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Malaria Hits Florida

July 21, 2004
With global warming, tropical mosquito-borne diseases are hitting the U.S. In Florida, the health department says there's a "very high" chance that mosquitoes with malaria are flying around, after one man was found to be infected with the disease. In... continued

Hate Broccoli? Smoke Cigarettes? It’s All Genetic

July 21, 2004
You may be able to blame some of your unhealthy habits on our genes. Everyone has one of two genes that cause them to either taste, or not taste, a certain bitter substance. The ability to taste these substances developed... continued

Pollution Wars

July 21, 2004
The number of fish in the ocean is declining rapidly. At first, scientists blamed overfishing, especially by poorer countries. Now they blame pollution, mostly from rich countries. And the U.K. has discovered that air pollution from the U.S. is blowing... continued

Superbug Found in Soldiers

July 19, 2004
A superbug is bacteria that evolves inside hospitals to beresistant to the latest antibiotics. The danger is not onlyto the patient who has it, but to the other patients in thehospital as well. And if it gets into the outside... continued

Someday We’ll All Farm Like Cuba

July 19, 2004
Global warming will eventually change the areas whereagriculture thrives, as well as the kinds of crops that aregrown. In big countries, the change will happen gradually,once farmers and the government accept the idea that weatherchanges are here to stay. But... continued

Sleep, Drink & Lose Weight

July 19, 2004
Want to lose weight? Get enough sleep. Instead of spendingan hour a day jogging, new research shows that if you spendthat time in bed, your diet is more likely to be a success. Leptin, a chemical released during sleep, controls... continued

How Birds Do Without Sleep

July 17, 2004
Sleep researchers want to know how birds are able to migratethousands of miles every year on very little sleep. Theystudied sparrows in their laboratory and found the birdsreduced their sleep time by two-thirds during the periodwhen they would ordinarily be... continued

Wacky Weather on the Sun

July 17, 2004
One reason for the wild summer weather around the globecould be that the sun is experiencing it as well. July of2004 has seen some unusual solar weather. The sunspot countas of July 17 was 142. A few daysago, sunspot 649,... continued

Wacky Summer Weather

July 17, 2004
Extreme weather continues to strike without warning aroundthe world and global warming is front page news in manycountries. In the U.S., we have to rely on ourlocal weatherreports, and have no way of knowing that our bizarre,unseasonable weather is being... continued

Spammer Caught in Sting

July 15, 2004
Remember the "money-making" e-mail scams from Nigeria? (Maybe you're still getting them). A group of spam-busterswho call themselves 419eater.com areusing their skills to track these scammers down and have fun at the same time (419 stands of a section of... continued