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Beaches Closed Across the Country
August 24, 2005When you take your annual Labor Day trip to the beach, will it be safe to go in the water? Ocean and lakefront beaches across the United States reported 20,000 closings in 2004 due to hazardous water conditions. This the... continued
Redheads Feel Less Pain
August 24, 2005We've written before that geneticists think that redheads may be closely related to Neanderthals. Now it turns out that people with red hair feel less pain?could their Neanderthal ancestry be the reason for this? Scientists want to know if there... continued
How 911 Changed Their Lives
August 24, 2005We all know that 911 changed the way New Yorkers live, the same way 7/7 changed the way London's residents live their lives. But 911 changed the way people in Central Ohio live too, even though there have never been... continued
A Good Reason Why Movie Villains Smoke
August 22, 2005Lower-class "bad guys" smoke more often in movies than wealthy movie heroes. But maybe this is just an imitation of life: New evidence shows that the same genes may foster two harmful proclivities--nicotine addiction and aggressively hostile behavior. Smoking is... continued
How Safe is That Barbecue?
August 22, 2005Meat sizzling on the grill may tempt your taste buds, but all that barbecuing may be cooking up cancer-causing chemicals. Should you substitute sandwiches? Nope, lunch meat can cause cancer. But scientists have found that a touch of rosemary makes... continued
Get Grandma a Computer
August 22, 2005Seniors who use a computer appear to be less depressed and have less chance of developing Alzheimer's. This research was by done by Village Care of New York, a long-term care provider in Manhattan?s Greenwich Village. In 1998, researcher Kathleen... continued
911?Pentagon Bombed, Not Hit by Jet
August 21, 2005Greg Szymanski reports on the website arcticbeacon.com that radiation expert Leuren Moret says that the Pentagon was hit by a missile, not a jet plane, on September 11, 2001. This fits in with the scenario proposed by Dave Von Kleist... continued
Croc Blood May Cure AIDS
August 21, 2005Australian researchers are drawing blood from crocodiles because it contains an antibiotic so powerful, it may kill even the AIDS virus. A crocodile's immune system is incredibly efficient because these huge reptiles regularly engage in battles over territory that leave... continued
Will the 2008 Election be Honest?
August 21, 2005In the article "None Dare Call It Stolen" by Mark Crispin Miller in the August 2005 issue of Harper's Magazine, Miller gives convincing proof that the Presidential election was again stolen by the Republicans, through manipulation of voting machines in... continued
An Amazing Experience
August 20, 2005Anne writes in her new Diary: We just had a classic LA experience: We went to a screening on the Warner Brothers studio lot. This is the kind of experience that makes you feel like a movie biz "insider"?especially if... continued