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That Evil Corn Again

March 26, 2009
When corn is used to make ethanol, the question becomes: food or fuel? Even though the type of corn used to make biofuel is not the kind people eat, its use can raise food prices here in the US. Keep... continued

Freezing Fuel can Power Your Car

March 26, 2009
We've written about fuel from corn and fuel from garbage, but?fuel from ice? In the future, natural gas derived from chunks of ice that workers collect from beneath the ocean floor and beneath the arctic permafrost may fuel cars, heat... continued

UFO Shot by Mono Lake Webcam March 23

March 25, 2009
This object was found on the Mono Lake webcam Monday morning. Keep reading for notes from one of our volunteer photo analysts, Dan Drasin. Dan has been a videographer, documentary film maker and photographer for 35 years. His comments: It's... continued

A Surprising Aphrodesiac

March 24, 2009
Why do we keep our belly buttons all our lives, while in most mammals who nurse their young, these disappear when they mature? Scientists think they indicate the mating potential of fertile women. During pregnancy, the umbilical cord supplies a... continued

Two Ways to Get Cancer

March 24, 2009
...that you probably don't suspect - They are: use mouthwash and become a vegetarian. Although vegetarianism is assumed to be a healthier lifestyle, and vegetarians DO have less cancer in general, there is one kind of cancer that non meat-eaters... continued

Is the Coverup Dying?

March 24, 2009
And a new Whitley's Journal talks about aliens he has met! - The British Ministry of Defense has once again released a series of UFO files. Many of them are easily explainable sightings, but not all. One, a close encounter... continued

People Who Doodle REMEMBER MORE

March 23, 2009
Ever wonder why you doodle while in class or in a meeting? Scientists have learned that it helps you remember what you're hearing even though?to everyone else?it may look like you're daydreaming. It turns out that doodlers perform 29% better... continued

Why are CEOs Paid Too Much?

March 23, 2009
Because it makes them perform as if they're WORTH IT! - Why are so many CEOS of big companies overpaid, when it's clear that they?ve made a lot of wrong decisions? Maybe it's a ploy to make them perform better,... continued

Is This UFO Photo for Real?

March 23, 2009
On the UFO Casebook website, "Greg" from South Carolina writes that he was sitting outside, waiting for the mailman, on the afternoon of March 16, when he saw a silent, triangle-shaped craft overhead. He was able to snap 3 photographs... continued

Dark Matter

March 20, 2009
What is it for? And why can't we see it? - For the first time, astronomers believe that they have discovered evidence of dark matter existing in halos around galaxies. Dark matter has been theorized, but never directly detected before.... continued