Roswell Slides: Placard May Say It’s a 2 Year Old Human Child

May 10, 2015
Interested parties claim to have identified the writing on the mysterious placard that is visible on the slide of the alleged mummy of an alien from the Roswell crash that was displayed at a conference in Mexico on May 6.... continued

The Universe is Filled with the Stuff of Life

May 8, 2015
For the first time, astronomers have detected the presence of complex organic molecules, the building blocks of life, in a protoplanetary disk surrounding a young star, suggesting that the conditions that spawned our Earth and Sun are not unique in... continued

Whitley Strieber on the Roswell Slides

May 7, 2015
Whitley Strieber offers his first impression of the Roswell Slides and, as one might expect, it's likely to remain one of the most fascinating things ever said about them, Roswell itself and the whole issue of alien contact. As Whitley... continued

Teaching Medicine in an Era When the Rate of Change is Approaching Light Speed

May 5, 2015
 Changes in medicine are finally leading to changes in how medicine is taught at some university hospitals. Now, in addition to learning how the body works, aspiring doctors are having to learn how the medical system, itself, works. At the... continued

Extraordinary Lights over San Diego

May 3, 2015
This appeared over San Diego early in the morning of April 30. It was reported on local news and observed by a number of people. Is it a cluster of LED lights on balloons? A genuine unknown. Apparently it was only... continued

Weekender: West Coast Volcanic Activity Increasing

May 2, 2015
An underwater volcano off the coast of Washington State may be blowing its top. At the same time, a massive new magma pool has been discovered under Yellowstone. In accordance with the predictions of two geologists (Bill Chadwick, of Oregon State... continued

GMP: Genetically Modified People

April 30, 2015
When I was a child, the biggest perceived threat to our long-term existence as a species was the bomb. While we certainly cannot call that ‘the good ol' days’, the number and types of threats today to the future of... continued

Turtle Talk

April 28, 2015
It’s an ancient and well-known saying, ‘The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.’ This is an assessment frequently made of well-meaning NGO’s, who attempt to help struggling ‘third world’ cultures by imposing Western-style values and solutions. Turns out,... continued

Standing By Helplessly – Waiting for the Inevitable

April 28, 2015
They knew it was coming. They knew it would be large and that it would be devastating. They just didn’t know quite when it would strike or exactly where. They also did not know what could be done in the... continued

Weekender: Going Green

April 25, 2015
Trees are going up in China even as they are coming down along the Amazon and in Indonesia’s Sumatran and Kalimantan provinces. Vegetation is increasing in Russia as abandoned farmlands regrow their forests. And because of increases in rainfall –... continued