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The Spurs, the new NBA champs, wear black and white, but the Chicago Bulls, longtime NBA winners, wore red, andpsychologists think it wasn’t just Michael Jordan who gavethis team such an edge–it was their red uniforms too.

In the U.K., psychologists tracked the success of differentteams in four Olympic sports. In the Olympics, athletes donot wear national colors, but are randomly assigned eitherred or blue. The reds regularly win more competitions thanthe blues.
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Boston and Boulder, Colorado, share a special distinction:They lead the nation in marijuana use. Northwestern Iowa andsouthern Texas have the lowest use. The federal governmenttracks the use of drugs, cigarettes, alcohol andvarious other substances, both legal and illegal, so theycan figure out where tax dollars should be used fortreatment and prevention programs.

According to Livescience.com, a little over 5% of people inthe US report using marijuana in the previous 30 days, andmany of them live in college towns. Boulder is home to theUniversity of Colorado, while Boston is home to BostonUniversity, Boston College, Northeastern and several othercolleges. In college towns, a little over 12% of respondentsreport using marijuana in the past month.
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Newswise – A climatologist has found that the kinds of plants growingin a specific area can significantly affect the extremeweather caused by global warming. Global warming doesn’tsimply cause warmer weather; it causes weather extremes,including storms, floods, and even freezes. These can varysubstantially in frequency and severity depending on how thelocal vegetation responds to global warming.

Noah S. Diffenbaugh has done what seems to be the firststudy about how vegetation influences climate change. Whileclimate scientists have theorized that this relationshipexists, this study gives proof that interactions among land,air and sunlight are more complex than we imagined in the past.
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A joint NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) bed-rest studyof females will help scientists understand what womenastronauts will go through during long journeys in space.Changes in the immune system could have serious effects onan astronaut?s ability to resist infection and may increasethe possibility of her developing cancerous tumors. Stayingon the International Space Station (ISS) for extendedperiods will expose astronauts to chronic radiation thatcould result in serious health problems.
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