New Kind of Singing Volcano

August 11, 2006
There 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, 2006
A 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

Greenland Ice in Runaway Melt

August 11, 2006
Satellite measurements reveal that Greenland's glaciers aremelting three times faster than expected just two years ago.The melting of Greenland's glaciers floods the NorthAtlantic with fresh water, which increases the speed withwhich water temperatures change, meaning that the AtlanticConveyor, which draws... continued

Breast Basics

August 10, 2006
Metabolic 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, 2006
We 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, 2006
You 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, 2006
Scientists 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, 2006
It 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, 2006
Buzz 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

Watching Wrestling Leads to Fights

August 8, 2006
If you want your teens to have a happy social life, DON'T let them watch wrestling on TV?especially if they are GIRLS. A new study shows that the frequency of adolescents viewing wrestling on TV is positively associated with date... continued