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Bee Mystery SOLVED

January 22, 2010
The mystery of the worrisome decline in the numbers of bees needed to pollinate plants may have been solved: It all comes down to modern farming methods. Modern farmers, especially in the US where the problem is worst, tend to... continued

New Anne’s Diary: Tea Dancing

January 21, 2010
In her new diary, Anne Strieber talks about tea dancing. This may sound like a surprisingly dainty subject for our gal, but once you read it, you'll realize it's NOT! If you got our FREE weekly email newsletter, you would... continued

Something Sinister About Swine Flu?

January 21, 2010
What happened to the Swine Flu epidemic that frightened us all so much (not to mention the Bird Flu epidemic)? Swine Flu did kill some people here in the US, but Bird Flu seems never to have made it to... continued

The Search for Alien Life

January 21, 2010
On this week's Dreamland, (and at last year's Dreamland Festival), we addressed the question: "Is there anybody out there?" This refers not to whether life exists elsewhere in the universe, but whether it exists in other universes outside of our... continued

Faster than Light?

January 20, 2010
At this month's 215th meeting of the American AstronomicalSociety inour nation's Capital, two researchers at the LosAlamos National Laboratory presented an idea that might throw thephysicscommunity for a loop. There may be something in theuniverse faster than light itself. (If... continued

A New Kind of Terrorism

January 20, 2010
In his new novel Critical Mass (which will be given away to everyone who subscribes or renews for at least 6 months through January), Whitley Strieber describes how easy it would be to smuggle a nuclear device into a major... continued

What Happened to the Swine Flu Epidemic?

January 20, 2010
The Swine Flu "epidemic" seems to be over, for now: Unused H1N1 vaccine is being stockpiled in warehouses across the US. Some of it expires in March, although most will be effective through May. What happened (or didn't happen)? One... continued

How to Avoid Heart Disease

January 19, 2010
Don't live in the South - Medical researchers call the South the "stroke belt," because people born there have a higher risk of dying from stroke as adults, even if they later move away. Remember, it's not LIVING there that's... continued

Is the World Really a Hologram?

January 19, 2010
A gigantic experiment in the English countryside may indicate that reality is actually a hologram, which is basically a 3-D image that has been created on a flat surface. It's called the GEO600 experiment and consists of a group of... continued

Haiti: Why No One Saw it Coming

January 19, 2010
No one in Haiti saw it coming because quakes in the Caribbean are hard to predict since most of the tectonic plate is below sea level. Geoscientist Michele Cooke says, "This earthquake [was] not unexpected, which increases the tragedy of... continued