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Big News About Living Longer

July 16, 2001
New statistical analyses show that taller people, on average, tend to live longer lives than shorter people. Scientists wonder if this has always been true. To answer that question, British researchers analyzed 490 sets of adult skeletal remains from an... continued

Agriculture After Global Warming

July 16, 2001
Researchers at the University of Illinois in Champaign are planning for global warming by raising soybeans in the kind of atmospheric conditions forecast for the year 2050. By that time, carbon dioxide levels are expected to be about 1.5 times... continued

Take the Train Between England and the US

July 16, 2001
A 2,300 mph rail link from Britain across the Atlantic to the U.S. could be built by 2030. The undersea link would take just half an hour to get from New York or Boston to Liverpool or Bristol. Engineers say... continued

Israel Plans for War While Rabbis Await New Messiah

July 14, 2001
Israeli generals are planning for a possible massive invasion of Palestinian territories if the current Mideast cease-fire fails. A report published by the Jane?s Information Group in London says the goal would be to destroy Palestinian armed forces and the... continued

Red Cross Prepares for Sudden Climate Change

July 14, 2001
The international Red Cross/Red Crescent is rethinking its disaster relief plans in light of global warming. The number of geophysical disasters, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, has remained fairly steady over the past decade. But disasters caused mainly by... continued

UFO Over Liverpool?and Crew Speaks Japanese?

July 13, 2001
On July 3rd at around 11 a.m., dozens of people in England saw what they described as a long silvery cigar shaped flying object. Most of the witnesses said the object appeared out of nowhere. One woman said she saw... continued

SETI Gets Some Congressional Support–Finally!

July 13, 2001
In a hearing last week of the House space science subcommittee, lawmakers applauded efforts to find evidence of life elsewhere in the universe and to search for other Earthlike worlds, just seven years after some lawmakers dismissed their efforts as... continued

Methane Buildup Predicted in Superstorm Book Confirmed

July 12, 2001
Scientists have discovered that the same massive release of methane into the atmosphere that caused sudden climate change 14,000 years ago has already started to happen again. At that time, there was a sudden, devastating change in earth?s climate. It... continued

Crew Leaves Camera on Hotel Roof for a Year: Claim UFOs Targeting Scotland

July 11, 2001
Scotland has recently been a hotbed of UFO activity, and a Japanese TV crew is now saying that they have taped UFOs hovering over a hotel in an area deeply connected to the Knight?s Templar, using an automatic camera. UFO... continued

West Nile Virus Reaches Florida

July 10, 2001
Global Warming Means Dangerous Mosquitoes. One of the effects of global warming could be the spread of the disease-carrying Asian tiger mosquito, a new study warns. Two researchers at Illinois State University found that the Asian tiger breeds faster in... continued