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On Thanksgiving, Our Thoughts Turn to?Turkey

November 22, 2006
On Christmas (hopefully), our thoughts turn to giving, but on Thanksgiving, our thoughts turn to that turkey we're going to dine on with friends and family. Turkey is still fairly unknown in Europe, but Americans are eating over 100% more... continued

Good News About Holiday Blues

November 22, 2006
The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays have long been an especially painful season for lonely people. Now, there's good news: Suicide rates among younger and older Americans have been declining since the early 1990s. There's also puzzling news: No one really... continued

Meeting the Green Man

November 22, 2006
In her newest diary, Anne Strieber writes: "While I've written about the Green Man twice in my diaries, and even become a sort of ambassador for him, I've only met him metaphorically. Now I've heard from some one who met... continued

Real Magic

November 22, 2006
We know that magicians are fooling us, but why can't we catch them at it? Or is there such a thing a REAL magic? In LiveScience.com, Charles Q. Choi quotes psychologist Gustav Kuhn as saying, "It made sense to look... continued

Sea Urchins R Us

November 21, 2006
We may not be related to Neanderthals, but we ARE related to small sea creatures called sea urchins! The Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Project (SUGSP) Consortium (yes, there is such a thing) has announced that they have succeeded in decoding... continued

Fear Can Make You Fat

November 21, 2006
We recently wrote about how worry can actually make you sick, and it turns out that fear can make you fat?if you're too afraid of crime in your neighborhood to go out and take a walk. Older adults living in... continued

More Movie Science

November 21, 2006
From time to time, we report on what scientists are thinking about the films we see. Why is the new Bond film called Casino Royale instead of James Bond 21 (which is what it actually is)? Are movie stars getting... continued

Global Warming: Are Lawsuits Next?

November 20, 2006
Two Australian researchers say that governments and companies will face an increase in law suits for their role in global warming, due to the damage it causes to health and communities, and they think these claims have a good chance... continued

The Curry Cure

November 20, 2006
Curcumin, a chemical found in curry and turmeric, may help the immune system clear the brain of amyloid beta, which form the plaques found in Alzheimer's disease. And tumeric may also help prevent rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis. We should obviously... continued

Neanderthals Not Us

November 20, 2006
Three years ago, we reported on evidence that Cro-Magnon man did not interbreed with Neanderthals in order to produce modern humans, as so many scientists have speculated. Now there's even more proof that the two species went their separate ways,... continued