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Fight Fat With Seaweed
November 1, 2006Chemists in Japan have discovered that brown seaweed?something we don't eat in the US, but which Japanese use extensively to flavor soups and salads?contains a compound which, in animal studies, promotes weight loss by reducing the accumulation of fat. Could... continued
A Mighty River Reversed
November 1, 2006After hurricane Katrina, engineers are contemplating whether or not to move the Mississippi. Meanwhile, researchers have found evidence that the world's largest river basin, the Amazon, once flowed in the opposite direction. Geologists Russell Mapes and Drew Coleman have discovered... continued
Global Warming: A Price to Pay in the (Near) Future
October 31, 2006Global warming could cost the world's governments up to 20% per cent of their economies in the near future, due to hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters. What kind of world are we handing to the next generation? Economist Nicholas... continued
Why Do We Like Halloween?
October 31, 2006Halloween comes halfway point between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice. Celts (as well as traditional Japanese culture) considered equinoxes and solstices to be the middle of a season. On the equinoxes, the sun rises due east and sets due... continued
Roots…NOT
October 31, 2006African-Americans are searching for their roots. However, the researchers have found that only one in 10 African Americans may be able to find clues about their ancestral origins if mitochondrial DNA is tested. Mitochondrial DNA is the portion of the... continued
Huge Typhoon Hit Philippines
October 30, 2006UPDATE - Supertyphoon Cimaron, called "Paeng" in the Philippines,with sustained winds of 120 mph struck the island ofLuzon on Sunday. The Philippines are struck by 20 Typhoons ayear, but Cimaron was the most powerful storm to hit the areasince 1998.... continued
A Quantum Mystery
October 30, 2006In the submicroscopic world, things behave in strange ways. The laws of quantum mechanics are different from the Newtonian laws that govern the macro world?for instance, one quantum physicist has discovered that he can lower the temperature of an object... continued
Subliminal Sex
October 30, 2006Researchers have discovered that we can be influenced by sexy ads on TV, even when they are subliminal?in other words, they flash by too fast for us to be consciously aware of them. In LiveScience.com, Ker Than describes an experiment... continued
What Earth Wobble Does
October 27, 2006The author and explorer Graham Hancock was one of the first people to understand what "precession," the way the earth "wobbles" on its axis as it orbits the sun, meant to the ancients. He wrote about this in his famous... continued
Could There be a Tsunami in NYC?
October 27, 2006We recently reported on how global warming will affect our future. Scientists agree that one thing that will definitely happen is that melting ice will cause sea levels to rise, threatening coastal cities. Hurricanes, caused by warmer ocean temperatures, are... continued