O Christmas trees, O Christmas trees, your spores can make us all sneeze... In 1969, Canadian researchers interviewed 1,657 allergy patients and theorized that as many as 7 percent of people with allergies may be allergic to their Christmas trees. That team theorized the culprits were pollens and balsam resins. ...more

November 29, 2007

Memories Of Smokers I enjoyed the article 'Tampa's Original Field of Dreams' (BayLife, Oct. 7). ...more

October 14, 2007

For more than a decade, academics and technology executives have been frowning at the widening gender gap in computer science. Everyone has a theory, but no one has managed to attract many more women. ...more

October 1, 2007

For the first time in four years, employers have cut jobs, raising new fears that a deep housing slump and painful credit crunch could push the economy into a recession. ...more

September 8, 2007