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Volcano Could Split Africa

February 21, 2002
Hot volcanic mantle rock that lies beneath Africa is trying to split the continent apart and could eventually create a new ocean. ?The Ethiopian rift is one of the few places in the world where we can see the transition... continued

Anthrax Terrorist Identified?But Who Is He?

February 21, 2002
The FBI has identified the man behind last year's fatal anthrax mailings but has not brought charges against him, according to Dr. Barbara Rosenberg, a director with the Federation of American Scientists. Rosenberg says many scientists working in the anthrax... continued

Family To Get Chip Implants

February 21, 2002
Jim Goldman reports in abcnews.com that Leslie and Jeffrey Jacobs and their 14-year-old son Derek will be the first people to be implanted with the new Verichip I.D. chip, which is the size of a grain of rice. ?We?re doing... continued

Mystery Jet Scares New York

February 20, 2002
Neil Graves, in the February 19 edition of the New York Post, writes that New Yorkers from lower Manhattan to Brooklyn were jolted awake when what seems to have been a military jet buzzed overhead in the middle of the... continued

Strange New Fish?Or None At All

February 20, 2002
A small and unusual lobster caught off the Isles of Scilly in the U.K. may be a result of global warming. The 5inch-long lobster is normally found around the coasts of the Mediterranean and only about a dozen have been... continued

No Winter for Olympics Next Time?

February 20, 2002
The World Resources Institute (WRI), A U.S. environmental group, says future Winter Olympics could be in jeopardy because of global warming. Winters will be shorter and warmer, and there may not be enough snow for the competition. The problem will... continued

Love & Marriage in a Space Colony

February 20, 2002
Researchers are trying to figure out the ideal number of people needed to create a viable population for multi-generational space travel. They?ve decided it needs to be 160 people. But with some social engineering it might even be possible to... continued

A Special Day

February 20, 2002
At 8:02 p.m. today, Wednesday, February 20th, 2002, time will (for sixty seconds only) be a perfect palindrome, since the clocks will read: 20:02, 20/02, 2002. This has only happened once before at 10:01 a.m. on January 10, 1001. Because... continued

Cellphone Wargames

February 19, 2002
Michael Stroud reports in wired.com that in Scandinavia people have found a new use for their cellphones: playing wargames. A taxi driver in Stockholm with the alias of Taxi31 spends his free time between passengers shooting people. In Copenhagen, street... continued

Good News About Chocolate

February 19, 2002
If you were given a box of chocolates for Valentine's Day, you'll be glad to learn that a tribe of Indians who eat a lot of cocoa have shown that chocolate may prevent high blood pressure. The Kuna tribe from... continued