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Smog Emergency

December 12, 2005
Newswise - Los Angeles and other big American cities aren?t the only places with smog problems. On December 7, Iran declared a smog emergency because the air was so bad in Tehran. That?s the bad news?the good news is that... continued

This Week on Dreamland: Are Mediums Real?

December 9, 2005
NBC's popular show "Medium" is based on the life of a real medium, Allison DuBois. Dr. Gary Schwartz, author of The Afterlife Experiments has subjected her powers to rigorous scientific testing. Listen as Whitley Strieber explores the truth about Medium... continued

Maybe You Shouldn’t Give an Ipod for Christmas

December 8, 2005
The latest high-tech injury is iPod finger, arepetitive-strain injury from pressing down on the littlemusic player's tiny buttons. Chiropractor Carl Irwin says, "iPod users are constantlyusing small, difficult buttons with the same finger in arepetitive motion." The nature of modern... continued

How You Helped

December 8, 2005
In November, Whitley Strieber sent out an appeal on behalf of a Mercy Corps project to distribute urgently needed blankets in Pakistan after the recent earthquake there has left so many people homeless. Thanks to you, it succeeded beyond our... continued

An Apple a Day?for Alzheimer’s

December 7, 2005
Apples are almost a magical fruit?eating an apple a day is good for diabetics and for the rest of us as well, but one kind of patient nobody thought it would help was people with Alzheimer's disease. But it turns... continued

Blacks Invisible in Our Society

December 7, 2005
Newswise - Psychologists and media experts say that African Americans are still nearly invisible in many parts of the news media and the entertainment industry. The media often ignores African Americans, as both victims and heroes, in books, movies and... continued

God As a Mathematical Formula

December 7, 2005
In her new diary, Anne Strieber writes: "This coming weekend, in a subscriber interview with Gary Schwartz?the author of The Afterlife Experiments and the upcoming book The G.O.D. Experiments?I discuss my near death vision of God as a mathematical formula.... continued

Are Face Transplants a Solution or a Bigger Problem?

December 7, 2005
The newest kind of plastic surgery is the face transplant. This is not done for the reason ordinary plastic surgery is usually done, because someone isn't happy with the way they look. People who get face transplants have been extremely... continued

Alaska Has Unique Accidents

December 6, 2005
Newswise - We've written before about how Alaska is the canary in the coal mine, when it comes to global warming. Another way that state is different: in Alaska, you are as likely to have a car accident from hitting... continued

Will the U.S. Finally Sign the Kyoto Agreement?

December 6, 2005
The U.S. is facing increasing pressure to become a member of the international climate control agreement, known as the Kyoto Protocol, established in 1997, in which all nations agree to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Since we release 25% of the... continued