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Tracked By Your Cellphone

April 27, 2001
If you have a cellphone, you soon will no longer be able to hide-the government will be able to track you down. Cellphone manufacturers are under a federal mandate to equip mobile phones with location-tracking devices,beginning this October. GPS chips... continued

Plague Found in Prairie Dog Colony at Texas Campground

April 27, 2001
Pathogens from the same plague that wiped out 30 percent of the world's population in the 14th century have been found near Lake Meredith in Texas. One out of six flea samples taken from a nearby campground showed the plaguepathogen.... continued

Melting Glaciers for Water

April 26, 2001
Pakistan has such a desperate drought that it is considering melting glaciers in order to get water. The government has asked the national weather office to look into the possibility of melting the glaciers in the northern mountains of the... continued

Bird Attack!

April 26, 2001
The home of Tiger and Susie Michiels in Redding, California, was invaded last week when hundreds of soot-covered birds swooped down their chimney and into their living room. "They really demolished the house," said Tiger. "There's soot over everything. The... continued

Something Good About Global Warming

April 26, 2001
Finally, something good about global warming: it has reduced ozone depletion in the atmosphere. The destruction of the ozone layer over the Northern Hemisphere has been less in recent years. This has been due to warmer temperatures, rather than a... continued

Human Foot-and-Mouth Victims

April 26, 2001
Three cases of humans contracting Foot-and-mouth disease have been reported in Britain. The disease is extremely mild in people, with flu-like symptoms and blisters on the hands and inside the mouth. "There are a lot of symptomsthat can seem similar... continued

Foot-and-Mouth Studied at Secret U.S. Laboratory

April 25, 2001
For almost 50 years, scientists at a secret laboratory on Plum Island off Long Island in New York have studied live foot-and-mouth virus. If released, the virus would devastate the 45 million dollar U.S. livestock industry. "Here at Plum Island,... continued

New Mad Cow Disease Theory

April 25, 2001
British scientists are beginning to seriously consider a new theory about the cause of Mad Cow Disease, proposed by organic farmer Mark Purdey, who feels that the conventional explanation-that BSE is caused by animals beingfed infected meat and bone meal-is... continued

New Trap for Loch Ness Monster

April 25, 2001
A Swedish explorer who specializes in hunting unusual species has invented a special trap for the Loch Ness monster. Jan Sundberg and his Global Underwater Research Team (GUST) plan to use multi-beam sonar equipment and an acoustic underwater camera to... continued

New Way to Read Ancient Texts

April 25, 2001
The eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD destroyed precious Roman documents, along with the city of Pompeii. Now scholars have discovered a new way to read the scorched remnants of these ancient texts. In Utah, Brigham Young University researchers are... continued