On a tip from a loyal reader we were told to visit the Cleveland area reptile show that is held monthly at the UAW Hall in Brook Park across from the Ford Motor plant. The show is run by Rob and Amy Zerkle who are from the Columbus area and started the gathering for a place where breeders can sell their animals and educate people about caring for their animals. The show is in its fourth year and draws up 1,000 per day with the summer and fall months being the most popular time for attendees. The reptile show is also far reaching with exhibitors from several different states and people buying snakes and other reptiles coming in all the way from Canada at times.

The event costs $4 for entry. If you attend you will see snakes, turtles, lizards, equipment, and feeding supplies. Below is the dates and times of the upcoming shows which are held at 17250 Hummel Rd in Brook Park and is right off of Henry Ford Blvd. The show starts at

SEPT 6th
OCT 4th
NOV 15th
DEC 20th

Here is a video of the show that we shot earlier today that will give you a glimpse of what makes this event so popular among reptile lovers in the area.:

According to new research published in The Journal of the American Dental Association, people wilth red hair are often resistant to local pain blockers, such as Novocaine. Consequently, redheads were found to be especially nervous about dental procedures and are twice as likely to avoid going to the dentist as those with blond or brunette hair.

Dr. Daniel I. Sessler, an anesthesiologist and chairman of the Department of Outcomes Research at the Cleveland Clinic, said that he began to study hair color after he heard so many of his colleagues discussing how redheads tend to require more anesthesia. He said:

“The reason we studied redheads in the beginning, it was essentially an urban legend in the anesthesia community saying redheads were difficult to anesthetize. This was so intriguing we went ahead and studied it. Redheads really do require more anesthesia, and by a clinically important amount.”

Previous research has found that redheads require, on average, 20 percent more anesthesia than blonds or brunettes.

After publishing his research on the topic, Dr. Sessler says he began to hear from other redheads who complained about problems with dental pain and fears of going to the dentist.

Despite little or no previous exposure to dogs, new research suggests that babies understand the meaning of different dog barks. At just 6 months old, infants can match the sounds of an angry snarl and a friendly yap to photos of dogs displaying threatening and welcoming body language.

These new findings come on the heels of a study from the same Brigham Young University lab that showed infants can detect mood swings in the music of Beethoven.

BYU psychology professor Ross Flom, lead author of the study, notes that while dogs and babies sound like a silly mix, these kinds of experiments help to understand how babies learn so rapidly. Well before they have mastered the art of speech, babies can respond to the tone of what is going on around them. Flom said, "Emotion is one of the first things babies pick up on in their social world."

During the experiment, the babies first saw two different pictures of the same dog - one in an aggressive pose and another in a friendly stance. Researchers then played in a random order sound clips of an aggressive and friendly dog bark. While the recordings were being played, the 6-month old babies spent most of their time staring at the appropriate picture. Older babies tended to make the connection instantly upon first glance.

A popular destination for local school trips and youth groups, as well as those interested in space exploration, the NASA Glenn Research Center's visitors center will be closing down this fall. It will not be closing for renovations, but rather, for good. NASA plans to offer the exhibits to the Great Lakes Science Center in downtown Cleveland.

NASA Glenn Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr. said that the reasons for the closure include a tight budget, as well as the desire to give the facility a higher profile.

Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin famously walked on the moon on July 20, 1969. The NASA Glenn Research Center will celebrate the 40th anniversary of this historic moon landing on July 18.

Amongst the days activities is an 11am presentation about the first steps on the moon, as well as the overall impact of the Apollo program. Beginning at 1pm, visitors will be able to learn about the next generation of launch vehicles - the Ares rockets.

Tours of the NASA Glenn Research Center will also be available from 10:30am until 2pm. For further information, please visit http://visit.grc.nasa.gov, or call 216-433-2000.

A group known as The Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine (CSCRM), which is comprised of Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve university, University Hospitals, and Athersys Inc., has been awarded a $5 million grant from Ohio's Third Frontier Commission under the Research Commercialization program. This funding will help to support new and innovative stem cell technologies, and will include two commercial, for emerging, and three pilot projects. Each of the projects will match the funding, creating a $10 million grant to benefit stem cell and regenerative medicine within the state of Ohio.

These research efforts will result in efficient clinical applications, as well as the commercialization of stem cells to benefit patients located throughout Ohio. Thus far, these kinds of efforts have brought in $170 million in new commercial development and investment in the state.

Current healthcare is limited to using drugs or devices to treat disease and injury. Stem cell research such as that which is being done by CSCRM could change the way disease and injury are treated, as they are uniquely positioned to rapidly implement new stem cell technologies in both the commercial and therapeutic areas.

Japanese researchers have identified a gene that may be responsible for hair loss in humans, giving hope the millions of balding men and women around the world. In genetic experiements on mice, researchers were able to create mutant rodents that lacked the Sox21 "master regulator" gene - a gene also found in humans - whose function they said is to ensure hair retention.

Scientists found that when they blocked the gene in rodents, it led to hair loss. Mice began to shed their fur "from postnatal day 11 beginning at the head and progressing toward the tail region of the back." Eventually the genetically altered mice became bald, losing all their body hair, including whiskers.

Researchers concluded: "The lack of this gene results in a loss of the interlocking structures required for anchoring the hair shaft in the hair follicle." Lead research Yumiko Saga said that the findings could lead to the development of a treatment against thinning hair in humans.

For the second day in a row, NASA has been forced to delay the scheduled landing of the space shuttle Atlantic. Thunderstorms have prevented the shuttle from returning to its home base on Saturday, keeping the astronauts circling Earth after a successful repair job at the Hubble Space Telescope.

Offshore storms were what prompted the space agency to skip both morning landing attempts at the Kennedy Space Center. Sunday's forecast isn't looking too good either, but NASA is still opting to wait out the bad weather instead of taking a detour to California.

The Atlantis crew are hoping to soon wrap up their Hubble repair mission, which started on May 11. It was NASA's last visit to the now 19-year-old space observatory, and the $1 billion overhaul and repairs are expected to keep the telescope working for a good five to ten years.

The shuttle's backup landing site, Edwards Air Force Base in California, is expected to have good weather all weekend. However, NASA is holding off on using the backup landing site as it takes quite a bit of time and money - about $2 million - to have a shuttle ferried across the country.

Meet Ruby Puppy, one of four cloned pups that glow because they have genetic information from sea anemones, a breakthrough that scientists are hoping will aid in the study of human diseases. According to New Scientist Magazine, the dogs produce a protein that glows under ultraviolet light.

The first transgenic dog - called this because it has genes transferred from another speciies - was created by cloning and inserting cells expressing a red flourescent gene which is produced by sea anemones. They hope that it will eventually lead to transgenic dog models of human diseases.

One of the researchers involved with this project, CheMyong Ko of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, said:

"The next step for us is to generate a true disease model."

The team was lead by Byeong-Chun Lee of Seoul National University in South Korea. He was also a part of the 2005 scientific effort with stem cell researcher Woo Suk Hwang that created the first cloned dog.

Al Gore is bringing the global warming issue back in the book stores later this year when the former vice president releases "Our Choice" in November. This is a follow up to Gore's ''An Inconvenient Truth," which was released which was released in 2006.

It shouldn't come as a surprise that Gore's book will be printed on 100% recycled paper. All proceeds from the book will be donated to Alliance for Climate Protection