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Some Urban Legends Are True

March 8, 2002
Buck Wolf, of the Wolf Files on Abcnews.com has investigated urban legends and found out that while many are indeed myths, some of even the most bizarre are true. An example of a false one is the story of the... continued

Elixir of Youth Part II: Spaghetti Sauce?

March 8, 2002
Men who eat tomato products two or more times a week can significantly reduce their chances of contracting prostate cancer, according to Dr. Edward Giovannucci of Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health. From 1986 to... continued

Scientists Detect Psychics

March 8, 2002
But won't admit it - Some people have a special gift for predicting chaotic systems like the weather and financial markets, according to Australian psychologist Richard Heath. Chaotic sequences of numbers are very hard to predict because of the ?butterfly... continued

Stonehenge Reveals its Secrets

March 8, 2002
Three pieces of broken deer antlers that were excavated 80 years ago at Stonehenge may tell scientists the date when the outer circle of gigantic stones was created. Building Stonehenge took thousands of years. The outer Sarsen circle, made of... continued

T Rex Was a Slowpoke

March 7, 2002
Tyrannosaurus rex, the killer dinosaur that lived about 85 million years ago, was not the swift hunter depicted in Hollywood movies. Instead of chasing its prey at speeds of up to 45 mph, as some studies have suggested, these dinosaurs... continued

Ring Around the Sun

March 7, 2002
A newly detected disk around the sun could narrow down our search for other star systems that might have planets orbiting around them. Astronomers with the European Space Agency say they?ve found the first direct evidence of the bright dust... continued

Languages End But Monkey Talk Remains

March 7, 2002
Half of the 6,000 or so languages spoken in the world are threatened and human knowledge could be lost along with them. The ?Atlas of the World?s Languages in Danger of Disappearing? says dominant languages such as English, French, Spanish,... continued

Elixir of Youth

March 7, 2002
Bruce Ames, of the University of California fed elderly rats acetyl-L-carintine and the anti-oxidant alpha-lipoic acid for a month. Both chemicals are normally found in mammal cells, and both are sold in health food stores. Then he tested the animals... continued

World’s Oldest Living Plant

March 6, 2002
In the middle of the Palm Springs Desert in Southern California, the sun beats down mercilessly and harsh winds are so strong that rocks have been polished smooth by the sand. In the midst of all this grows a creosote... continued

Warning Waves Predict El Nino

March 6, 2002
In Ecuador or Peru the air and water are sometimes a bit warmer and the waves are a bit higher. When that happens, it means the area has been hit by a ?Kelvin wave,? which means an El Nino is... continued