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Scientists warn that infectious diseases will rise as the world gets warmer. Human malaria, butterflies with parasites, diseased corals, and trees overgrown with fungus are some of the things awaiting us as the Earth warms up. Entire species of animals could be wiped out.

Human tropical diseases will become more common as tropical weather spreads. Dr. Richard Ostfeld of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies says, “Disease now has to be considered another main player on the climate warming stage. We need to be taking climate warming much more seriously than we currently are. By ‘we’ I refer to international agencies but also the U.S. Government.”
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An assassination attempt on Saddam Hussein?s son Qusai, who is the heir to his throne, means that succession may not be as smooth as Saddam would like. There are rumors that Saddam may want to voluntarily step down in favor of Qusai, in order to gather favor with Europe. He also may want to appease the U.S., since Bush has announced he would like the CIA to do away with Hussein.
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Scientists who claim there could never have been life on Mars have always pointed out that liquid water is needed for sophisticated life forms to exist. Even when it was discovered that water is trapped on Mars underground or in ice, the skeptics said only bacteria could survive such conditions. Now new images of the planet reveal Ma’adim Vallis, one of the biggest valleys on Mars, was formed when a large lake overflowed. If there was once enough water on Mars for a gigantic flood?where is it all now?
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When it come to genetic engineering, it?s the Battle of the Bugs. Scientists are producing GM plants that are resistant to certain types of insects?but then they turn out to be even more vulnerable to other insects. Scientists decide to engineer the insects themselves and produce a sterile boll weevil that eventually destroys its own species, but other scientists are afraid this sterility will somehow spread. We?re tinkering with nature, but do we know what we?re doing?
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