2019-03-01
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As Drought, Fire and Flood Torture Us, Peru Suffers Epic Snows
September 4, 2013While the northern hemisphere bakes, burns and floods, climate extremes of a different sort are striking far to the south. It's deep winter in Peru now, and the southern part of the country has just experienced a record snowfall that... continued
Peeing in Space–a Problem Solved…Eventually
September 3, 2013How Do You Pee in Space? It's the question astronauts get asked the most: how do you pee in space? Alan Shepard became the first American to fly in space on May 5, 1961. Although NASA engineers had put considerable... continued
Virus Blamed for Massive Dolphin Die-Off
August 31, 2013Over 200 dead dolphins have washed up on the East Coast of the US. A similar spike of dolphin deaths occurred in 1987 when more than 700 dolphins died and a bacterial infection was identified as the main culprit. This... continued
A First: One Researcher Controls Another’s Body…Via the Internet
August 30, 2013University of Washington researchers have performed what they believe is the first noninvasive human-to-human brain interface, with one researcher able to send a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motions of a fellow researcher. Using electrical brain... continued
The Mystery of Global Warming: What Happened to It?
August 29, 2013According to scientific expectation, the hottest year on record should have been the most recent year. In fact, the hottest year of the 20th Century was 1998, and since then temperatures have risen only about .02 degrees Fahrenheit. And yet,... continued
Mercury Levels in Some Fish Rising Dramatically
August 27, 2013Billions of tons of metallic mercury are being poured into the Pacific Ocean from over ten thousand coal-fired powerplants primarily in China and India, with the result that mercury levels in some common Pacific fish are rising far beyond safe levels... continued
Famed Roswell Witness and Disclosure Advocate Dr. Jesse Marcel Jr. Dies
August 26, 2013Dr. Jesse Marcel died suddenly at his home today. It is believed that he was the victim of a heart attack. Dr. Marcel was the son of Col. Jesse Marcel, who was the first military officer on the scene of... continued
Wildfire Threatens San Francisco Water and Power: Ca Governor Declares Emergency
August 24, 2013The Rim Fire in Yosemite spread to 110,000 acres overnight and threatened power lines and water systems serving the San Francisco area, causing California Governor Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency. The fire, one of the most ferocious in... continued
When the Ocean Boils…
August 24, 2013Shortly after the Tohoku Megathrust Earthquake struck off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011, something strange happened in Norway. People watched in astonishment and fear as tight wave action in the normally quiet fjords made them appear to boil.... continued
New Super-Honey to Revolutionize Wound Care
August 23, 2013What will we do without our bees? It turns out that a new kind of honey has "amazing" results treating wounds and infections. (For Linda Moulton Howe's way-early report on bee dieback, click here.) When the bio-engineered product Surgihoney was... continued