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First Victims of Global Warming

December 27, 2006
Rising ocean levels, caused by global warming (which is causing glaciers to melt), will soon make 70,000 people homeless, as?for the first time?an inhabited island near India has been completely covered with water. Geoffrey Lean writes in the Independent that... continued

Famous (and Ominous) Mind Study

December 26, 2006
In 1961, Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram discovered that ordinary people would give deadly electric shocks to people they didn't know, despite the fact that they could hear their screams, if they were directed to do so by "authority figures." The... continued

Too Hot to Hibernate: Head for the Hills!

December 26, 2006
As if anyone needs any more proof that global warming is real, biologists have discovered that in Spain, bears are no longer hibernating for the winter. In California, chipmunks, mice and squirrels are moving to higher elevations, where the weather... continued

Why Low Fat Foods Make You Fat

December 26, 2006
People?especially overweight people?consume up to 50% MORE calories when they eat low-fat versions of snack foods than when they eat the regular versions. And dieters want to know: are "trans fats" (whatever they are) really bad for you? New York... continued

How Does Santa Do It?

December 22, 2006
Some of us are skeptical about whether traditional Christmas symbols such angels really exist. Kids are find it hard to believe that Santa Claus could deliver presents to millions of homes and children in just one night. But there's a... continued

Pre-Christmas Weather Chaos Snarls Travel

December 22, 2006
Both Denver Airport and London Heathrow have been closed due to extreme weather conditions, and both US national travel and travel worldwide have been severely affected. United Airlines alone has cancelled 2,000 flights, and manytravelers are not expected to be... continued

Christmas: Loneliness & Family Fights

December 22, 2006
Can't we ever learn to be happy? Some of us feel sad during the Christmas holidays, because we're along, while others dread having to travel home for Christmas, where we participate the same old family fights. Loneliness and family conflicts... continued

The PERFECT Christmas gift

December 22, 2006
With Christmas right around the corner, we're thinking about theChristmas presents we plan to give, and we have one of the all-time best: our annual 2007 crop circle calendar. This comes all the way from England and our store is... continued

Go Ahead & Give the Wrong Gift

December 22, 2006
One of the most important things about Christmas is giving. We want to choose the perfect gift for everyone on our list, so we often get them a gift card, so they can pick out what they want. But a... continued

Big Business Gets It Wrong…and Right

December 21, 2006
When big business mixes with medicine and/or public policy, the results can be good?or disastrous. In two recent cases, having to do with breast cancer in women and AIDS in men, it has been both. In 2003, breast cancer incidence... continued