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Britain Could Become Much Colder

July 23, 2001
Scientists are now reporting that Britain?s winter climate could become as cold as Moscow?s, according to new evidence that the vital ocean currents of the North Atlantic are beginning to change. Measurements over the past 50 years have shown that... continued

It Hurts to be Right: Climate Change Special

July 23, 2001
We are taking the unsual step of devoting the front page entirely to a group of climate stories that have appeared in the last few days. When Whitley Strieber and Art Bell published their book the Coming Global Superstorm, they... continued

Reports of Strange Lights Flood Northeast, Damage Area Found

July 23, 2001
As of 11:57 PM EST, WGAL TV in Lancaster, PA, was reporting that a damaged area had been found in a cornfield that appeared to be related to an object that crossed northeastern US skies at approximately 6:20PM EST today.... continued

USGS Earthquake Center Offline

July 22, 2001
The National Earthquake Reporting Center of the US Geologic Survey has been offline and its information unavailable since July 18. In addition, the IRIS seismic monitor at the University of Washington is not providing data underneath its map, although the... continued

Proof that City Living Drives You Nuts

July 21, 2001
New research suggests that people living in large cities are more likely than small-town residents to exhibit psychotic-like symptoms such as paranoia and delusions. In a study of more than 7,000 people in the Netherlands, investigators found that both full-blown... continued

Mystery of the Eltanin Antenna

July 21, 2001
Between 1962 and 1979 the NSF Polar Research Vessel Eltanin surveyed Antarctic waters, studying the ocean and ocean bottom. In 1964, the ship photographed an unusual object at a depth of 13,500 feet. At the time, there was no submarine... continued

New Navy Sonar Could Be the End of Whales

July 20, 2001
For the last several years the U.S. Navy has been making plans to deploy Low Frequency Active Sonar (LFA), a new extended-range submarine-detection system that will create noise billions of times more intense than before in the world?s oceans. The... continued

Chaos Hot Spots

July 20, 2001
The key to improving weather forecasts may lie in the discovery of atmospheric ?hot spots?-- regions in which small changes in conditions magnify quickly into large changes in the weather. Researchers from the University of Maryland have shown that not... continued

Sex From Space

July 19, 2001
Comets and asteroids have been blamed for bringing life to Earth in the form of bacteria and wiping out the dinosaurs. Now scientists say they may also be responsible for sex. The origin of sex remains one of biology?s greatest... continued

Huge Dust Storm Shrouds Mars

July 18, 2001
An enormous dust storm is taking place on Mars, shrouding the planet in haze and raising the temperature of its atmosphere an amazing 54 degrees Fahrenheit. It?s the largest such storm in 25 years and still growing. The storm is... continued