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Massive Quakes Strike Pacific

October 8, 2009
Another large quake on Vanuatu - A string of four earthquakes struck across the centralPacific today, all within an hour and a half of one another.The first one, with a magnitude of 7.8, hit at 9:03 AM localtime, (3:03PM PDT)... continued

The Surprising Reason Why Your Computer is Running Slow

October 7, 2009
If your internet connection slows down, you usually blame your system or your server. But it could also be the weather: The internet may slow down when the weather is cold. In Wired.com, Cliff Kuang asked some engineers about this,... continued

One Quake Influences Another

October 7, 2009
Even if one of them happened in the past! - Can an earthquake that occurred in the past make one more likely to happen today in a place on the other side of the earth? The surprising answer is yes.... continued

Sweets Lead to Violence

October 6, 2009
If you don't want your kid to grow up to be violent, don't feed him (or her) sweets and chocolate every day. A recent study found that 10-year-olds who ate sweets daily were much more likely to have a violence... continued

Ghost Ships

October 6, 2009
A sign of the recession - Politicians may announce that the recession is over, but that won't be true until all the empty cargo ships that are anchored off Singapore start moving again. This group of 500 empty ships is... continued

UFO Tourists

October 6, 2009
New declassified military documents in the UK about the Rendlesham Forest incident, which has come to be known as the "British Roswell," suggest that UFOs may be piloted by extraterrestrials who could be tourists visiting earth. In the Telegraph, Jasper... continued

Mysterious Increase in Cosmic Rays

October 5, 2009
An echo of Whitley's new novel! - Whitley's latest novel The Omega Point, which will be published in June, is about energy from a distant supernova entering our solar system and gradually causing havoc. The leading edge of such an... continued

Another Reason Why Trucks are Dangerous

October 5, 2009
We know that the tiny particles in air pollution can clog our arteries, leading to heart attacks, but now researchers have found a connection between diesel emissions and cancer. We need to start running our trucks on biofuel! Diesel exhaust... continued

We See What We Want to See

October 5, 2009
When it come to the facial expressions - Seeing may be believing, but new research suggests that believing is seeing too, at least when it comes to perceiving other people's emotions. The way we initially think about the emotions of... continued

Parma Strikes Luzon, More Rain for Manila

October 2, 2009
Update: More Flooding Possible - Last week, Typhoon Ketsana deluged Manila and the central Philippines, leaving at least 240 dead and 400,000 homeless, and challenging both governmental and private relief services beyond the breaking point. And now it could get... continued