to turn up any signs of the three peopleon the boat. The only sign of trouble was a... continued
Anne’s Diary: Cloud Shadows
April 20, 2007In Anne's new diary, she writes about cloud shadows. If you don?t know what these are, click here. NOTE: This news story, previously published on our old site, will have any links removed. continued
Fairness
April 20, 2007We live in a time when, due to our tax breaks for the rich and the diminishing power of unions, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. But psychologists think that what even those of us... continued
Elephant Slaughter
April 20, 2007Western aid to Africa helps these countries build roads, which are greatly needed to distribute food and medicine. But these new roads also make it easier for ivory poachers to reach the interior and kill large numbers of elephants. In... continued
Oil Shortage Begins
April 20, 2007Is it the beginning of the end? According to a Swedish physicist, global oil production will peak sometime between 2008 and 2018 and then start to decline. Physicists have been right about this in the past. In LiveScience.com, Melinda Wenner... continued
Drunk Driving
April 19, 2007Humans aren't the only ones who have the problem of driving drunk. Birds and bats sometimes get into some fermented fruit and end up too drunk to fly. But bats have discovered their own hangover cure! Bats use what we... continued
Not Waving But Drowning
April 19, 2007Due to global warming, low-lying Bangladesh may not have much of a future, and if YOU live in a major coastal city (as many of us do), there could be a tsunami in YOUR future. Agricultural researchers think that cities... continued
Does Gun Control Prevent Crime?
April 19, 2007UPDATE - The recent Virginia Tech killings make us all ask the question once again: Would getting rid of guns prevent these murders? It's interesting to see the British point of view about this troublesome question. Also, did violent movies... continued
When Husbands Ignore Wives
April 18, 2007Psychologists have a word for it: "reactance." It could even be unconscious. In LiveScience.com, Robert Roy Britt reports on a new study, in which participants were asked to name a significant person in their lives whom they perceived as controlling,... continued
Learn to Think Like a Rat
April 18, 2007Researchers have learned that rats are capable of complex, human-like thinking and planning and that when they dream, they "replay" the day's events in their minds, like a movie?something humans do too. In LiveScience.com, Charles Q. Choi reports that rats... continued