SAN DIEGO (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Wildfires often begin unnoticed, spreading quickly, with devastating consequences. Homeowner Dorothy Roth is still in shock three years after a wildfire raged through her backcountry community in southern California. She lost everything.

Protect Yourself: Fighting Computer   Crime

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- It's the crime of the future, and it's happening right now. However, now there is someone trying to stop it. Markus Jakobsson, Ph.D., computer scientist at Indiana University School of Informatics in Bloomington, Ind., says: "We're the good guy. We make the move. Then we go over to the other side of the table, and we're the bad guys. We make the move."

Lowering Blood Pressure: Drug Free

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- High blood pressure is a problem for millions of people. Previously, medication and diet were all doctors had to control it. Now a new device can help lower blood pressure and keep people alive and active longer.

Blimps in Space

BALTIMORE (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- You see them floating above football stadiums, but blimps are now being used for more than games: They're a cheap and safe way to get a bird's-eye view of the ground below. Recently, some students have decided to take their science class outdoors, putting a class assignment to the test and helping to send blimps into near space.

Forecasting Aftershocks

PASADENA, Calif. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Earthquakes are unpredictable, but one thing seismologists know for certain is the occurrence of one earthquake makes another one more likely. The unexpected and violent nature of earthquakes keeps a lot of people on edge, but now, they have a new tool for figuring out when and where aftershocks could occur.

Detecting Prostate Cancer Earlier

BALTIMORE (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Most men over age 50 are familiar with PSA testing, used to detect prostate cancer. But the test can sometimes miss cancer cases. Now a new test can find cancer earlier.

Flying and Radiation Risk

NEW YORK (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Most careers have an occupational hazard, but frequent fliers may be exposed to cosmic radiation and not even know it.

Baby Talk

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Can the noise level inside your house actually make it harder for your baby to learn to talk? Researchers now say turning down the TV can actually help your child find their voice faster.

Unbreakable Glass

MURRAY HILL, N.J. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- It's an unlikely discovery at the bottom of the sea that could strengthen our future; unbreakable glass.

Killing Germs

DUARTE, Calif. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- For more than 6,000 years, humans have used silver to fight germs, also known as microbes. Now, some hospitals are using a silver compound to reduce hospital infections.

Prosthetic Bones

DALLAS (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Not long ago, bone cancer often meant amputation. Now researchers have found a little pressure can go a long way in saving a leg. A new treatment can help keep parts of the limb while allowing it to grow.

Changing the Face of History

MOUNT VERNON, Va. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- If a picture tells a thousand words then the portrait of America's first president, George Washington, may be telling a lie. Scientists are giving our founding father a virtual face-lift and revealing some surprising new looks.

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