Monthly Archives: October 2009

Is Trick-or-Treating Dangerous? // Halloween strikes fear into parents’ hearts for reasons that have nothing to do with scary costumes. Hospitals have been offering to X-ray candy for decades, and this year a forensic lab in DuPage County, outside Chicago, … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Zen saying goes: the obstacle is the path. That’s true of parkour, the gritty urban sport that evolved from obstacle course training for the French military into a fitness option for urban youths. In parkour, … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON – GlaxoSmithKline has yet to get U.S. government approval for its swine flu vaccine, the company said on Tuesday, while Novartis said it was still struggling to make vaccines. A U.S. senator accused the Health and Human Services department … Continue reading →

Great news… 200,000 Square Miles to Be Designated as Critical Habitat Following Lawsuit Settlement Washington D.C. (October 22, 2009) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to designate over 200,000 square miles of coastal lands and waters along … Continue reading →

check out this article… While working at Polaroid Corp. for more than a decade, John C. Warner learned about the chemistry behind some carbonless copy papers (now used for most credit card receipts) and the thermal imaging papers that are … Continue reading →

TERRE HAUTE When Danette Monson first learned that her son Garin had high lead levels in his blood, she wasn’t too concerned. After all, older generations had grown up with lead and they all seemed fine and they were exposed … Continue reading →

We cruised through the first 6-mile stretch, not exerting too much energy in anticipation of what was to come farther down river. I was able to recall from some landmarks where good sections had been the previous year, and we … Continue reading →

Author Bill McKibben never saw this coming. Founder of 350.org, an environmental campaign aimed at holding atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations below 350 parts-per-million, McKibben sent word that this Saturday would be the day to take to the streets. The call … Continue reading →

Adelaide is the first city in the developed world to suffer permanent droughts, but it is unlikely to be the last, writes JOHN GIBBONS . THEY CALL it the lucky country. Australia’s nickname comes from a book of the same … Continue reading →