Still trying to quit the habit? Scientists at the University of Michigan have discovered that people who get a "buzz" the first time they smoke a cigarette have a certain gene variant that is lacking in people who cough, choke and get nauseated from that initial smoke. The people with this gene are most likely to become regular smokers, according to the journal Addiction. ...more

March 13, 2010

A formidable body of scientists have urged that drastic steps be taken to reverse or at least slow the change in global climate change, which they regard as potentially catastrophic. ...more

March 3, 2010

As Florida suffers through one of its coldest winters on record and the Mid-Atlantic suffers from record snowfall, one has to ask the question: Where on earth is Al Gore? ...more

February 14, 2010

Don't go tossing out all your shoes just yet. Scientists at Harvard have found that people who run barefoot or in minimal footwear are less likely to damage and hurt their feet than those who run in shoes. ...more

February 4, 2010

NASA said today that scientists have given up trying to free Spirit, which has been trapped in soft sand on Mars since last April. ...more

January 26, 2010

The pseudo-scientists promoting the "global warming as environmental disaster" message are far better at disseminating propaganda than understanding the complexities of Earth's climate. ...more

December 15, 2009

Hurricane season ended only 11 days ago, but the team of scientists at Colorado State University is already predicting that the lull of this year won't be repeated in 2010. ...more

December 11, 2009

Q. Once you have had the H1N1 virus, can you catch it again? ...more

October 27, 2009

Q. Why did they open the schools, why not wait until everyone had the shot and then open the schools, seems like a lot of people could avoid getting ill. ...more

October 27, 2009

Q. Why do some people die and others don't? Do they die in their sleep? Why can doctors not help them? ...more

October 27, 2009