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Remember the warnings in the 80s about listening to your Walkman at too high a volume, and recent warnings the same was the case with mp3 players and iPods? EU scientists have released new “scientific opinion” that 5-10% of mp3 users risk permanent hearing loss. So, what’s new?

Published in Fuzzy Logic
Friday, 26 September 2008 21:31

Checkmate in Space: The NASA Chess Challenge

A NASA astronaut is challenging all Peoples of the Earth to the first chess match in outer space. Find out how you can help the Earth Team win against the Space Chess Guy.


Published in Space
A hunger-activating hormone was reduced in pigs using a medical procedure originally used to treat varicose veins. If it works in humans, the obesity-control treatment could be a much less invasive surgical procedure than bariatric (weight-loss) surgery.

Published in Health
The Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism has been signed by professionals from 78 countries in an effort to stop the buying of human organs, such as kidneys, from people so poor that they are forced to sell their own organs.

Published in Biology
Wednesday, 30 July 2008 19:43

Happiness in men and women reverses as they age

A British-American study found that women are happier when they are younger adults and men are happier when they are older adults, with respect to accomplishing goals of family life and personal finances. Could this be a reason why older men like younger women?

Published in Health
Wednesday, 16 July 2008 19:27

Humans walked America 40,000 years ago

An international team of geoarchaeologists have discovered footprints in central Mexico that place the presence of early humans in the Americas further back than previous thought: around 40,000 years ago. The discovery helps to settle a long-standing debate as to when humans first came to the Western Hemisphere.

Published in Biology
According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 50% of all coral reefs in U.S. waters are either in “poor” or “fair” condition. NOAA places the blame on their terrible condition on human beings, with one federal official calling humans the “most invasive species of all.”

Published in Climate
Two psychology studies have found three common personality traits that assure the “bad boys” usually get the girls over the “nice guys.” One of the researchers commented that James Bond (fictional British agent 007) is the king of the bad boys.
Published in Biology
Wednesday, 18 June 2008 23:38

Drivers with road rage like bumper stickers

Colorado State University scientists have shown a direct relationship between the number of personalized items on and inside a car (like bumper stickers) and the amount of road rage by such dangerous drivers.
Published in Biology
According to a new Swedish study, some physical characteristics within the brains of homosexual people are also found in the brains of heterosexual people of the opposite sex.

Published in Biology
The World Wide Fund for Nature collected data from nearly 4,000 species spanning a 35-year period. According to its study, land-based and water-based species declined 27% from 1970 to 2005.

Published in Biology
New research from the University of Sydney’s School of Biological Sciences has uncovered that “animals that eat less [protein] live longer”, but end up having fewer children. So, do you want a long life, or more children... and just how relevant are fruit fly studies to human beings, anyway?

Published in Health
Friday, 15 February 2008 11:34

I, Love Robot

No, it’s not an x-rated sequel to Isaac Asimov’s classic “I, Robot” series, but instead an article about David Levy’s new book, ‘Love and Sex with Robots’.

Published in Fuzzy Logic
According to an American-Chinese study, shoes first became common about 40,000 to 26,000 years ago, and such footwear changed the human toes.                 
Published in Biology
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