All content Archive | October 2008

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October 31st
- Sabertooth 'Tigers' Were Social Beasts
- Daylight Saving Time: Why Did We Do It?
- Why Presidential Polls Vary So Much
- Black As Barack? Why Race is Wrong - Part 1
- Islands: Exquisite Labs of Evolution
- Top 5 Halloween Myths Debunked
October 30th
- Studies Find a Candidate's Looks Matter
- The Truth About Muslims in America
- Do Overweight Women Skip Sex? Fat Chance!
- What Halloween is Really About
- Bat Death Mystery Solved
- Fungi Caught Having Sex in Humans
- Iceman Mummy Leaves Few Relatives
- Extremely Rare Leopard Photographed
- Undecided Voters Probably Have Decided
October 29th
- Devil's Night: The History of Pre-Halloween Pranks
- How Parked Cars Could Power the Future
- Spooked? Kids Must Face Fears
- Mystery of the 5-Legged Freaks
- Brain Zap Improves Dexterity
- Best Horror Films Skip the Gore
October 28th
- Top 10 Scariest Movies Ever
- T. Rex Was a True Killer
- Kids' Eye Problems Often Emerge in Homework Battle
- Reports of Newspaper Death Greatly Exaggerated
- Ants Prefer Salt over Sugar
- New Scan Detects Body Shape Under Clothes
- Oddly, Americans Fear Snakes More Than Disease
- Halloween Candy Trick: Gorge, Don't Nibble
- Group Pride Rooted in Insecurity
- Red on Women Drives Men Wild
October 27th
- Wise Elephants Fear Roads
- Scientists Grow Bigger, Better Diamonds
- How Life Should End: What Physicians Think
- The Water Cooler: Archive
- Fear the Flu? Don a Mask
- Museum Features 'Green' Kansas Community
- Safe Haven Laws Encourage Baby Disposal
- Stress Can Make You Itch
- Religion Not the Only Path to Altruism
October 25th
- Hawaiian Cave Reveals Ancient Secrets
October 24th
- Ancient Sea Predators Shed Skin Secrets
- Roots of Voodoo: Why Sarkozy is Getting Skewered
- You've Got Mail! You've Got Herpes!
October 23rd
- Tiny Skull Sheds Light on Strange Dinosaur Diets
- Bizarre Tactic Drives Worms Out of the Ground
- The Stink in Farts Controls Blood Pressure
- Warm Hands Make People Generous
- Why There Can't Be a Theory of Everything
- Potent Greenhouse Gas More Prevalent than Thought
- Study: Lyme Disease Was Imported
- Out of Thin Air: How Money is Really Made
October 22nd
- Blue Bananas Surprise Scientists
- Mouse Memories Erased, No Harm Done
- Bird-Like Dinosaur Sported Bizarre Tail Feathers
- Science on the 'Fringe'
- How Oil Drilling Could Power the Future
October 21st
- Dinosaur Graveyard Yields Fossil Bounty
- Solar Cells Go Organic
- Huge Mountain Range Should Not Be There
- Trick or Treat? Corn Syrup's New Disguise
- Pirates Still Terrorize High Seas
- Middle-Age Suicide Rate Rising
October 20th
- Scientists Determine Which Species to Save
- Mathematician Predicts Rays to Win World Series
- Huge Field of Dinosaur Tracks Found
- Volcanoes May Be Original Womb of Life
October 19th
- Typhoons Bury Carbon in Oceans
- The Water Cooler: Strange Sect Gets Stranger
October 17th
- Rare White Lions Get Wild
- Men's Reactions Peak at Age 39
- Plants Cry For Help
- Rejection Fosters Intuition
- Breast-feeding Fights Disease
- Monopoly Brings Out the Worst in People
- Animals Stressed Out, Too
- Economics Concept Explains Brain Mystery
- Foamy Invention Could Save Energy and Lives
- Bigfoot Body Sold on eBay
October 16th
- 'Stayin' Alive' Sets Perfect Beat for CPR
- Negative Political Ads Elicit Fear and Anxiety
- Brain's Reaction to Yummy Food May Predict Weight
- Want a Date? Just Volunteer
- The Water Cooler: Meaningless Sarah Palin Poll
- Bizarre Dinosaur Headgear Used For Shouting
October 15th
- Americans Flunk Simple 3-Question Political Survey
- Why Dick Cheney's Heart Skipped a Beat
- Tiny Tide Travelers May Sense Gravity
- Amazing Power of Music Revealed
- Church Pastors Dismiss Mental Illness
- The Water Cooler: Good and Bad News for Religion
- Why Women Have Bad Teeth
October 14th
- Bones Reveal Oldest Case of TB
- Kansas Gym Ghost Mystery Solved
- Internet Searching May Boost Brain
- Oldest Insect Fossil Impression Found
- The Financial Fiasco: Emotional, Irrational, Inevitable
- 5-Star Hospitals Might Not Kill You
- School Bans Birthday Sweets
- Botoxed Biden?
