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Can Quicksand Kill You?
October 6, 2005In the October 4 issue of the New York Times, Kenneth Chang reports that quicksand, the lethal substance that sucks unlucky movie heroes down to their death, is made out of the ordinary ingredients water, sand, salt and clay. If... continued
Dolphins Sing Batman Theme
October 6, 2005Dolphins in Florida have been trained to sing the theme from the movie "Batman." They have been taught to combine both rhythm and vocalizations to produce an extremely high-pitched, but recognizable, version of the Batman song. Jennifer Viegas writes in... continued
Deadly Flu Virus Formla on Internet
October 6, 2005After nine years of effort, in a top secret program, scientists have recreated the deadly 1918 Spanish flu virus, which caused one of the biggest pandemics in human history. The virus is stockpiled in a government laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.... continued
Riding a Bike Can End Your Sex Life
October 6, 2005Riding a bicycle to work instead of driving may be good exercise, as well as good for the environment, but if you're a man, it can end your sex life. Doctors have found that pressure on the scrotum of a... continued
The Sun Has a Twin?Does the Earth Have One Too?
October 6, 2005NASA has discovered that our sun has a twin that is nearly identical in temperature, rotation and age. Scientists hunting for extraterrestrial life hope to find planets orbiting around it. Tariq Malik writes in the NASA website space.com that the... continued
Beach Volleyball Sags
October 6, 2005Now that summer is over, some of us may look in a full length mirror and realize that, as author Gail Sheehan once wrote, "everything is a couple of inches lower than it used to be." This could be due... continued
How Does Flu Spread? Kids!
October 5, 2005In announcements about how lethal the upcoming bird flu pandemic will be, experts are contradicting themselves. As we've told our readers before, the best weapon against bird flu is to wash your hands whenever you come in from outside, because... continued
You Are What Your Mom Ate
October 5, 2005With the current epidemic of obesity and Type II diabetes among both children and adults, researchers are trying to determine if what our mothers ate influences our future health. Their conclusion: it does?a lot. Dr. Donald Novak says, "There are... continued
Anne’s Diary: What I Learned From the Fat Years
October 4, 2005Using the science she's learned from writing the unknowncountry.com news every day, Anne Strieber recently lost one hundred pounds. Many of you are familiar with her recent near death experience, and she says ironically, "People think I lost the weight... continued
Where Did the New Orleans Flood Waters Go?
October 3, 2005Using NASA satellite imagery, scientists have discovered that 23% of the water released from the mouth of the Mississippi River after the New Orleans floods subsided traveled into the Gulf of Mexico, around the Florida Keys, and into the Atlantic... continued