Dear Annie: My daughter, Lara, just finished her junior year in college, and she has been steadily gaining weight. The summer before college, Lara dropped some pounds and seemed determined not to gain them back. Her self-esteem went up and she was ha...
Taiwanese people's English ability ranked 17th among the 20 countries with the most test-takers, according to statistics taken from 2006 test scores on the IELTS (International English Language Testing System). The average IELTS score in Taiwan lags...
American Idol alumni came out on top at the American Music Awards last month as Daughtry, the band fronted by Idol loser Chris Daughtry, shared the triple-winner spotlight with Idol champ Carrie Underwood. Daughtry capitalized on its three nomination...
Is lip balm addictive? That's the question Yael and Don discuss on this Moment of Science. Y: I am a lip balm addict. Sometimes I catch myself applying some of this stuff just ten minutes or so after applying it the last time. I don't even know I'm d...
A kayaker fought off an 8-foot great white shark with her paddle last month after it knocked her off the craft at one of Australia's most popular beaches. Linda Whitehurst, 52, was paddling her sea kayak near the eastern resort town of Byron Bay, abo...
Thanks to Apple's effective marketing campaigns, the term iPod has almost become generic for mp3 player. But buying an iPod is not so easy, and first-time iPod customers have many questions. Q: What's the difference between the various iPods on the m...
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize last month for their efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate change and lay the foundations for counteracting it. Gore'...
It takes one to know one, in this Moment of Science. Yael: Don, what are you doing with all that candy? Don: Oh great--now I'm going to have to find someplace else to hide my stash of goodies. You just can't trust anyone these days. Y: Now if that is...
Taiwanese director Ang Lee picked up his second Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for best picture last month for his new spy thriller Lust, Caution.Lee, who won a Golden Lion and an Oscar for his groundbreaking 2005 gay cowboy movie Brokeback Mountai...
To really behold the stars these days, you have to travel far from cities and towns to escape urban glow. The magnificent sight of the Milky Way, for example, can now only be seen in rural areas. But why do we shine light up into the sky in the first...
