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How Drug War Encourages Drug Use
July 10, 2009As we've said before, the war against drugs is a very silly war, and when we fight it, we often encourage the very things we're trying to prevent. The idea behind tough policing of illegal drugs is to drive dealers... continued
Why the Universe Seems So Quiet?
July 9, 2009A scientist has created a device that makes radio waves do what Albert Einstein said was impossible: travel faster than light. If other cultures on other planets have already learned how to do this, it could be the reason that... continued
If You Need Friends
July 9, 2009...Now you can BUY them! - Whitley twitters. Anne twitters. And sometimes it's hard to know who your friends are. Now, if YOU twitter, you can buy friends! An Australian company is offering to sell people potential Twitter friends for... continued
Waters Rising Soon
July 9, 2009Why has Greenland's major glacier doubled the speed of its melt in the last 15 years, causing ocean levels to rise? We need to figure this out before we all drown. We don't yet understand ice sheets and glaciers well... continued
Sunspots Subside on July 7
July 8, 2009UPDATE - The huge sunspot formation that emerged on July4 has begun subsiding, and alarmist predictionsthat the sun would "blow up" or emit some sort of giganticflare toward the earth have proved--not unexpectedly--unfounded. However, one thing is clear: the new... continued
Going Gray
July 8, 2009When you get gray hair, it's a sign of stress (not necessarily YOUR stress, but your HAIR'S stress). Scientists have learned this by studying people who go gray prematurely from a rare syndrome called Ataxia telangiectasia. As the hair's stem... continued
New Kind of Hurricane This Season
July 7, 2009Thanks to new kind of El Nino - El Nino years typically result in fewer hurricanes forming in the Atlantic Ocean. But a new study suggests that the form of El Nino may be changing potentially causing not only a... continued
More Amazing Revelations from Whitley
July 7, 2009In his new Journal, Whitley draws from such seemingly disparate sources as crop circles in England, the Bible and letters from experiencers who wrote about seeing the Visitors along with dead friends and relatives in order to weave together an... continued
Biofuel for Jet Planes Too
July 6, 2009Everyone's talking about biofuel for cars, but what about using it for jet planes? The seeds of a weed could cut jet fuel's carbon emissions by 84%. Engineer David Shonnard analyzed the carbon dioxide emissions of jet fuel made from... continued
Irish Potato Blight Reaches our Shore
July 6, 2009But it's affecting tomatoes this time - Almost everyone in the US has some Irish blood, because due to the potato famine in the 19th century, thousands of Irish immigrated here. When Anne Strieber analyzed the hundreds of thousands of... continued