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Putting Words in Our Mouths
May 22, 2002Movie special effects artists have learned how to put people into photos and videos, even if they were never there, and make animals talk. They can insert dead people into advertisements, such as the recent TV ads featuring Fred Astaire... continued
The Real Star Wars
May 22, 2002Military planners foresee a future filled with anti-satellites and space mines. They say we also need orbiting laser and particle beam weapons that focus killer rays of energy to zap satellites, enemy warheads in flight, or even blast targets on... continued
Asteroids Gave Birth to Dinos, Then Wiped Them Out
May 22, 2002An asteroid may have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, but an earlier one probably allowed the rise of the giant creatures, who dominated the planet for 135 million years. After their demise, mammals took over and eventually... continued
Atlanta Drinking Itself Dry
May 22, 2002Charles Seabrook writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Federal water experts have presented data suggesting that metro Atlanta is taking all the water that Lake Lanier and the Chattahoochee River can provide, decades before it was forecast to have reached... continued
Grave of Stonehenge Builder Found
May 21, 2002A 4,000-year-old grave found near Stonehenge is one of the richest early Bronze Age sites ever discovered in Europe. "It's a fantastically important discovery both for the number of artifacts found in that grave and the range of artifacts. It's... continued
Earth Warming Faster Than Expected
May 21, 2002Planet earth is warming up faster than previously expected, according to Geoff Jenkins, head of the Hadley Center for Climate Prediction and Research. Dying forests, expanding deserts and rising sea levels will wreak havoc on human and animal lives sooner... continued
Anthrax Scientists Taking Polygraph Tests
May 21, 2002Pierre Thomas writes for abcnews.com that starting in June, the government will begin a wide-ranging program of polygraph testing to determine if one of its own employees is responsible for last year's anthrax attacks. 200 current and former employees at... continued
Quantum Physics Fights Terrorism
May 21, 2002John Hagelin is a world authority in unified quantum field theories. He says, ??Ourdefenses against terrorism are absolutely porous. And the government is expending, as you know, tens of billions of dollars in this global effort to stamp out terrorism,... continued
China Will Mine the Moon
May 21, 2002China is planning to establish a base on the Moon to mine its mineral resources. Beijing has not yet put a human astronaut into space, but Chinese scientists say they expect to do so within three years. Ouyang Ziyuan, a... continued
Cat Talk, Sniffer Bees & Glowing Fish
May 20, 2002Cats, which have lived alongside people for thousands of years, have adapted their "meows" to better communicate with humans, according to Nicholas Nicastro and Michael Owren of Cornell University's Psychology of Voice and Sound Laboratory. "Cats are obviously very dependent... continued