2019-03-01
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Landscape Invaders
February 20, 2012Here's yet another result of climate change: Our landscapes will change too. It's not just that we'll have to plant more hot weather, drought-resistant foliage, it's that some of these plants will INVADE. Is this a problem? Just ask the... continued
BOOM!
February 20, 2012The are a lot of strange sounds around lately (NOTE: subscribers can still listen to these special reports). Two unusually powerful explosions occurred in Siberia on February 9th and 12th--were they caused by the same thing as the Tunguska explosion... continued
Spying on Us from Space
February 17, 2012The military's covert agency DARPA is working on a space-based spy telescope that can hover in orbit to "take real-time images or live video of any spot on Earth." They want to launch satellites that can zoom in on anyone... continued
What are We DRINKING?
February 17, 2012Water is becoming something that is in short supply, meaning we may soon be drinking reclaimed wastewater, especially in the desert states of the West (which, ironically, are the fastest-growing areas of the US). We know our drinking water is... continued
Modern Slavery: Homeless White Men Shipped to Scandinavia and Europe
February 17, 2012Not all slaves are black. In the UK, gypsies have been kidnapping homeless (mostly white) men and sending them abroad to work as virtual slaves. An investigation has discovered 32 victims of this practice. They are being transported to countries... continued
How to Get a Better Memory
February 17, 2012Ever gone to the movies and forgotten where you parked the car? New research may one day help you improve your memory. Neuroscientists have demonstrated that they can strengthen memory in patients by stimulating a critical junction in the brain.... continued
Why We All Have Different Faces
February 17, 2012Why are the faces of primates (and people!) so dramatically different from one another? Biologists working as "evolutionary detectives" studied the faces of 129 adult male primates from Central and South America in search of some answers, and discovered that... continued
The End May be Cold, Not Hot
February 17, 2012The future may not roast us--it may freeze us instead. We may even be heading for a mini ice age like the one that occurred in the 17th Century. In other words, we may soon have a REAL reason to... continued
Synchronized Evil
February 15, 2012When we see reports about North Korea, we are shown rows of soldiers marching in lockstep. Old newsreels of Hitler's armies and Soviet troops show us the same thing. There's a REASON that dictatorial regimes that want to control the... continued
Arabic Readers See the World Differently
February 15, 2012A new study shows that Arabic readers recognize words in a different way from readers of other languages. Does this mean their brains are different? If so, it could help explain the continual tensions between East and West. The study... continued