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Six Easily Avoidable Ways People Die After Hurricanes
Hurricanes account for an average of 17 deaths annually in the United States, according to research. A study of Hurricane Ike found a majority of those deaths were indirectly related to the storm and...
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The Six Biggest Myths About The Flu Vaccine
Flu season is just around the corner, and it typically stretches through the early spring. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending that everyone older than 6 months get...
View ArticlePaintballs Could Save The Earth From A Giant Asteroid Impact
An epic battle between paintballs and a giant asteroid could one day save the Earth from an apocalyptic space rock impact. The novel asteroid-deflecting scheme proposes that a cloud of paintballs shot...
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Five Psychological Disorders Named After Disney Characters
Remember those bedtime stories that were read to you as a kid, and those Disney movies you watched? Turns out, there are some real psychological disorders and personality types that get their names...
View ArticleWhy Sandy Has Caused So Many Blackouts
Utility companies in the United States are good at their job – so good that Americans can largely take for granted that, when they flip a switch, their lights will come on. But, if extensive...
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Why Some People Stay Put When They Are Asked To Evacuate
Last night we put the call out for readers’ nagging hurricane questions. @BrothaDom and @michellesipics both asked for a peek into the minds of people who defy evacuation orders “in the face of...
View ArticleMeet The Real Smartest Man In The World
The smartest man in the world is Christopher Langan. As Malcolm Gladwell noted when he profiled Langan for the bestseller, Outliers: “He got a perfect score on his SAT, even though he fell asleep at...
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Astronomers Spot The Oldest Star Explosions Ever
The most distant star explosions in the universe have now been discovered, suggesting scientists may one day see the deaths of the first stars to arise after the Big Bang, researchers say. Future...
View ArticleElectric Cars Have Struggled With The Same Problems For 180 Years
On September 14, 1899, Henry Bliss stepped off a streetcar at West 74th Street and Central Park West in New York and got run over by a taxi. A plaque points out that it was the first automobile...
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Trail Camera Captures Rare Photo Of Cougar Wandering Illinois
After Mark Cobb and his 12-year-old son Matthew finished an early morning deer hunting trip Sunday, he sat at the kitchen table and checked pictures from one of his two trail cameras, hoping they...
View ArticleSuper Storms
The name Hurricane Sandy did not do justice to the overachieving, late-season cyclone that spread death and destruction from Jamaica to New England. The media has taken to calling it “Superstorm...
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America's Weather Satellite System Could Soon Become A Lot Worse
As early as Oct. 22, when Hurricane Sandy was just a churning spout of turbulence in the distant Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center in Miami was already warning that it could develop into a storm...
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82,000 Pounds Of Walnuts Stolen In Twin Heists
Two truckloads of walnuts, worth around $300,000 in total, have gone missing out of Northern California, and local deputies are after a man with a Russian accent who they say is the prime suspect....
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The Day Climate Change Became A Second-Tier Concern Under Obama
The invitation to the White House in the spring of 2009 struck Barack Obama's allies in the environmental movement as a big moment: a clear sign that climate change was on his radar and that the...
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Massive Flood That Triggered The Ancient 'Big Freeze' Located
A giant flood of Arctic meltwater may have triggered an ancient 1,200-year-long chill nicknamed the "Big Freeze," the last major cold age on Earth, a new study finds.These findings suggest that changes...
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The Secret Meaning Of The Body Movements Of Sign Language Interpreters
As New York City Mayor Bloomberg gave numerous televised addresses about the preparations the city was making for Hurricane Sandy, and then the storm’s aftermath, he was joined at the podium by a sign...
View ArticleA New Bigfoot Video Is Racking Up Millions Of Views
A new video that seems to show a Bigfoot-like beast rearing up in a Utah brush patch is racking up millions of views on the web, but are there any compelling facts in the compelling footage?Beard Card,...
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That Giant Blue Thing Represents NYC's Carbon Footprint
New York City is well on its way to meeting a citywide goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2017. This goal was adopted in 2007 as a part of PlaNYC 2030 to “build a greener, greater New...
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The Smell Of Human Fear Is Contagious
Humans can smell fear and disgust, and the emotions are contagious, according to a new study.The findings, published Nov. 5 in the journal Psychological Science, suggest that humans communicate via...
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What Our DNA Can Tell Us About Ourselves
Danish writer Lone Frank trained as a research scientist in biotechnology before becoming an award-wining science journalist.In her latest book, My Beautiful Genome, she turns her science on herself by...
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