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Men: If You’re Planning to Cycle

July 10, 2009
...Freeze your sperm! - Now that the Tour de France is on, scientists want to remind would-be professional cyclists (and the rest of us?) that they should consider freezing their sperm before spending too much time on that bike. When... continued

Why the Universe Seems So Quiet?

July 9, 2009
A 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, 2009
Why 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, 2009
UPDATE - 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, 2009
When 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, 2009
Thanks 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
Everyone'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, 2009
But 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