Pesticide Turns Males Into Females BERKELEY: Atrazine, one of the world's most widely used pesticides, wreaks havoc with the sex lives of adult male frogs, emasculating three-quarters of them and turning one in 10 into females, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley biologist Hung Lo. The 75 percent that are chemically castrated ar...
August 22nd was approaching rapidly. The group of five couples had been planning the camping trip all summer. Bobby had found a seven-acre campsite completely isolated from everything. It was primitive, without facilities of any kind. No electricity, no cell service and no water, so no bathrooms and no showers. There was a stream running through the property...
Lisette sat on the toilet, counted to sixty, then flushed. She stood up, walked to the door, cracked it open, and peeked out. Seeing no one, she stepped out and pushed the down button for the elevator. The overhead display showed that car one was on the third floor and going down. Car two was already in the basement. That meant car two had nowhere to go but...
Vonda wiped the sweat from her brow with her moisture collector. It had been ten minutes and the triple suns of Calibrax had worked her into a dripping heat. It didn't help that at this time of day, in this particular phase of its 209-year cycle, there was no shade as the suns completely surrounded her from all sides. At best, at "night" (for lack of a bette...
Chapter 1 Reaching moon-fall Year 20 R (Republic, Imperial date 7961 E) It took longer than I estimated to reach moon-fall. I planned it out at just over 14 terranhours from start to finish with five fairly cautious jumps through what was clearly a complicated planetary system -- never good to leap into uncharted space without knowing exactly what you ar...
As the TV station went to commercial, Jordan turned to Gwen to commiserate. That's when she saw how pale Gwen had become as she clutched the back of a folding chair with trembling hands. "Gwen!" cried Jordan as she rushed to her friend and gently held her in her arms. "Sit down. Charlie, get some water. Relax, Gwen. We both know how smart and tough Steve is...
Hi all, here is the next chapter of Book 4! New readers, this story is written chapter/book style. The start of this book was Ch. 43. I would recommend starting at Ch. 01 so you get the whole story, but I'm not your boss, so you do you. Returning readers, so good to see you again! I've appreciated all of your feedback the last two years (it's been two year...
Vanessa looked out from her kitchen window at Tim and his friends. It was odd to have Tim and three other former students as guests in her backyard. Apparently, her husband had run into Tim at the store, and when Tim mentioned a get-together with his buddies, Ben suggested they could use their backyard. Vanessa wasn't thrilled when Ben first brought it up....
Once in Sydney, Lajos and Natasha made contact with Ophelia Hartley. They met for a prearranged lunch at a restaurant near the Opera House. They took the opportunity to talk about a rehearsal and a plan for the balance of the week. They were initially booked for the stage containing approximately 500 seats. But when word got out that Natasha would also perf...
This is another story that, like my previous story 'A View From the Bottom' and others, draws from my personal experience. This time it is a wife who accused me, wrongly and often, of having affairs, and would launch into a screaming, sometimes public, tirade. While you may think these incidents are unreal, believe me they are very real. Other elements of th...