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Living Near Radio Towers & Gas Stations
September 13, 2004Scientists have been worried that cell phonetowers?especially the new high-powered towers that supporthigh tech phones?emit radio waves that can lead to cancer.Now Korean scientists have found that people living inregions near AM radio broadcasting towers are 70% morelikely to get... continued
Changes All Around Us
September 13, 2004We've recently posted stories about birds and butterfliesmissing from their usual haunts and sometimes turning up instrange places. This could be due to global warming or tothe pole shift now in progress, which will affect migratoryanimals. We've also posted a... continued
David Was in Terrible Shape
September 13, 2004Michelangelo's famous statue of David, which is supposed torepresent male physical perfection, actually reveals he's inpoor health. Pilates expert Alan Herdman says, "Michelangelo may havebeen an artistic genius but he clearly knew far less than wedo today about posture and... continued
Back Pain?Not What You Think
September 9, 2004Avoiding exercise because of lower back pain? Scientists nowsay that lack of activity, such as sitting in front of yourcomputer or TV, deactivates the muscles that support yourspine, causing the pain in the first place. Emma Young reports in New... continued
All You Need is a Meteorite
September 9, 2004Astronomers have long thought that life moves through thesolar system on the backs of meteorites, meaning that lifeon Earth was "seeded" from another planet. New researchshows that it's not necessary for the actual microbes totravel through space. The fact that... continued
Have We Reached the Tipping Point?
September 9, 2004There may be "tipping points" on Earth. When these change,the entire climate begins to alter and this change may beirreversible. Researchers think there are 12 "hotspots" which regulate theEarth's environment. If one of these is subjected to stress,it could trigger... continued
Listen to the Final Path
September 9, 2004If you're following the summer of The Path, you won't wantto miss Whitley's finalPathtalk, which just been posted on our website. Anyone canlisten by clicking "Dreamland" on our masthead and scrollingdown to the bottom to "Path V." In case you... continued
Panda Porn Results
September 9, 2004Pandas are becoming endangered even in zoos, because it'shard to get them interested in sex. A Chinese zoo showedfemale panda Hua Meipanda porn inorder to get her interested in mating--and it worked. Shejust gave birth to twins. Li Wei, of... continued
Your Hair Reveals Your Secrets
September 9, 2004?Or at least where you've been. Researchers have now learnedthat they can track criminals and terrorists by analyzing asingle hair. Anna Gosline writes in New Scientist that researchersmeasure the ratios of oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in thehair. These isotopes, absorbed... continued
Animals Acting Strangely
September 9, 2004We've written recently about animals that are missing orturning up in the wrong places due to global warming and thepole shift. A recent "bug splat" test in the U.K. found manyfewer insects that expected. And all over the world,scientists are... continued