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Big Bee Emergency
October 23, 2006We're losing bees at a rapid rate, but we can't do without them. The National Research Council has released a report stating that pollinators such as bees, birds, and many others, who are essential to crops, food and, ultimately, all... continued
Why So Many are Dying in Iraq
October 23, 2006We recently revealed that the death toll in Iraq is much higher than has been reported in the mainstream media. Doctors working in Iraq say that more than half of the civilians killed could have been saved if better medical... continued
Global Warming: The Canary is Slowly Dying
October 20, 2006We've written before that Alaska is the canary in the coal mine, because the effects of global warming are showing up there first. Now we?ve learned that over ten thousand Alaskan lakes have shrunk or dried up in the last... continued
Does Breast Feeding Make Kids Smarter?
October 20, 2006Scientists have been studying this question for over 70 years, but they still don't know the answer. They do know it makes them healthier, and makes their mothers healthier as well, since it protects against breast cancer. Many of the... continued
What Did YOU Inherit?
October 20, 2006Everyone wants to learn about their roots, which is why so many African-Americans are having their DNA tested. But we don't just inherit our looks and perhaps our personalities?our susceptibility to disease is also inherited, and if we can find... continued
Music in the Brain
October 19, 2006Children with Williams syndrome, a rare form of autism, love music and will spend hours listening to it. This is further evidence that the ability to compose and appreciate music lies in one specific portion of the brain. We already... continued
Global Warming: A Reprieve But No Sign We Will Use It
October 19, 2006We recently wrote about how a low level of sunspot activity may give us a reprieve when it comes to global warming, and now the oceans are cooling off as well. We now have a chance (if we take it)... continued
Planned Bush Land Purchase in Paraguay
October 19, 2006There are rumors circulating in Latin America that the Bushfamily plans to purchase 98,000 acres of land inParaguay. It has been reported that the president'sdaughter, Jenna Bush, is involved with the purchase and maybe the owner of the land. The... continued
Brain Breakthrough
October 18, 2006New technology is allowing people who are paralyzed, due to accidents or to diseases like ALS (the condition that quantum physicist Stephen Hawking has), to operate computers using only their brains. A fourteen-year-old boy with epilepsy has learned to play... continued
Why Bird Flu is Such a Threat
October 18, 2006Scientists who are warning us about a possible bird flu epidemic are comparing it with the 1918 Spanish flu influenza epidemic which killed somewhere between 40 and 100 million people worldwide during the 18 months it lasted. Researchers are analyzing... continued