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How Australia Prevented Terror Attack
November 10, 2005LA recently foiled terrorists by reading their emails. Now Australia reports that they have also been able to arrest a group of terrorists before they could act. Kathy Marks reports in the Independent that hundreds of Australian police have staged... continued
Why Do We Need to Sleep?
November 10, 2005Newswise - One of the biggest complaints that doctors hear is insomnia. A recent poll by the National Science Foundation found that only 50% of Americans get a good night's sleep a few nights each week. Why do we need... continued
The Real Truth About China
November 9, 2005China has become a big capitalistic success and is one of our largest trading partners, supplying all the vast discount outlets in the US, such as Wal-Mart, with most of their goods. But there are more important things in life... continued
WE Use Chemical Weapons in Iraq
November 9, 2005Before we invaded Iraq, we accused Saddam Hussein of having chemical weapons, but none have ever been found. Now it turns out that we used them against Iraqi insurgents. We used large amounts of white phosphorus on the Iraqi city... continued
Pollution Drives People to Suicide
November 9, 2005Newswise - A psychiatrist's study of the suicide rate in a North Carolina county has revealed that it may be linked to releases of hydrogen sulfide and other airborne chemicals from a nearby paper mill and other industrial sites. This... continued
How to Save a Prehistoric Pine
November 8, 2005From the fossil record, we know that pines were the first trees on Earth and that they're much older than deciduous trees that drop their leaves every year. The Wollemi pine has been on Earth for so long?around 250 million... continued
Why We Don’t Glide Instead of Walk or Run
November 8, 2005Newswise - Horses have a variety of gaits, including walking, trotting, cantering and galloping, so why do human beings only walk or run? We have the bones and muscles to perform a variety of gaits. We could even develop a... continued
A Surprising New Fuel
November 8, 2005Greenhouse gases are reaching dangerous levels and oil prices are at their highest, so we desperately need a new, non-polluting fuel. We may eventually need to mine Helium 3 from the moon, but until we can get there and start... continued
Many More Dimensions Than We See
November 7, 2005Newswise - Quantum physics tells us that the world is much different than we have been taught in school or perceive it to be. We are aware of 3 spatial dimensions. But physicists say there are at least nine spatial... continued
Fireball Sightings on the Rise Worldwide
November 7, 2005Fireballs and strange lights in the sky have been sighted from California to Pennsylvania to Maine?and also in Canada, Germany and the Netherlands. Can some of these be comets, meteors or asteroids?and what's the difference between them? Asteroids and meteors... continued