Blue Dye Means They’ll Walk Again

July 31, 2009
The common food additive that gives M&Ms and Gatorade their blue tint may offer promise for preventing the serious additional damage that immediately follows a traumatic injury to the spinal cord. Maybe the lame really will get up and walk... continued

How to be Healthy

July 30, 2009
Get married & STAY married! - A stable long-term marriage can be good for your health, but divorce or widowhood leaves a lasting scar on the health of middle-aged and older people, according to a new study. Remarriage seems to... continued

Athletes Bigger Than Ever

July 30, 2009
Due to doping? We soon won't be able to find out - Athletic superstars, in all sports, are getting bigger and bigger. And if they take drugs to increase their muscle size and strength, it will may become impossible to... continued

Who’s Happy?

July 30, 2009
An easy way to tell - Social scientists have a hard time trying to measure happiness. Surveys have revealed some useful information, but these are plagued by the fact that people misreport and misremember their feelings. But what if you... continued

If Oil is Not Organic

July 29, 2009
we don't need to ever run out of gas - The oil and gas that fuels our homes and cars started out as living organisms that died (or did it?), were compressed, and heated under heavy layers of sediments in... continued

Diet Books Will Soon be Rewritten!

July 29, 2009
Because there is a NEW WAY to count calories - Maybe one of the reasons some of us are so fat is because we measure calories the wrong way. Calorie counts are created by incinerating food, but we don't burn... continued

Two Surprising Events

July 28, 2009
A new Anne's Diary! - Anne's new diary ties together a couple of recent events in the lives of the Striebers: attending Comic-Con on behalf of The Nye Incidents as well as meeting Dr. Jack Turner (and NOT meeting Dr.... continued

Spectacular UFO Display in Strieber Town

July 28, 2009
...or is it a fake?? - Has someone been calling them again? Spectacular UFOs have been seen over Santa Monica (or created digitally to seem as if they appearedover the Santa Monica beach). To see them yourself, click here. Anne... continued

Something You Use All the Time

July 27, 2009
...doesn't really work! - Placebos are a sham, but the kind that doctors and researchers use. They're usually mere sugar pills in disguise, which are used in a clinical treatment study. The effectiveness of the actual medication is compared with... continued

The Strangest Plant on Earth

July 27, 2009
We once heard that the strange fly-eating plant called the Venus Flytrap was found in an area where a meteorite hit, but this turns out not to be true: it's simply a case of evolution.The Flytrap is a plant that... continued