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Our Moon

March 6, 2003

Why doesn't our moon have a name? (It does: Luna. But we use the Germanic name, Moon.)

March 5, 2003

Genes influence whether mitochondria burn calories for work or for warmth.

March 4, 2003

Can you get rabbit fever from eating rabbits? (Yes, you can get tularemia.)

March 3, 2003

Measuring the earth's gravity from an airplane can pinpoint diamond mines.

February 28, 2003

Drugs from sea sponges, wound-healing oxygen and a sunscreen made from white tea extract

February 27, 2003

An environmentally nontoxic rocket fuel made from candle wax (paraffin).

February 26, 2003

A person's ancestry can be tracked by looking at their DNA

February 25, 2003

Why is it that when you bite into tinfoil or metal, it's an amazing, painful shock that goes through …

February 24, 2003

Reconfiguring ultrasound to pass through air -- it can kill anthrax spores in an envelope

February 21, 2003

Heart monitor that calls the doctor, disposable mics for rescue, memory metals motor

February 20, 2003

Exactly what is this formula that they never tell us on the news for the wind chill factor and the …

February 19, 2003

Genetically modifying foods, like shrimp, to remove the allergens