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Genetic Reason for the Mozart Effect

May 5, 2004
The "Mozart Effect" refers to the fact that listening to Mozart?but not any other music?has been shown to improve learning and memory. Now scientists have found that Mozart's music actually changes the connections between brain cells. Emily Singer writes in... continued

Only Half of Tainted Meat Recalled–UPDATE

May 5, 2004
Only about half the meat and poultry that was recalled in the U.S. because of suspected health hazards between 1998 and 2002 was actually recovered by the manufacturers. This is especially worrisome now that Mad Cow Disease has been discovered... continued

Freedom Fries May be Dangerous

May 4, 2004
California has a new law called Proposition 65, which requires warning labels on any food with known health risks. Restaurants there may have to start labeling Freedom fries, because like all heated carbohydrates, they contain acrylamide, which has been shown... continued

The Fatal Flush

May 4, 2004
While the latest SARS case in China escaped from a laboratory where it was being studied, most of last year's SARS epidemic wasn't spread from person to person?it was spread by one person flushing the toilet. Amanda Gardner writes in... continued

Near Miss Coming in the Fall

May 4, 2004
On September 29, a crazily-rotating, dumbbell-shaped asteroid the size of a small city will pass closer to Earth than any other asteroid this century?but it won't hit us. When astronomers say asteroid Toutatis will come "close," they mean it will... continued

Disaster in the Middle East

May 4, 2004
In his provocative new journal, Whitley writes: "In January of 2003, I published a journal entry on this website in support of going to war against Saddam Hussein. The reason I offered then is even more valid now than it... continued

Vote in Sci Fi Poll

May 4, 2004
This week, the Sci Fi channel is running a poll about the new movie The Day After Tomorrow based on The Coming Global Superstorm by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber. Sci Fi is owned by Fox, the company that is... continued

Calling Fidel

May 3, 2004
Two Miami talk show hosts managed to call Fidel Castro and chew him out on the air, before he hung up on them. They've been fined $4,000 by the FCC and plan to protest this by paying in pennies, so... continued

Cancer has Eternal Life

May 3, 2004
We recently explained that aging and death are caused by the fact that the ends of our cells, called telomeres, shorten every time the cell divides. But there is one kind of cell that has the secret of eternal life:... continued

More Vets Get Drastic Disease

May 3, 2004
It has been reported that more Gulf War Vets got Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS), which gradually leads to complete paralysis, than the general public. Those soldiers blamed it on bioterrorism from Saddam, while current soldiers in Iraq fear they may... continued