Mike: Hi, Amanda. Why don't you sit down and watch this boxing match on TV? It's a championship fight. Amanda: No way, Mike. I hate boxing! I don't understand why people enjoy watching two grown men beat the living daylights out of each other. Aren't...
When you think of hair loss you probably think of men, unless that is, you are one of the twenty million women in the U.S. who suffer from hair loss. Though hair loss in men is a common subject for television commercials as well as fodder for televis...
Amanda: I'm so exhausted, Mike. I've been shopping in gazillion department stores with my mom throughout the week. We're planning on renovating our house, so we're looking for everything from new furniture to curtains and carpets for all the rooms. M...
You're hiking through the Rockies one day when you hear a low, ominous rumble. Landslide! Hundreds of tons of rock and soil are careening toward you at enormous speed. Fortunately, there's a helicopter nearby and you lift off just in time to escape u...
Where else would the world's biggest dinosaur live, but in the world's trendiest town? Live may be stretching it a bit. Brachiosaurus brancai has been dead for 150 million years, but he remains impressive, towering more than 13 meters over visitors t...
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the summer's most anticipated film, the latest in a beloved series that stars Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, everyone's favorite intrepid archaeologist. The film boasts supporting players ranging...
Don: Today, on A Moment of Science, the Ocean's Most Wanted. Sure, they might seem innocent and downright lovely in your aquarium, but released into the wild, your plants and fish can knock aquatic ecosystems right out of balance. Today's invasive sp...
In the United States someone attempts suicide every minute. In a single day roughly eighty Americans kill themselves. What compels so many people to end their lives prematurely? Countless elements factor into the fatal decision that leads to suicide....
Is a fever always bad? That's the question for this Moment of Science. Don: [COUGHING] Y: Sounds like you have a bad cold, Don. D: [COUGHING] Y: Do you need some cough medicine? D: Nope. Y: Tylenol?? D: No thanks. Y: Don't you want anything to help y...
When you hear the term, computer geek, what image immediately pops into mind? Is the geek in your mind's eye a woman? Probably not. There's a reason the stereotype of the computer geek is almost always depicted as male. Around the world, significantl...
