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Marriage Turns Off Genius

July 13, 2003
According to a new study, creative genius and criminality express themselves when men are in their 30s, but both are turned off when a man gets married and has children. Psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa says, "Scientists rather quickly desist (from their... continued

Pollution Affects Trees

July 13, 2003
But Not the Way You Think - Pollution in New York City is affecting trees?it's making them grow bigger than the same kind of trees growing in the country. Ecologist Jillian Gregg says, "City-grown pollution, and ozone in particular, is... continued

Terrorist Forest Fires

July 13, 2003
The annual summer wildfires are harmful both to our weather and to our health. Judd Slivka writes in The Arizona Republic that U.S. forests have been considered as possible targets by al-Qaeda terrorists. An al-Qaeda prisoner told the FBI he'd... continued

The Reality Behind Bush’s Africa Trip

July 13, 2003
The reality of the president's visit to Africa is very different from what is appearing in the American press, now openly controlled by tacit agreement between the big corporations that own it and the government. This letter is from an... continued

CA Crop Circle Made by Kids

July 11, 2003
Four teenage boys have done a "Doug & Dave" and confessed to making the Suisun City, California, wheat field crop circle last month. They say they were inspired by a TV documentary on crop circles. Of course, claiming to have... continued

A Virus May Cause Mental Illness

July 10, 2003
Japanese researchers have found that a single virus causes behavioral changes in mice that are similar to those of people with mental illness. Viruses have long been suspected of playing a role in psychiatric disorders, but until now, there's been... continued

Crab SETI

July 10, 2003
The primitive horseshoe crab lived on the Earth 250 million years ago, and is still with us today. Now scientists think they can use its blood to detect life on other planets. When a horseshoe crab is injured, its blood,... continued

Summer Wildfires Affect the Weather?and our Health

July 10, 2003
These days, summer always seems to bring a long season of wildfires, clouding the skies with smoke. Dr. Paul Epstein says, "The rise of U.S. wildfires is turning global warming into a real and direct health threat for American adults... continued

Want to Live Long? Don’t be a Mom

July 10, 2003
Does having lots of children cause women to age more quickly? The family trees of Britain's aristocratic families provide the answer. Researchers believe that bearing children uses up energy which would otherwise be used to repair cells and slow down... continued

Is There an Evil Gene?

July 8, 2003
Robert Lee Hotz And John Johnson write in the Los Angeles Times that it may be possible for evil to be passed down genetically to family members. They examine families in which several generations have committed the same types of... continued