Why Skin Cancer Is on the Rise

For years and years now, millions of sun worshippers across the country would hit the beaches during summer to work on the perfect, golden tan. However, the advent of indoor tanning salons now allows Americans to sport a sun-kissed look year-round. And as more and...

Maine to consider state cell phone cancer warning

By Glenn Adams, Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine — A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cellphones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute...

Probe to Scout Earth-Made Gamma Ray Blasts

Irene Klotz, Discovery News Nov. 24, 2008 — When space shuttle astronauts dispatched NASA’s Compton Gamma Ray Telescope into orbit in 1991, scientists figured they would learn more about supernovas, black holes and other phenomena that blast off...

Large EMF Solar Storms Set to Hit Earth

BY MichelleDevlin Did you feel the heat and the effects of a tremendous solar flare Friday? As we now know the human race does experience all kinds of symptoms ranging from feelings of euphoria to aggressiveness during solar events, and this one today was a real...

Death Rays From Space, How Bad Are They?

Space.com Cosmic rays pour down on Earth like a constant rain. We don’t much notice these high-energy particles, but they may have played a role in the evolution of life on our planet. Some of the mass extinctionsidentified in the fossil record can be linked to...