Melting Lakes May Release Dangerous Flu

December 14, 2006
Over 5 years ago, we warned that dangerous ancient microbes could be released when glaciers melt, due to global warming. Scientists now think that flu viruses that have been frozen in Siberian lakes for centuries could be released by birds,... continued

Powerful New Sunspots Will Affect Us on Earth

December 14, 2006
Sunspot 930 sent a powerful solar storm toward earth from an X3 class solar flare, and the unstable sunspot has a 35% chance of emitting more X class solar flares at any time. The solar storm resulting has the potential... continued

In the Night Restaurant

December 14, 2006
We recently wrote about how some people taste their words. The French, however, are concerned that diners no longer adequately taste their food, so they have invented a restaurant in which patron eat in the dark, in order to block... continued

Arctic Ice Will Soon Disappear

December 13, 2006
The recent retreat of Arctic sea ice is likely to accelerate so rapidly that in a little over 20 years, as early as 2040, the Arctic Ocean could become nearly devoid of ice during the summer, as a result of... continued

When Your Senses Get Crossed

December 13, 2006
Synesthesia is the name of a condition in which your senses get crossed up and you see colors when listening to music or taste things while viewing shapes or words. It sounds like a problem you'd want solved, but many... continued

Cigarette Addiction INCREDIBLY Strong

December 13, 2006
We've asked this question before: why don't we make more effort to break our bad habits? A new study of 154 smokers who had surgery to remove early stage lung cancer shows that half of them STARTED SMOKING AGAIN within... continued

Princess Diana Bugged by US Gov.

December 12, 2006
A new British investigation into the the August 31st, 1997 death of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed reveals that the National Security Agency (NSA) was secretly bugging Diana's phone when their car crashed in a tunnel in Paris while they... continued

Sign Language May Be a Thing of the Past

December 12, 2006
Some researchers think that sign language actually leads to deafness. And due to the new science of cochlear implants, which are now implanted in young children, sign language may be on the way out among the deaf. But some deaf... continued

Dangerous Diseases from Other Species

December 12, 2006
SARS and bird flu aren't the only diseases that humans can catch from animals. Between 2,000 and 2,005, around 50 million people caught diseases from animals such as dogs, cattle, chickens and mosquitoes, and almost 80,000 of them died. Sometimes... continued

Gigantic Fires Due to Australian Drought

December 11, 2006
Due to global warming, massive fires covering half a million acres are burning in the eastern part of the Australian state of Victoria. In a desperate attempt to prevent them from combining into a superfire that would rank as one... continued