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Whitley’s On Tour–Don’t Miss It!

July 28, 2001
Whitley's new novel, the Last Vampire is out and he's on tour for it this week and next week. August 8 Denver The Tattered Cover 7:30 PM. August 9 Boulder Boulder Bookstore 7:30 PM. August 13 San Francisco Booksmith 7:00... continued

Global Warming to Become Deadly in Asia

July 27, 2001
Parts of Asia face deadly climate changes and natural disasters caused by pollution and atmospheric warming, sooner than the rest of the world. Floods in Southeast Asia, glaciers melting in the Himalayas, islands disappearing in rising seas and huge dust... continued

Sudden Climate Change on Mars

July 27, 2001
New images from NASA?s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft show signs of recent climate change dating back about 100,000 years instead of millions or billions, including ?megafloods? that may have triggered climate changes, extensive terrain that closely mimics permafrost areas on... continued

Deadly Mosquitos Spread as Spray Dangers Emerge

July 27, 2001
One feared effect of a warmer climate has been the northward movement of tropical pests like the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Now the mosquito, which spreads dengue fever and sometimes even the deadly yellow fever appears to have made it to... continued

Chile Earthquake Caused Russia Plane Crash

July 27, 2001
The recent crash of a Vladivostok Avia plane in Siberia that killed all 145 on board might have been caused by an earthquake on the opposite side of the Earth, in Chile. Seismologists said that alarm signals in the doomed... continued

SETI Now Seeks Light Signals

July 26, 2001
The universe seems determined to maintain radio silence, so SETI astronomers involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence are broadening their hunt and looking for light signals directed at Earth. This method has been tried before but previous experiments have... continued

Remember the Taos Hum? It’s Ba-a-a-ck…in Indiana

July 26, 2001
A mysterious humming sound, similar to the one reported in Taos, New Mexico 9 years ago, has recently turned up in Kokomo, Indiana, where dozens of people say it?s making them ill. Like the Taos hum, the Kokomo one has... continued

Fireball Not Part of Meteor Shower

July 24, 2001
NASA's Spaceweather.com website has announced that the Northeast Fireball of July 23, 2001 was not part of a meteor shower, but may have been a small asteroid like the Yukon Fireball of 2000 or the Peekskill Meteor of 1992. Neither... continued

Freak Heatwaves Strike Spain, Russia

July 24, 2001
Spain?s North African enclave of Melilla, on a small peninsula on Morocco's Mediterranean coast, was hit by freak heatwaves on Monday, sending temperatures shooting up as much by as 30 degrees Fahrenheit in a matter of minutes. Spain?s Meteorological Institute... continued

…While it Sizzles in Japan

July 24, 2001
A record-breaking heat wave has caused temperatures to rise near 104 degrees Fahrenheit for days in many regions of Japan, prompting heavy use of air conditioners during the hottest hours. Normally, temperatures above 90-93F are rare in these areas, even... continued