• Science

    Readers Wonder: Are Artificial Sweeteners Killing Me?

    By PopSci Staff Posted on 5.1.2009 12 Comments

    Amy wonders: "I have at least one packet of Splenda a day, usually more like 3 or 4. And their new spray Splenda goes in my iced tea, at like 3 spritzes per glass. I am sort of addicted to it. Is it slowly killing me?

    5.1.2009 at 12:25pm - Comment by RDZombie

    My question is, until a few years ago sweet'n low packets all carried a cancer warning (something to the tune of "this chemical has been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals") but now that warning is gone. did they change the chemical sweetener in anyway suddenly making it safe?

  • Science

    Birds Have Got the Beat

    By Brooke Borel Posted on 4.30.2009 5 Comments

    Previously, it was believed that dancing was unique to humans. Now, two separate studies have shown that parrots have the ability to bob their heads and tap their feet to a number of different beats, proving that humans aren't the only ones with rhythm. One of the birds studied even has a favorite song: "Everybody" by the Backstreet Boys.

    4.30.2009 at 02:38pm - Comment by RDZombie

    This is a new finding? My African grey is older than me (27) and has been dancing to music (and singing some of it) longer than ive been alive. i thought this was common knowledge

  • Science

    Creationists Vs. Evolutionists (Round, Like, 1,000)

    By Christine Cyr Posted on 3.25.2009 24 Comments

    Today, scientists and educators across the country are watching Texas. Why? Because the Texas Board of Education begins a three-day public testimony today to decide whether the phrase “truths and weaknesses” should be included in the state’s science standards when discussing evolution. On Friday, the 15-member board will likely vote on whether this language should be included in textbooks, and their decision could sway how evolution is taught in biology classes around the country.

    3.30.2009 at 10:19am - Comment by RDZombie

    Texas,rednecks and bible humping christians. need i say more?

  • Science

    Lightning From Laser Beams

    By Posted on 4.14.2008 4 Comments

    Scientists have been trying to figure out how to stimulate lightning strikes with lasers for several decades, and now a group of European researchers have made an important advance. The group, led by Jerome Kasparian of the University of Lyon, used laser pulses to trigger electrical activity in thunderclouds passing over New Mexico's South Baldy Peak. By tweaking these laser pulses in the future, Kasparian thinks they should be able to create charged channels of molecules that act like conducting wires, and provide the lightning with a path to the ground.

    4.16.2008 at 02:53pm - Comment by RDZombie

    we dont have a way to store lightning... yet Id like to know the type of laser theyre using.

  • Cars

    Traffic Jams on Open Highways

    By Posted on 4.1.2008 11 Comments

    The only thing more frustrating than creeping your way toward the site of a bottleneck on the highway only to discover the accident is on the other side of the median are the times when you make it through and discover, as far as you can tell, nothing was holding up the traffic. Japanese researchers have now demonstrated that the "nothing" may in fact be the traffic crossing a threshold of density of cars on the road. Too many cars means that small slow downs by a few drivers equals up to big backups miles away.

    4.2.2008 at 11:35am - Comment by RDZombie

    they needed a research team to figure this out? if people pulled their heads out of their asses it would fix the problem

  • Science

    The Impending Alzheimer’s Boom

    By Posted on 3.19.2008 5 Comments

    The Alzheimers Association released a report yesterday with some frightening estimates regarding the future of the brain-wasting disease. One out of every eight baby boomers are likely to develop Alzheimers at some point, and the disease is now the seventh deadliest in the country. By 2010, there will be 500,000 new cases each year. By 2050, that number will jump to a million. This means the costs of caring for these patients are, naturally, going to jump dramatically.

    3.21.2008 at 02:33pm - Comment by RDZombie

    daq, just because you are a dimwit doesnt make phlady crazy. everything he said is true. now go jam your head back up your ass with the rest of the country



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