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Wilma Most Powerful Ever: Florida Threatened

October 19, 2005
Hurricane Wilma has become the most powerful AtlanticHurricane ever recorded, and it appears poised to strikeFlorida. The storm is likely to come ashore with 165 MPHwinds on Florida' south coast, and roll up the state'seastern shore, declining from a Category... continued

Silver Bullet for Bird Flu

October 18, 2005
The Journal of Nanotechnology reports that silver nanoparticles kill HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, and will probably kill other viruses as well, including the virus that causes bird flu. But it's still not known how, if these extremely tiny... continued

Air Pollution Means Low Fertility, More Miscarriages

October 18, 2005
It's hard to believe that air pollution can lead to lower female fertility and more miscarriages, but scientists are now convinced this is the case. The number of couples having trouble conceiving and taking fertility drugs or using in-vitro fertilization... continued

Polio is Back

October 18, 2005
Polio was the disease that President Franklin Roosevelt had that the media kept secret from the public, for fear of making him look weak. It was the scourge of children who grew up in the 40s and early 50s, before... continued

Mission to Venus Will Help Defeat Global Warming

October 18, 2005
We want to go to Mars to look for life and to perhaps establish a colony there, but why would anyone want to travel to hot, gaseous Venus? Astronomers think that Venus was once just like the Earth?before it experienced... continued

What I Learned From the Fat Years Chapter 3

October 17, 2005
Anne's diet book, What I Learned From the Fat Years, is being serialized on this website, one chapter at a time. Chapter 3, "Fear of Food," has just been posted. You can still read chapters one and two as well.... continued

Wilma Aims at Gulf

October 17, 2005
The National Hurricane Center declared Tropical Storm Wilma this morning, the 21st named storm of the Atlantic Hurricane season. This ties the record for a hurricane season, and after the warmest September on record, there remains the possiblity that the... continued

Chinese Spice is Cure for Bird Flu

October 17, 2005
Star anise, a common spice used in Chinese cooking that can be found on in the Asian section of many grocery stores, is the main ingredient in Tamiflu, which so far is the only antidote to the symptoms of bird... continued

Chimps are Picky Eaters?Just Like Us

October 17, 2005
Scientists now know that we share 97% of our DNA with chimpanzees, which is positive proof of evolution. Human and chimpanzee Y chromosomes went their separate ways approximately 6 million years ago. We recently wrote about bee and bird communication.... continued

Lunar Lunch

October 17, 2005
Newswise - That's "lunch," not "launch"?Imagine building a lunar vehicle and taking it 233,857 miles from the Earth to the moon only to forget to pack a lunch for the drive across the moon's landscape. The solution: pack a lunch... continued