Drought: Worst is Yet to Come

May 6, 2002
Jerry Bowen and Jim Axelrod write in cbsnews.com that more than a third of America is now affected by months of drought and the worst is yet to come. While the government believes there will be improvement in the East... continued

Ozone Hole Makes Antarctic Both Cooler & Warmer

May 6, 2002
There have been conflicting reports about whether Antarctica is warming up or cooling down. Now scientists have discovered that this has been caused by the ozone hole. Changing wind patterns triggered by the ozone hole are causing some areas to... continued

New Pyramid Found in Egypt

May 6, 2002
Archaeologists have discovered the base of a small, 4,500-year-old pyramid believed to have been built for a Pharaonic queen in the desert outside Cairo. This is the 110th pyramid to be discovered in Egypt. The pyramid, made of stone blocks,... continued

Ratbots

May 3, 2002
Rats controlled by implants in their brains could one day be used to search for landmines or the buried victims of earthquakes. Researchers have created 5 of these ?ratbots? and succeeded in steering them through an obstacle course by remote... continued

Antarctic Penguins Starving to Death

May 3, 2002
Tens of thousands of penguins are starving to death in Antarctica because a vast iceberg has devastated the regional food chain. The B15 iceberg, which covered about 4,400 square miles when it calved in March 2000, has blocked much of... continued

NASA Told Not to Look for Mars Life

May 3, 2002
The scientific desire to search for life on Mars is coming into conflict with the need to prevent any such life from endangering the astronauts or the Earth. The National Research Council (NRC) is recommending that safety take precedence over... continued

Squirrel Attack

May 3, 2002
Stanford University students are being traumatized by squirrels. The campus squirrels have begun bizarre suicidal death leaps into the path of oncoming student bikers."Yesterday, I was riding my bike along Escondido Road, when all of a sudden, my friend Katie... continued

Map May Be 120 Million Years Old

May 2, 2002
Scientists at Bashkir State University have found proof of an ancient, highly developed civilization. A large relief map, made by an unknown technology and found in 1999, shows a region in Russia. Today?s military has similar maps of the same... continued

The God Prize

May 2, 2002
Faye Flam writes in the Philadelphia Inquirer that investment tycoon Sir John Templeton is giving out grants worth a total of $1 million to 15 scientists to look for proof that God exists. These scientists, many with international reputations, have... continued

Superstorm To Be Made Into Major Movie

May 2, 2002
Twentieth Century Fox won a ferocious bidding battle for "The Day After Tomorrow," a script based in part on the book ?The Coming Global Superstorm? by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber. This will be a big-budget, high-concept film in which... continued