Don: [LAUGHING] And then, see, Moe pokes Curly right in the eye with a pool cue! Hilarious! Yael: [NOT LAUGHING] Sure. I guess. D: What? You don't like the Three Stooges?!? Y: To be honest, Don, not really. D: C'mon, Yael. What could be funnier than

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The next time someone asks you how tall you are, keep in mind that your answer might depend on the time of day. You see, in the morning, when you wake up, you're taller than at night, when you go to bed. How can this be? Well, the spine is made of tw

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Two young adventurers completed an epic paddle of more than 3,300 kilometers on Jan. 13 to become the first people to travel from Australia to New Zealand by kayak. Australians James Castrission, 25, and Justin Jones, 24, spent 62 days crossing the T

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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'

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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

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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

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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

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Eight pandas that survived China's deadly earthquake went on display at the Beijing Zoo earlier this month, with officials expecting the bears to attract millions of Olympic visitors. After a special welcoming ceremony, a steady stream of mainly Chin

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Meditation isn't just for people seeking spiritual enlightenment. As you're probably aware, many people use meditation to relax. Relaxation isn't simply a state of mind. Meditation produces physiological effects that actually reverse the risk of card

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Dear Annie: Last week, my husband and I went to a wonderful concert. But I knew I was not going to enjoy it to the fullest when the woman beside me started to hum. We had great seats that were costly. I wanted to ask this woman to keep quiet, but dec

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Dear Annie: I am an attractive young woman with a history of anorexia. Thanks to loving friends, family and a wonderful boyfriend, I was able to recover and now enjoy eating healthful, well-balanced meals. Here's the problem. I hold a good job at a g

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Have you ever watched a movie and wondered, how'd they do that? From light saber battles to the sinking of the Titanic, some special effects seem almost magical. Most film makers still use a relatively simple process called matte layering, which invo

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One of the most amazing phases in childhood development is when infants go from making baby sounds to actually saying words. Before you know it, your infant becomes a toddler and starts stringing words together into sentences. Sometimes, however, suc

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Another What You Didn't Know segment of A Moment of Science. Don: Time once again for What You Didn't Know. This is the segment where I give Yael a science fact that everybody thinks they know already, then wow her with the follow-up. Ready? Yael: Re

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