What Prehistoric Trees Looked Like

June 14, 2007
As you walk down a suburban street or take a stroll in the woods, do you ever wonder what the first trees looked like? Scientists now know the answer to that question because they have found some tree trunks that... continued

MORE Good News about Stem Cells

June 14, 2007
Stem cells are seen as the future of medicine, but the current administration's opposition to creating them from human embryos has caused scientists to get creative. Now Ian Wilmut, who cloned Dolly the sheep over ten years ago, says that... continued

Elephants & Rhinos May Soon Be Gone

June 13, 2007
We've reported that, due to ivory poaching, elephants may be facing extinction. Now it's been discovered that rhinos are in major danger of extinction as well. Both species have body parts--ivory tusks in the case of elephants and a horn... continued

How Moral are You?

June 13, 2007
Last year, we wrote about a 1961 experiment at Yale in which a psychologist discovered that ordinary people would give deadly electric shocks to people they didn't know, despite the fact that they could hear their screams, if they were... continued

We Finally Know How the Iceman Died

June 12, 2007
In 1991, as a result of global warming, a 5,300-year-old corpse was discovered in the melting snow of the Alps. He became known as "Oetzi," after the Oetz Valley where he was found. Scientists have learned a lot about what... continued

100 Year Dust Bowl Predicted for US

June 12, 2007
Global warming has led to major storms in Australia, China and the Middle East, and Australia has just experienced a major drought. In the USA, it's causing the biggest drought since the Dust Bowl of the 1930s?one that isn't yet... continued

Worldwide Storms Cause Major Destruction

June 11, 2007
Saturday night on Coast to Coast AM, Whitley Strieber and Art Bell had a dynamic discussion about global warming, including the hurricane in the Middle East and the melting of Greenland. Now storms are drowning parts of Australia and China.... continued

Good News About Stem Cells

June 11, 2007
This administration has been adamantly against stem cell research based on embryos, so scientists have been trying to figure out how to create these valuable medical tools, which can be turned into almost any kind of replacement organ, in another... continued

Anne’s Diary: The Immigration Mess

June 11, 2007
In her new diary, Anne Strieber writes about San Antonio's West Side and about parents and grandparents weeping at a college dance recital. What does this have to do with immigration? Read it and see! And don't miss Whitley's new... continued

Persistent Pollution Problems

June 8, 2007
Twenty million: That's how many tires are discarded every year in New York State alone. The UN thinks that between 20 and 50 million tons of computers are thrown away as obsolete every year. Rubber tires cannot be recycled into... continued