Mike: Did you see Friends last night? I was falling out of my chair laughing! Amanda: No, I'm not really into sitcoms. Besides, all the episodes of Friends are just reruns now. I've been watching Bai Quan Nu Wang. I just loooove the leading actor in...
If you found yourself instantly transported to the freezing arctic, your first concern would be keeping warm. But what about the animals that make their homes on these vast fields of ice and snow? Do polar bears need to worry about freezing to death?...
The Jurassic version of jumbo jets－huge flying creatures weighing hundreds of pounds－is a mystery of dinosaur-era flight: How did something so big get off the ground? What people think of as flying dinosaurs didn't launch into the air like birds....
There might be a way to predict whether young children will grow into active teens－or fall prey to a more sedentary lifestyle. The key? Motor skills. A recent study found a link between object-control skills in childhood and fitness in adolescence....
Dear Annie: My college graduate daughter, Kay, has lived at home for over a year. She is presently working and continuing her education. I told her early on that she could live here for one year at no cost, but after that time, I would expect her to...
Pope Benedict XVI warned in his Christmas message that the world was headed toward ruin if selfishness prevails over solidarity during tough economic times for rich and poor nations. His message cautioned the people of the world not to be selfish. If...
Yal: Time to go again to the A Moment of Science mailbag. A listener writes: Dear A Moment of Science, I recently read about how drinking as many as seven cups of coffee per day can make me hallucinate. Is this true? I'm a pretty heavy coffee drinker...
We may never know if the chicken or the egg came first, but scientists have discovered a fossil that sheds light on how turtles got their shells. Since the time of the dinosaurs, turtles have looked much the same as they do today, complete with boney...
Trust is essential to social interaction among humans. Making friends, conducting business transactions, leading a team, and even playing games would be all but impossible without it. But have you ever wondered why we trust other people at all? Littl...
Look at the back of a spoon and your reflection appears right side up. Look into a spoon's bowl, and your reflection's upside down. How come? To answer this, imagine a giant spoon bowl, five feet tall, and a bucketful of extra-bouncy superballs. Don'...
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa takes off as the memorable characters from the first film are finally leaving Madagascar to return to their home, the Central Park Zoo. (The movie might have been more accurately titled Escape From Madagascar With an Unsch...
When you want to build up a campfire, barbecue or log fire in a fireplace, you need to add fuel to make it bigger. The fuel might be wood, charcoal or any other burnable material. The fire will then get hotter and larger, so if that's what you want,...
It's three in the morning and you're awakened out of a deep sleep by a terrible pain in the gut. Was it something you ate? And then it hits you--that burger you had the other day was a little undercooked. And there have been several cases of e-coli p...
At 2 hours, 35 minutes, Australia has room for both a cattle drive movie and a war movie, with a romantic drama thrown into the mix to tie both parts together. Nicole Kidman plays British aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley, who appears in northern Australi...
Who were the first farmers on Earth? You might think it was the Babylonians or another group in the Middle East. But humans are newcomers when it comes to the fine art of raising food. Leafcutter ants of arid and tropical regions of South, Central an...
