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Sipping Tea on the Space Station

February 22, 2002
Astronauts on board the International Space Station may soon be able to experience the elaborate rituals of the Japanese tea ceremony. Japan?s National Space Development Agency (NASDA) is planning to include a 13 square foot tearoom in Japan?s section of... continued

Secrets of Silbury Hill

February 22, 2002
Scientists believe they have solved the mystery of how Stone Age workers, armed only with antler picks and bone shovels, could have created the largest and most impressive prehistoric structure in Western Europe. Silbury Hill is a 120 foot high... continued

Aliens Have Spotted Us?Are They Evil?

February 22, 2002
Alien cultures more advanced than our own have spotted us by now, say astronomers. Within 15 years, our own next-generation telescopes will be searching the skies for the tell-tale rainbows from inhabited planets. ?Our own Earth has been putting out... continued

Mysterious Card Trick?Or Is It Simple?

February 22, 2002
Click on the link below to play what was, to us anyway, a baffling card trick. Or you may figure out how it?s done right away. In case it fools you too, look for the answer in Monday?s news on... continued

Too Much Sleep? Don’t Count Sheep

February 21, 2002
People who reported sleeping more than eight hours a night have a 15% greater chance of dying, for any reason, than people who sleep seven hours a night. The same danger exists for those who sleep less than four or... continued

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

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