October 13th
- Chicken Soup and Wine
- Analog's Twilight: Slowly, Digital Trumps Physical
- Circadian Rhythm Affects Memory
- Bonobos Hunt Other Primates
- What it Takes to Be President
- Home Lighting Could Be Wireless Network
October 12th
- Premature Ejaculation: It's Not in Your Head
- Mongoose Pups Pick Parents
October 10th
- Xenophobia Founded on Faulty Assumptions
- Genetics news, features and articles
- Flying Cars Near Takeoff
- America's Superpower Status Threatened by Financial Crisis
- Stress and Suicide in Hard Times: How People Really React
- Animals Have Personalities, Too
- Shark Pregnant, No Males Required
October 9th
- Leakey: Economic Woes Could be 'Devastating' to Science
- Sounds of Volcanic Eruption Recreated
- How Brachiosaurs Got So Huge
- American Dream and Middle Class in Jeopardy
- Babies Know Happy From Sad Songs
- Beaver Dams Boost Songbird Populations
- Mysterious DNA Found to Survive Eons of Evolution
- Mass Extinctions Remain Mysterious
October 8th
- Death Rituals Reveal Much About Ancient Life
- Deep-Diving Fish Set Surpising Record
- How Green Gasoline Could Power the Future
- New Flying Dinosaur Drone to Resemble Pterodactyl
October 7th
- Narcissists Tend to Become Leaders
- Common Dietary Supplements Don't Help Arthritis
- Options for Chocolate-Lovers Tripled
October 6th
- Arctic Grows Stormier
- Climate Change vs. the Economy
- Most Alaskan Glaciers Retreat and Thin
- The Reality of Momentum in Sports
- How Test Tube Babies Changed the World
- People Love Angry-Faced Cars
- Love Songs Bring Pleasure to Bird Brains
- The True Costs of Renewable Energy
- Shh! Let's Not Talk About Race
October 5th
- Oldest 'Footprints' on Earth Found
October 3rd
- Tornadoes
- Shark news, features and articles
- What Does the Vice President Do, Anyway?
- Rich and Poor Have Same Economic Views
- Pollution Makes Oceans Noisier
- Bacteria Think Ahead
- Gut Reaction: Digestion Revealed in 3-D
- Grief: The Price of Love
- World of Warcraft Video Game Succeeds in School
October 2nd
- Animal Instincts: Main Street Seeks Revenge on Wall Street
- Catastrophe Killed Dinosaur Herd, New Species Emerges
- Southern States Ranked Worst for Seriously Sick
- The Value of Endorsements, from Hollywood to the Pulpit
- TV Ads Grab Attention in Fast-Forward
October 1st
- Palin vs. Biden: How Sex May Change the Debate
- How Hospitals Can Turn Deadly
- Green Collar Jobs to Fuel Future Economy
- New Thinking on When the Arctic Froze
- 48 Species Proposed as 'Endangered,' All Hawaiian
- Deadly Bacteria Sacrifice and Cooperate
- Alternative Energy Source Found ... For Your Brain
- In Baseball, Head-first Slides Are Best