Will You Die in a Car Crash?

March 3, 2006
Whether or not you will die in a car crash may depend on whether or not you are too fat or too thin?but only if you're a man. Researchers have found that being obese increases male drivers' risk of dying... continued

Water Wars

March 2, 2006
In the future we may fight a war in space over who controls the moon and access to its valuable Helium 3 fuel, but here on Earth we will probably be fighting over who owns not oil, but water. Global... continued

How to be Happy

February 28, 2006
Robin Lloyd writes in LiveScience that scientists can tell us how to lead a happy life, but most people don't pay attention and insist on being miserable instead. Polls do show that Americans are no happier today than they were... continued

It’s Over, Isn’t It?

February 28, 2006
In her latest diary, Anne Strieber writes that in light of the new scientific information about male gayness, gay prejudice has to end. She says, "Everyone may not be able to attain happiness in this life, but everyone deserves it?or... continued

The Ultimate Blonde Joke

February 28, 2006
We've already written about how redheads may be related to Neanderthals. No it turns out that European women evolved blonde hair and blue eyes at the end of the Ice Age in order to attract men. In those days, the... continued

The Gay Gene (Continued)

February 27, 2006
We've written before on these pages about how biologists arebecoming convincedfrom their animal studies, that homosexuality is programmed into a person (especially a male) and is not a "choice." Female homosexuality may be due to hormones, but scientists aren't sure... continued

Some Artworks May Have Been Created by Disease

February 24, 2006
We can be thankful that modern medicine exists today, but if it had existed during the 16th to 19th centuries, the world might have missed out on the work of some of the world's most creative painters, sculptors and poets.... continued

Ancient Sounds Indeed–We Get Hoaxed!

February 24, 2006
We could not resist the idea that ancient sounds had been recovered from pottery grooves. The idea was so fascinating that we didn't stop to read the website involved carefully enough. It's actually a brilliant hoax posted last April 1.... continued

Chimps R Us

February 23, 2006
Scientists have discovered that we share most of our genes with chimps. While we are closely related to great apes, they are not our ancestors. Instead, we share a COMMON ancestor that lived between 5 and 7 million years ago... continued

Ancient Sounds

February 23, 2006
The video you can view by clicking on lier la video in this link contains sounds that have been derived by analyzing the grooves laid on a piece of pottery that was made at Pompeii over 2,000 years ago. There... continued