2019-03-01
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Without the Moon, We’d be Dead as Dinos
December 17, 2002There are not nearly enough craters on Earth for the large number of asteroids that impact us every year. Over the past 250 million years, Earth should have been hit around 440 times by asteroids larger than a mile across.... continued
Welcome to the UFO Bar
December 17, 2002The patrons of Benson's Hide-A-Way near Kettle Moraine State Forest in Wisconsin aren?t afraid to talk about their UFO sightings, abductions or missing time experiences. Owner Bill Benson says, "The reason we started the UFO thing was people had this... continued
New ET Search
December 17, 2002Astronomers around the world have searched the skies for ET using data from radio telescopes, looking for signals from another civilization. Now Nobel laureate Charles Townes thinks we should return to the old-fashioned method of looking through telescopes because bright... continued
What Makes Music Unforgettable?
December 17, 2002What makes a song stick in your head, and why does a wrongly played note sound so awful? New research shows the brain has specific structures that are designed to perceive and remember musical patterns. This area of the brain... continued
More Storms Ahead
December 15, 2002The ice and snow storms that shut down parts of the U.S. may not be over yet?there may be more to come, due to an El Nino in the Pacific Ocean. "El Nino is one of the driving forces behind... continued
Smallpox Vaccine Can be Deadly
December 15, 2002Smallpox is the worst disease known to man?it killed half a billion people from 1880 to 1980, before it was finally eradicated in 1980. But the smallpox vaccine can be deadly too, and that's the problem we face today. Scientists... continued
Pigs Stalk the Countryside
December 15, 2002For years, residents in parts of England have cowered behind their doors at night, because Big Cats stalk the countryside. Now it's pigs in New Jersey. For weeks, residents there have seen a mysterious 600 pound pig walking the streets.... continued
Pollution Damage Passed on to Kids
December 13, 2002Air pollution can cause genetic damage that is passed on by fathers to their children. Tests on mice show that those who breathed air near a smoke-belching steel mill had fewer babies and the ones they did have had more... continued
Will “Taken” Change Anybody’s Mind?
December 13, 2002In this week's poll, we asked you if you thought the Sci Fi series "Taken" will make more people believe close encounters are real. Most of you are hopeful?52% voted "Yes." However, almost as many of you (40%) think the... continued
Earth Getting Fatter?and Mussels Know Why
December 13, 2002Not only is there a wave of obesity in the well-fed Western world, but the Earth itself is getting fatter around the middle, caused by global warming. An increase in glacier melting at the poles, along with shifts in ocean... continued