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Take a Trip to the Moon

August 10, 2005
Space Ventures, a private company not associated with NASA, has announced that it plans to take tourists for trips around the moon. They have already sent two people into orbits lasting from 10 to 21 days, using Russian equipment. Some... continued

Alaska Still the Canary in the Coal Mine

August 8, 2005
Coal miners used to take canaries in cages down into the pit with them. If the birds expired, they would know that oxygen was short and it was time to return to the surface. Alaska seems to be the place... continued

Yoga Fights Fat

August 8, 2005
When we want to lose weight and think about starting an exercise program, we usually think of something aerobic, that burns calories. Yoga, with its slow movements and intricate positions, is about the last type of exercise we consider. But... continued

Should Black Hair be Straightened?

August 8, 2005
Professor of Afro-American studies Neal Lester has started a campaign against hair straightening for blacks. After marrying a white woman from Argentina and having a baby girl, Lester began to realize that chemical hair straightening was in his young daughter's... continued

Universal Flu Vaccine on the Way

August 8, 2005
New studies are underway to develop a universal flu vaccine designed to protect against all potential varieties of influenza virus, including swine flu and bird flu. This research is especially important as health workers try to figure out how to... continued

UPDATE: Bird Flu Vaccine Arrives Just in Time–Or Does It?

August 7, 2005
Finally?before the dreaded pandamic?an avian (bird flu) vaccine has been created. Unless we're doctors or public health workers, this doesn't mean much to us here in the US, but scientists have been worried that this disease, which originally spread to... continued

Amazing ET JFK Connection

August 7, 2005
In his latest journal Whitley writes: I have gotten in two books?that have, frankly, blown my mind. [They] have changed the way I think about the world in such deep ways that I feel a need to write about them,... continued

Devastating Mental Illness Linked to Mom’s Diet

August 5, 2005
Researchers have discovered a link between nutritional deficiency in the fetus and schizophrenia, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. This means that the current famine in the African country of Niger will lead... continued

Is Cloned Meat Safe?

August 4, 2005
Scientists in Korea have announced that they have cloned a dog for the first time?an afghan puppy. It took a thousand tries for this to happen, so it will not become the normal way to get a new puppy. While... continued

Dalai Lama Neuroscience

August 4, 2005
Despite the fact that he's not a scientist, the Dalai Lama will give the keynote lecture at a major neuroscience conference in November, about how Buddhist meditation affects the brain. Does he have any real information?apart from his Buddhist beliefs?to... continued