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Muscle Makes You Fat
October 12, 2005For severely obese people who have trouble losing weight even when they stick to reduced-calorie diets, the explanation may lie in a surprising place?their muscles. Skeletal muscle retains a metabolic memory of obesity that "programs" it to amass fat. What... continued
Pakistan Quake: The Animals Knew
October 11, 2005But then, as we've reported in the past, they always do. Animals and birds in Pakistan started strangely just before the first earthquake hit. Dogs started barking for no reason and packs of them began roaming in the streets. Cats... continued
Warm Water Pouring into Arctic: Comment from New Whitley?s Journal
October 11, 2005Scientists say that the amount of warm water reaching the Arctic from the Atlantic increased dramatically in 2004. This means that polar ice has started melting even faster than usual and that our climate will change radically. There may be... continued
This Can’t be Missed
October 10, 2005James Kunstler, a recent guest on Dreamland radio who has written the book "The Long Emergency," recently gave a speech that absolutely every American needs to hear. He said, "Never before in American history have the public and its leaders... continued
Pentagon Race to Find a Car that Drives Itself
October 10, 2005Most of the time, it's human mistakes that cause auto accidents?take away the human driver and car crashes will be a thing of the past. This seems obvious, so why did the Pentagon sponsor a race to find the best... continued
Pakistan Quake: The Inside Story
October 10, 2005The earthquake that devastated Pakistan on Saturday was acontinental scale tectonic event. It was followed by over adozen aftershocks and was the result of stresses built up bythe northward movement of the Indian Subcontinent. TheUnited States Geologic Service says, "much... continued
Why Didn’t We Predict Katrina in Time?
October 10, 2005The National Hurricane Center has failed dismally at predicting which tropical storms will become hurricanes, despite the input of millions of dollars by the US government. The NHC uses buoys, weather balloons, radar, ground sensors and airplanes to track tropical... continued
Special Stargate Sale
October 10, 2005Mankind is reaching a new destiny, and among the few people who understand this is William Henry. William's popular Stargate 2012 DVD is now $2 off regular price! This 2-disk set includes "Surfing the Tides of the Milky Way" and... continued
What It’s Like to be a Genius
October 8, 2005What is it like to live inside the body of the special kind of genius known as the autistic savant (once know as idiot savants)? These are people whom scientists think are brain damaged in the womb. One part of... continued
What I Learned From the Fat Years: Chapter Two
October 8, 2005Anne is back with Chapter Two of her diet book, What I Learned From the Fat Years. Besides a lot of humor, there's real science behind every sentence, so don't miss this new installment! You can still read Chapter One,... continued