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Can Quicksand Kill You?

October 6, 2005
In 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, 2005
Dolphins 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, 2005
After 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, 2005
Riding 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, 2005
NASA 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, 2005
Now 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, 2005
In 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, 2005
With 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, 2005
Using 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

Trash?It’s Also a Problem on Mars

October 3, 2005
Newswise - On the long space trip from Earth to Mars "the crew won't be able to get by with a bag lunch and Portapotty," says biologist Arthur Teixeira. If we build a base on the moon, we?ve going to... continued