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Pollination Affected by Global Warming
August 11, 2006Scientists are turning their attention to how global warming affects plant life. They suspect that there will be less nutrition in vegetables that are grown in the future, due to climate change. But some scientists wonder if there will even... continued
New Kind of Singing Volcano
August 11, 2006There may be a new KIND of volcano around. And we now know that volcanoes "sing," as a kind of warning, when they're about to erupt. Sara Goudarzi writes in LiveScience.com that volcanoes that have erupted on the ocean floor... continued
Grumpy is Good, Part Two
August 11, 2006A few months ago, we put up a story saying that being grumpy is good because grumpy old folks live longer. This contradicted an earlier story saying that people get nicer as they get older. It turns out that grumpy... continued
Breast Basics
August 10, 2006Metabolic syndrome is like a ticking time bomb inside your body that goes off as you get older, producing a group of disorders that includes insulin resistance (which leads to weight gain), heart disease and high "bad" cholesterol levels. It... continued
Scientists Create New Universe
August 10, 2006We recently talked about time travel and parallel universes on Dreamland with Fred Alan Wolf. Japanese scientists report that they think it will soon be possible to create new, "baby universes" inside their labs. What will happen to these universes... continued
Babies Know Math
August 10, 2006You may have struggled with mathematics classes in high school and college, but according to researchers, math was no problem for you when you were an infant. US researchers first discovered this in 1992, but their findings have been hotly... continued
To Attract the Opposite Sex, Take Your Vitamins!
August 9, 2006Scientists have discovered that essential nutrients, such as vitamin D, can attract the opposite sex?at least if you're a lizard. It may work that way for humans as well. Louisa Cheung writes in BBC news that when scientists fed vitamin... continued
How Will Global Warming Affect Plants?
August 9, 2006It may make them less nutritious. A little-known valley in northern Sweden reveals that the higher temperatures produced by global warming may lead to significant changes in plant nutrients. And the palm trees in Florida are already suffering from rising... continued
NASA May Not Want to Look for Life on Mars
August 9, 2006Buzz Aldrin saw a UFO on his way to the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. Does that mean there?s life on Mars? There are two rovers on Mars right now, but neither one has been designed to look for... continued
Ocean Slime: Reverse Evolution
August 8, 2006Modern human life is ruining our oceans. The "rise of slime" is causing the water to become more acidic, killing off many species, some of which may turn out to be essential to slowing down global warming. The runoff from... continued