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Gridlock? Commute by Electric Plane!

May 16, 2008
We may soon be able to beat the traffic by commuting to work in a NEW kind of hybrid: an electric plane/car. And when it comes to planes, should we design airplanes that flap their wings like birds do? Birds,... continued

Beauty & the Beast

May 16, 2008
It works that way in real life too! - Why do so many beautiful women marry unattractive men? Maybe it's because they're marrying Dad. Research shows that these couples actually work out better than a marriage between two good-looking people.... continued

How to REALLY Save on Gas

May 15, 2008
Run your car on cooking oil, add a plug to your Prius - In the quest to be "green" and save money on gas, people are trying all sorts of desperate measures. One man drives a Prius, but that's not... continued

Melting Glaciers Release DDT

May 15, 2008
?and pesticides may cause Parkinsons Disease - Our bodies are already filled with pesticides. We know that melting glaciers could release dangerous microbes, and now it's been discovered that they may also release pesticides! In New Scientist, Ewen Callaway writes,... continued

Anne’s Diary: At the Movies

May 14, 2008
In her new diary, Anne Strieber explains why "when you are in the movie business?and have even acted in a movie, as Whitley and I have?it kind of spoils your movie going experience. You no longer enjoy films with the... continued

Computers Becoming Human

May 14, 2008
Soon there will be no difference between man & machine - We're already merging man and machine in order to help people who are locked in by disease or injury. To abductees with implants, this sounds familiar! Computer designers predict... continued

Vatican Says Aliens Could Exist

May 14, 2008
Father Gabriel Funes, the Pope's chief astronomer, says that life on Mars could exist and that intelligent beings could exist in other solar systems and that the search for extraterrestrial life does not contradict belief in God. Funes directs the... continued

China Quake Kills Thousands

May 13, 2008
Update: Toll reaches 10,000 people - An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale struckcentral Sichuan Province in China today, causing thousandsof deaths and vast property damage. The conventional wisdom among experts is that earthquakesare not interconnected around the world,... continued

Danger in Paradise

May 13, 2008
We're building a fence to keep illegal immigrants out of the United States, but thousands of US citizens cross the border into Tijuana every day. Thousands more vacation in Baja, California. So why isn't our government warning us that the... continued

‘Jaw Dropping’ Solar Eruption

May 13, 2008
Astonished scientists have never seen anything like it. - A solar eruption has appeared that scientists are describingas "jaw dropping" and "amazing." The activity, on the sun'seastern limb, has the appearance of a gigantic volcano andmay be a precursor to... continued