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Ordinary things are being bio-engineered to do extraordinary tasks. You may think roaches and mice are revolting, but if they can help detect bioweapons, you may actually want to have them around in the future.

Michael Stroh writes in Popular Science that materials scientist Jeff Brinker has come up with a way for roaches to detect biological weapons. He says, "It’s a very durable beast. Plus they tend to explore nooks and crannies." He glued a genetically-modified yeast cell solution called Sol-Gel to the bugs’ bodies that glows when they encounter something harmful.
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The Sunday paper in Darwin, Australia had a classified ad that read: “In 1972, I saw a UFO at 5 am over Darwin airport with 3 other gentlemen. After 31 years I would like to make contact again with the other witnesses. Two were security guards from Darwin airport, the other was ‘Fred,’ whose father was the caretaker at the Darwin German Club. Please contact me.”

Cherie Beach and Fiona Churchman of radio 105.7 in Darwin followed up on the story and found Rodney Jarvis, who placed the ad. He’s writing a book about his strange experiences and wants to include the story of his UFO sighting.
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We recently wrote about how the world survived past global warming. More rain and higher sea levels eroded leached calcium and magnesium from rocks into the ocean, where it became bound to the dissolved CO2, forming the harmless substance calcium carbonate and reducing the amount of carbon dioxide. Over a period of many years, the Earth returned to normal. Now farmers in Scotland say they can speed up this process with a special fertilizer made from volcanic dust.
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For some reason, certain diseases are more common in people born during certain times of the year. Some of these connections are truly baffling?like why schizophrenia is more common in people born in the winter, and learning disabilities are more common for those born in the spring.
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