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A GOOD Invasion of Privacy?
April 20, 2005Newswise - There are plenty of things that go on in Europe that most UScitizens don't want to happen here. Among them are hightaxes (for a correspondingly high level of social programs) andID cards that must be carried at all... continued
A Brain Chip That Can Read Your Mind
April 20, 2005A paralyzed US man has become the first person in the worldto have an brain implant that can read his mind. 25-year-oldMatthew Nagle, who was paralyzed from the neck down afterbeing attacked with a knife four years ago, can now... continued
New Pope May Be a Problem for Church
April 19, 2005Germany's Joseph Ratzinger was electedthe 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday andwill take the name Benedict XVI, the Vatican announced.The name of the 78-year-old Ratzinger was announced to acrowd of around 100,000 pilgrims by Cardinal Jorge MedinaEstevez... continued
Mars Life May Have Come From Asteroid
April 19, 2005There's a controversial theory making its way around thescientific community that says that life on Earth was seededby an asteroid from Mars, meaning we are all, essentially,Martians. But now astronomers think that an asteroid fromsomewhere else may have seeded life... continued
Genes Explain Why Asians Get Less Breast Cancer
April 19, 2005Newswise - It's long been known that Asian women have less breastcancer, and when they do develop the disease, they livelonger than other women. No one knew whether this was due totheir lifestyles or their genes. Now it's been discoveredthat... continued
Lethal Viruses Lost in Shipment
April 19, 2005Agence France-Presse - Some samples of adeadly fluvirus that a US institute sent out to more than 3,700laboratories around the world have disappeared on their wayto two of their destinations (in Lebanon and Mexico) theUN's health agency revealed Friday. So... continued
Why You Should Read This Book!
April 19, 2005We thinkBrainTrust, which talks about the possible connection betweenMad Cow Disease and Alzheimer's, is one of the mostimportant books in our store, so we have lowered the priceso that we're now selling it at the lowest price on theinternet! Don't... continued
Volcanic Activity Rises Worldwide
April 18, 2005On Thursday the Indonesian government placed 11 volcanoes oneruption watch, as volcanism continued to increaseworldwide and especially in the Indian Ocean area. On April12 alone, there was activity recorded at asurprisingly large number of volcanoes. Mt. St. Helens inthe US,... continued
Will There Ever be Female Priests?
April 18, 2005Newswise - Will the next pope allow women to become priests? Probablynot, since conservative Cardinal Ratzinger has been voted inas Pope Benedict XVI. An Associated Press poll found that60% percent of U.S. Catholics think women should beordained, and U.S. religious... continued
Thousands Flee New Indian Ocean Eruption
April 18, 2005Agence France-Presse - MORONI, April 18 (AFP) - Thousands of villagers living nearthe Mount Karthala volcano on the main island of GrandComore in the Indian Ocean Comoros archipelago have fledtheir homes after it erupted, officials said Monday."Almost 10,000 people have... continued