Russia Plans Arctic Security Force

Russia has said it will set up a military force to protects its interests in the Arctic. Moscow says it expects the Arctic is likely to become its main resource base by 2020 and is therefore establishing troops...

Irvingia: Anti-Diabetic Weight Loss Supplement from African Mango

Many things are written about supplements that seem wonderful at first. Too often health claims often turn out to be over-blown, which give the orthodox medical establishment all the reason to have become the...

Fight Depression With Lithium

Below is a small part of an interview with Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw, experts on human nutrition. Their fantastic book, Life Extension- A Scientific Approach, sold a million copies in hard cover two decades...

Feds plan to sell drilling rights off Va. coast

I don't know if this is good or not. I have close friends that are commercial fisherman. This will be very very bad for them. 50 miles off shore is not that far and they fish there. What will it do to the waters...

Phoenix lander spots falling snow on Mars

" LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has discovered evidence of past water at its Martian landing site and spotted falling snow for the first time, scientists reported Monday. ...

U.S. government workers in oil industry sex and drug scandal

It appears there were some 'crude' goings-on at the US Interior Department, which oversees oil drilling on federal land. Three reports delivered to Congress today, accuse the department of  “a culture of ethical failure." The reports say that over a dozen current and...

Sex, drugs, bribes rock and roll Bush Interior Department corruption scandal

There apparently has been much partying and no little dirty work among federal employees who are supposed to police oil taxes and royalties for drilling on public land and offshore."WASHINGTON — As Congress...

TSX Drops nearly 500 Points Due to Fuel Prices and Mortgage Crisis

The US mortgage quagmire and fluctuating fuel prices have caused the Toronto Stock Exchange to wobble... yesterday, the TSX lost 4%.  Though bad for everyday folks, high fuel prices actually tend to boost the TSX, so at the moment you will be unlikely to find Canadians...

Aid Plane Crashes In Congo, all aboard feared dead

An aid plane has crashed into a mountain in the Democratic Republic of Congo, all 17 people on board are feared dead. The plane went missing yesterday in bad weather and has recently been found. It was carrying aid workers from Medecins Sans Frontieres,...

Aid Plane Crashes In Congo, all aboard feared dead

An aid plane has crashed into a mountain in the Democratic Republic of Congo, all 17 people on board are feared dead. The plane went missing yesterday in bad weather and has recently been found. It was carrying aid workers from Medecins Sans Frontieres,...

NASA lander finds Mars water sample

NASA's Phoenix lander has identified water in a soil sample it collected from the surface of Mars. The scientific possibilities of this discovery are exciting. " Scientists will now be able to begin studying the...

NASA Study Says Water Flowed Freely On Mars

"NASA has discovered more evidence pointing to the possibility of life on Mars. Scientists have studied data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and they believe Mars once had large lakes, flowing rivers, and other wet environments that could have supported life. A study...

Vitamins and Minerals to Reduce Crimes Rates

"Vitamins and Minerals to Reduce Crimes Rates Researchers at Oxford University say that a daily vitamins and minerals supplement together with a good nutrition can cut the crime rates and reduce anti-social behavior. John Stein, a neuro-physiologist and a leading author of...

$255 million coastal restoration plan gets federal OK

"WASHINGTON -- Louisiana's hopes for repairing and restoring its tattered coast took a major step forward Thursday as the Bush administration approved the state's plan to use $255 million in federal money for more than 100 conservation and diversion projects, including major...

Poor Priced Out of Healthy Diet

Fruits, Vegetables May Break a Low-Income Family's Budget We tend to blame the obesity epidemic in the United States on people making the wrong lifestyle choices -- for example, eating a Big Mac instead of carrot...

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