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Alberto Evening Update: Mandatory Evacuations

June 12, 2006
Alberto has survived strong wind shear and remained anorganized storm, with winds being clocked at 85MPH over thepast few hours. The old eye collapsed in the earlyafternoon, and a new one formed. Thechief danger from this storm will be storm... continued

Norway Meteor Impact

June 10, 2006
The Aftenposten newspaper in Norway reports that earlyWednesday morning, the country was struck by a meteor thathad theexplosive force of the atomic bomb that was dropped onHiroshima in 1945.The meteor hit the side of a mountain. There are no reportsof... continued

First Tropical Depression of the Season

June 10, 2006
The first tropical depression of the 2006 hurricane seasonformed in the Caribbean in the same area that Katrina formedin 2005. The depression is poorly defined, with windsgusting to 35 miles an hour, but could become a named stormduring the coming... continued

Upon Not (Yet) Seeing The DaVinci Code

June 10, 2006
In her new Diary, Anne Strieber writes: "This is the second time I've posted a Diary entry about a movie. As of this writing, I have not yet seen The DaVinci Code film, although I plan to. I also must... continued

Toilet Seats: Safer Than You Think

June 9, 2006
When you go into a public toilet, do you dread sitting down? It turns out that these are not the repository for germs that we tend to think they are. In fact, in the home anyway, the toilet seat is... continued

Pesticides Cancel Breast Feeding

June 9, 2006
Exposure to pesticides may make the daughters of women who lived near or, worked in, agricultural areas, unable to breast feed their children. Mexican and other Latina immigrants are the most vulnerable to this. These people, being mostly of Indian... continued

How Can We Understand Iraq?

June 9, 2006
Will the recent killing of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq bring any change in the number of suicide bombings going on in that country? When it comes to the Iraq war, our press pretty much toes the official government... continued

Global Warming: Up Close & Uncomfortable

June 8, 2006
By the year 2100, computers predict that much of Florida's coast will be drowned by the increase in the water level caused by global warming. This will affect fishing, both for sport and for food. Even a 15 inch water... continued

Mars Water

June 8, 2006
We not only have to find a way to get water on the moon, so we can set up Helium 3 mining operations there, we also need to find water on Mars, if we're ever going to be able to... continued

Why Iraq is Such a Mess

June 8, 2006
In the May 27 issue of the British weekly The Spectator, Charles Moore writes about The DaVinci Code book and movie: "The idea that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had children?shows the wisdom of the Catholic Church in insisting on... continued