About 15 years ago, evolutionary biologist Jaroslav Flegr began to notice dramatic changes in himself and upon investigation, theorized that a tiny parasite that he caught from his cat was subtly manipulating his personality, causing him to behave in strange, often self-destructive ways. And if it was doing this to him, it was doing the same thing to other cat owners (but only if your cat is a "mouser").
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It’s long been known that Stonehenge is laid out as a prehistoric calendar, and it may also be a type of ancient hospital. Now there’s a third explanation for the stone formation: It may have been laid out according to how ancient Britons perceived sound.
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Scientists are creating strange hybrids in order to do medical research (NOTE: You can still get Whitley’s novel "Hybirds" from the Whitley Strieber Collection). If these creatures should escape from the lab, would they be dangerous to us?
These creatures seem benign–like "Freckles," a normal-looking goat that is actually part spider. So why are scientists doing this?
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China, which is heavily polluted, has a program to replace conventional automobiles with electric cars. But it turns out that these are EVEN MORE polluting than automobiles with gas engines!
When environmental engineers Chris Cherry and Shuguang Ji analyzed the emissions of five vehicle technologies in 34 major Chinese cities, they found that electric cars cause much more overall harmful fine particulate matter pollution than gasoline cars–and fine particles in the atmosphere lead to heart attacks.
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