2019-03-01
Home » Headline News
Volcano Could Split Africa
February 21, 2002Hot 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
Mystery Jet Scares New York
February 20, 2002Neil 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, 2002A 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, 2002The 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, 2002Researchers 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, 2002At 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, 2002Michael 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, 2002If 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
Obesity Gaining Among Formerly Malnourished
February 19, 2002Obesity is surpassing malnutrition as a major health problem in many parts of the world.Weight problems have long been recognized as a health hazard in the United States, Europe and other industrialized countries, but in recent years the same worries... continued
Rainfall Changes Tied to Global Warming
February 19, 2002New satellite data shows that tiny airborne particles are changing rainfall patterns around the world. These man-made particles, mostly from burning fossil fuels, make it more difficult for clouds to form and less likely to rain if they do form.... continued