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Comet Aiming for Mars

March 7, 2013
Will life on Mars go the way of the dinosaurs before we have a chance to discover it? Incoming Comet C213/A1, discovered on January 1st, is expected by some astronomers to pass within 28,000 miles of Marsin 2014. But cometary... continued

The Legacy of Sandy

March 6, 2013
The areas hit by Hurricane Sandy have mostly been rebuilt, but there is one dangerous problem still lurking there: MOLD. It's erupting in fuzzy streaks of brown and black in flooded houses. Some of it could even be deadly if... continued

China Thinks We’re Born With Our Brains

March 5, 2013
Americans tend to think that our IQ is a combination of the genes we were born with and the way we were educated, but the Chinese think that at least half of the variation in intelligence quotient, or IQ, is... continued

Biblical Plague

March 5, 2013
A plague of locusts of Biblical size has hit Egypt, causing severe crop damage throughout the country and leading Israel to put its croplands under watch. As small as it is, Israel is a major agricultural resource in the middle... continued

Facebook Can Be a Pain in the Neck

March 4, 2013
In today’s technology-thirsty society, it’s rare to not see someone with their head down texting on their cell phone or reading the latest status updates on Facebook. However, too much texting and tilting your head down can become a pain... continued

Will the Two Koreas Ever Reunite?

March 4, 2013
North Korea's third nuclear test is a good time for China to re-evaluate its longstanding alliance with the Kim dynasty. If China wants to increase its profitable alliance with US, it should press for the reunification of Korea. In the... continued

Discovery of a Secret Chamber

March 4, 2013
A secret chamber, which was hidden for 400 years and may have been used by early Masons, has just been discovered in the UK. The room is about 6 feet high, with 6 feet by 5 feet of floor space,... continued

Scientists Induce Telepathy between Rats

March 2, 2013
Researchers have discovered that rats can be made to communicate telepathically across long distances. Scientists trained rats in North Carolina and Brazil to work together to solve problems in return for a drink of water. In the first experiment they... continued

Discovery of (ANOTHER) New Planet

March 1, 2013
An international team of astronomers has used nearly three years of high precision data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft to make the first observations of a planet outside our solar system that’s smaller than Mercury, the smallest planet orbiting our sun.... continued

Astronomers Help Cure Cancer

March 1, 2013
In a remarkable example of interdisciplinary teamwork, astronomers are helping cancer researchers use computerized stargazing algorithms developed for spotting distant galaxies to identify biomarkers in tumors to determine how aggressive they are. Cancer researchers in the UK adapted astronomers' algorithms... continued