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Unknowncountry Weekender: How to Go Private Online in a Data-Hungry World

July 20, 2013
Big Data—it means that everyone from the government to the average website can follow your every movement on the internet. Go to a website to look at a possible new car and the next thing you know, when you go... continued

HAARP is Shut Down

July 19, 2013
The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) was closed down in May due to budget cuts, and the site in Gakona, Alaska has been abandoned. The site was closed down in May. Nobody is on site, buildings are locked and... continued

World’s Oldest Known Calendar found in Scotland

July 19, 2013
Scottish archaeologists have discovered the world's oldest known lunar calendar--a series of 12 large, especially shaped pits, around 10,000 years old, that were designed to mimic the various phases of the moon. The pits align perfectly on the midwinter solstice... continued

We Have to Save Our Bees

July 19, 2013
Last year, half of all of California's bees died off, and bee populations across the world continued to plummet. The research is conclusive: bee colony collapse starts when bees are exposed to neonicotinoid pesticides. These pesticides are already banned in... continued

Italy Says No to GMO Corn

July 18, 2013
The Italian agriculture, health and environment ministries have signed a decree banning the cultivation of a type of genetically modified corn, known as "YieldGuard," citing the crop's possible "negative impact on biodiversity." The corn has been modified to resist insect... continued

Edgar Mitchell Tells Bloomberg News: UFO Coverup Must End

July 18, 2013
In an article on Bloomberg News, Apollo Astronaut Edgar Mitchell was asked about the Roswell incident, and replied that he had been contacted not only by the man who delivered the coffins to the base for the bodies found in... continued

Meet DARPA’s ATLAS: Rescue Robot…or Terminator??

July 17, 2013
The Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) has created a humanoid robot test bed that could lead the way to the creation of machines intelligent enough to do tings like find people buried in rubble after earthquakes and enter 'hot'... continued

Current Solar Max Quietest in Century: What Does This Mean for Our Weather?

July 17, 2013
Back in 2011, the sun was so quiet that researchers were speculating that it might be entering a long term period of lowered output. Now that the current solar max has reached its climactic months and is proving to be... continued

People Buried with Love and Honor 15,000 Years Ago

July 16, 2013
It has been known since the discovery of Neanderthal burials in Shanidar Cave in northern Iraq that they buried their dead with love and honor, and now it has been discovered that modern human were also doing this. The Neanderthal burials... continued

Rate of Extinction Reaches Historic Proportions

July 16, 2013
Many vertebrate species (that category includes us) would have to evolve about 10,000 times faster than they have in the past to adapt to the rapid climate change expected in the next 100 years. Scientists analyzed how quickly species adapted... continued