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• Top 5 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
• Top 5 Ways Nature Has Inspired Technology
• "10 Ways The World Will End" Videos
• Fact or Fiction: Hurricane Quiz
• Does gender-targeted advertising work?

Top 5 Most Dangerous Roads in the World Posted: To be sure, there are plenty of bad roads all over the world. But these five routes seem to appear most often on cautionary lists of death-defying avenues. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Top 5 Ways Nature Has Inspired Technology Posted: Some of the newest ideas in technology come from very old ideas -- they're inspired by nature. How do the plants and animals around us give engineers ideas? This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

"10 Ways The World Will End" Videos Posted: The Science Channel's "10 Ways the World Will End," illustrates the scenario of widespread devastation from a killer plague. Some scientists believe the biggest threat from a plague could come from bio-warfare or outer space.

Fact or Fiction: Hurricane Quiz Posted: In spite of all the strides we've made in hurricane research over the past century or so, these violent storms sometimes defy prediction. They can veer off course and unexpectedly gain power just before reaching land, and sometimes -- as was the case with Hurricane Katrina in 2005 -- a difference of only a few miles can have a devastating impact. This quiz should be a little easier than predicting a hurricane -- give it a shot.

Does gender-targeted advertising work? Posted: When advertisers work to earn our hearts and our money, how does gender play into it? Do the ones emphasizing stereotypical male and female traits do a number on our brains (and wallets)? Or is it something else that makes us want to buy, buy, buy?

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