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Chinese Spice is Cure for Bird Flu
October 17, 2005Star 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, 2005Scientists 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, 2005Newswise - 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
Will We Soon Discover Alien Life?
October 17, 2005British Astronomer Royal Martin Rees thinks there's life in space and that we're going to find it soon. He thinks we're going to find a simple form of life on Mars or on Jupiter's moon Europa. Rees reminds us that... continued
What I Learned From the Fat Years Chapter 3
October 17, 2005Anne'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
More Pyramid Secrets Will Soon Be Revealed
October 14, 2005Egyptian archeologists are now using robots to explore the secret chambers of the pyramids. Over the last few years, we've written extensively about these explorations, the results of which are often kept secret by the Egyptian government. Now it's been... continued
Future Storms Will Be Even Stronger
October 14, 2005We've got had the one-two punch of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the northeastern part of US is experiencing severe floods. Climatologists may not all agree on the details of what's causing global warming, but they all agree on one... continued
Favorite Cooking Surface May Be Dangerous
October 14, 2005Oh, no, not Teflon! We've all loved this non-stick cooking surface ever since it was developed from research done by NASA for the space program. But now the EPA warns that even low-level exposure to this substance can cause "apotential... continued
Bundle Up in Solar Clothes
October 14, 2005Newswise - We've written before about clothes that make you invisible. Most of us will never wear these, but lots of female cell phone and PDA users are interested in an invention called the "Power Purse," which is covered with... continued
Our Brains are Still Getting Bigger
October 13, 2005The human brain is still evolving and becoming larger, according to researchers who have analyzed two genes that regulate brain size. These genes, associated with larger brain size, appeared at about the same times as the emergence of culture, agriculture,... continued