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Insight:GM Foods

December 17, 2001
The Institute of Science in Society has published a study suggesting that, when given a choice, even mice refuse to eat genetically engineered foods. To read this new Insight article,click here. To learn more about genfoods, read Genetically Engineered Food... continued

Life on Moon of Jupiter?

December 17, 2001
Brad Dalton, a planetary geologist with the Ames Research Center, thinks bacteria could account for the odd light emissions, as well as the reddish hue, coming from Jupiter?s moon Europa. He used data collected from the Galileo spacecraft to find... continued

Alaska?s Glaciers Thinning

December 14, 2001
Alaska contains several thousand valley glaciers, and fewer than 20 of them are advancing, while many of the rest are retreating, according to a study by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientist Bruce F. Molnia. Significant glacier retreat, thinning, stagnation, or... continued

Fewer Sun Spots Cause Ice Ages

December 14, 2001
In 1611, Galileo Galilei and other astronomers noticed there were fewer sunspots on the sun, and the coldest part of what?s known as the Little Ice Age began shortly after. Now NASA scientists have learned how that reduced solar activity... continued

Why Predators Are Necessary (But Wear Your Bear Suit!)

December 14, 2001
A forest without predators may not last long. When predators vanish, herbivore (plant eating) animal populations explode, leading to the mass destruction of plant life and eventually to the destruction of the forest itself. A research team led by John... continued

Whitley’s Journal: A Surprising Christmas Message

December 14, 2001
After an unusually long silence, Whitley Strieber has published a new journal entry. This is not your usual Christmas message. In it, he gives more information than ever before about how his close encounter experiences have affected his life, and... continued

Four Christmas Books

December 14, 2001
Someone asked us, ?Do you have any books that are especially right for Christmas giving?? and surprisingly, the answer is ?yes!? My first suggestion is ?Resurrection of the Shroud? by Mark Antonacci. When Mark came on Dreamland to talk about... continued

Sudden Climate Change a Reality

December 13, 2001
The National Academy of Sciences says that global warming could trigger ?large, abrupt and unwelcome? climatic changes that could severely affect ecosystems and human society. This fulfills the scenario in ?The Coming Global Superstorm,? published last year by Whitley Strieber... continued

Anthrax Powder: We Made It Too

December 13, 2001
Officials at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah say U.S. Army scientists have produced dry anthrax powder in recent years, according to reports in The Washington Post, The New York Times and the Baltimore Sun. The statement from Dugway did not... continued

New Meteor Shower

December 13, 2001
We were treated to the latest Leonid meteor storm last month, and now it?s time for the annual Geminid meteor shower, which peaks this year on December 13th and 14th. You can see it best beginning just after sunset today,... continued