2019-03-01
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Shakespeare May Have Smoked Pot
May 8, 2003Most writers we know who blow a lot of grass can't write an intelligible sentence, but anthropologist J. Francis Thackeray says Shakespeare may have smoked marijuana, since several 17th-century clay pipes found at the site of his home had been... continued
Back Pain Shrinks the Brain
May 8, 2003Chronic back pain wears people out, and it may also actually cause their brains to shrink. Dr. A. Vania Apkarian found that the brains of people with chronic pain may experience changes in their gray matter, the part of the... continued
With Artificial Eggs, Two Men Can be Parents
May 8, 2003Scientists believe they can create both eggs and sperm from either male or female stem cells. It's worked with mice and Japanese scientists think it will work for humans too. This would mean that, for the first time, a male... continued
Mysterious Storms Hitting U.S.
May 7, 2003A season of increasingly bizarre and violent weather has continued with devastating tornadoes in the United States on May 4-5, with the storm system rebuilding on May 6. These storms have devastated communities in Kansas, Missouri, Georgia and Tennessee, and... continued
Tea is Good?and Bad?for You
May 7, 2003Drinking tea is both good and bad for you. How can that be? Regular tea boosts the immune system (unlike coffee), but herbal tea contains acids that eat away tooth enamel. Regular tea contains chemicals called alkylamine antigens, which are... continued
UFO Over Baghdad
May 7, 2003A UFO may have been seen over Baghdad and one researcher managed to tape a UFO in England. The Baghdad UFO could be seen for 3 hours in the sky before it disappeared, while the U.K. one wasn't seen at... continued
French Help Saddam Henchmen Escape
May 7, 2003Under threat from the U.S., Syria has recently kicked out most of the Iraqi officials who fled there. But how did they get to other countries? According to the Washington Times, the French government secretly supplied them with passports that... continued
Cell Phones Really are a Hazard on Planes
May 6, 2003When cell phone use was banned on planes, many of us thought the airlines were just trying to make money by forcing us to use those expensive phones built into the seat in front of us. But a pilot website... continued
Music on Sale Too!
May 6, 2003We've added new items to the sale section of our store. These are some of our most popular books, so check 'em out. For those of you not familiar with the wonderful music of Ray Lynch (who wrote the theme... continued
Mice & Birds are a Lot Like Us
May 6, 2003We feel more rapport with animals every day?we now know that mice construct road signs so they can find their way around and birds can be duped by "advertising." Pavel Stopka and David Macdonald wondered how wood mice find their... continued