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Boarding Pass Bomb Detector

May 8, 2002

A mass spectrometer that can scan boarding passes for explosive materials from passengers

May 7, 2002

A method to stop migraines by cooling down an area of the mouth.

May 2, 2002

The first steps in genetically engineering chickens to produce protein-based medicines in eggs

May 1, 2002

Using ultrasound to diagnose and treat internal injuries

April 30, 2002

If hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of mountains? (because hot air cools as it rises)

April 26, 2002

A 25-year effort to discover, identify, and catalog every living species on Earth.

April 25, 2002

Is it possible to sink all the billiard balls on the break shot? (Highly improbable)

April 22, 2002

A hotel in orbit around the sun could ferry astronauts between Earth and Mars.

April 19, 2002

Testing how trees along the San Pedro River respond to water deprivation

April 18, 2002

Will a calico cat clone always be calico? (No, fur color/pattern depends on both genes and …

April 17, 2002

Mercury accumulates in arctic regions because of unusual chemistry in the atmosphere

April 16, 2002

Is the radiation from mobile phone antennae dangerous? (only if you get too close to the source)