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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

Those Emails You Wrote in Haste

July 24, 2009
...will they come back to haunt you? - Spyware is sneaking onto our computers in nefarious ways. How can we protect ourselves from this sort of thing in the future? The situation is getting serious: College Facebook posts or pictures... continued

An Invisible Cloak for Buildings

July 24, 2009
How to protect buildings from earthquake damage? Throw an invisibility cloak around them! New research shows that it is possible to develop an "invisibility cloak" to protect buildings from earthquakes. The seismic waves produced by earthquakes include body waves which... continued

Mysterious Chemtrail

July 24, 2009
Shots of a ring-like structure emitting an aerosol in the sky have been posted by Clifford Carnicom on his chemtrails website. This structure is surprisingly similar to a "ring"UFO that was videotaped over an amusement park on July 2, 2009.... continued

Game Parks Don’t Save Animals

July 23, 2009
Long-term declines of elephants, giraffes and other animals in Kenya are occurring at the same rates inside the country's national parks as outside of these protected areas. Biologist David Western says, "This is the first time we've taken a good... continued

If it Doesn’t Rain…

July 23, 2009
When the farmlands of California and Australia are facing a drought, what can they do? They could continue producing food if they could only irrigate their crops with saltwater. Now an international team of scientists has found a way to... continued

Mysterious Goo!

July 23, 2009
Something thick and gooey (a mysterious substance that has yet to be identified) is floating in the Arctic waters off Alaska. The Coast Guard has collected samples to test, but still haven't discovered what it is. In the Anchorage Daily... continued

The World’s Biggest Migration

July 22, 2009
People are immigrants but insects are too, and the incredible annual journey of Monarch butterflies seems insignificant compared to the amazing migration of these little insects! Every year, millions of dragonflies fly thousands of miles across the ocean from India... continued

Spyware on Your Blackberry!

July 22, 2009
The ideal spy would wear invisible clothes that automatically took photographs of his surroundings and he would be able to read whatever you typed on your Blackberry. This almost happened in Dubai, and across the border in Canada. Let's hope... continued

Dogs Aren’t the Only Animals That Bark

July 21, 2009
And cats control us with their purrs - The only reason we notice that dogs bark is because domestic dogs vocalize in this way much more than birds, deer, monkeys and other wild animals that use barks. The reason is... continued