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Space Tours
February 1, 2008We may soon be able to take a vacation in space. But why take a plane, when we may eventually be able to take an elevator? Virgin Atlantic has designed a plane that will eventually take passengers into space, starting... continued
Memory Breakthrough Discovered by Accident
February 1, 2008Is your memory not as good as it used to be? You may soon be able to remember things you have long forgotten. This is based on a discovery that was made by researchers who were trying to suppress a... continued
Fierce Winter Storms Lash the World
February 1, 2008The US Midwest is being pounded by yet another severe winterstorm, China is in chaos due to the worst snow in at leastfifty years, and this winter has seen snow as far south asBaghdad, and it is snowing today in... continued
Serious Study of Mystery Disease
January 31, 2008Is Morgellons Disease real? The US government thinks so, since the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) has just given care giant Kaiser Permanente over $300,000 to test and interview 150 to 500 patients suffering from it. There is still controversy... continued
Future Farming Will be Different
January 31, 2008Farming will be different in the future due to global warming?food will be grown in different places and in different ways. And the foods we eat may not be as good for us as they once were. When carbon dioxide... continued
Chimps Beat Us Again
January 30, 2008Scientists have always assumed that humans have better memories than our close cousins the chimpanzees, but in a recent contest, the chimps won! Now they've won again?in a contest with a British memory champion who is able to memorize the... continued
Space Trash
January 30, 2008Not only is China polluting the earth, now it's throwing trash into space as well. A year ago, China intentionally destroyed its own aging weather spacecraft with an anti-satellite (ASAT) device, creating in the process a lingering cloud of dangerous... continued
Whew! (For Now)
January 29, 2008UPDATE - An asteroid passed by close to the earth in a near miss. One day, we may be directly in the path of an upcoming space rock. This one missed us, but we are STILL in the path of... continued
LIVING Crop Circle in UK
January 29, 2008Cropcircle country in the UK is not only a place where intricate patterns appear overnight in the fields. Recently, a flock of sheep formed a mysterious circle there as well. The January 25th edition of the Daily Mail quotes photographer... continued
Mysterious Signal from Deep Space
January 28, 2008In Earthfiles, Dreamland science reporter Linda Howe writes about a mysterious signal from deep in space that has been picked up by SETI. Have we detected intelligent life on another planet at last? Linda quotes SETI Institute?s Seth Shostak as... continued