World Too Noisy for Bird Songs

December 5, 2006
Increased underwater noise is making it hard for whales to communicate. Now ambient noise is causing birds to sing louder, so they can still attract a mate. Charles Q. Choi writes in LiveScience.com that bird songs are becoming faster and... continued

Why Putting Up a Fence Won’t Work

December 5, 2006
Will the border fence between the US and Mexico, which was signed into law on Oct. 26 but has not yet been funded, keep out illegals? Should we be trying to keep them out? Daniel T. Griswold, of the CATO... continued

Sea Levels May Rise Suddenly

December 4, 2006
Scientists have determined that the Ross Ice Shelf in the Antarctic could collapse without warning in a matter of days, causing a disastrous worldwide sea level rise of sixteen feet. If the West Antarctic Ice Sheet behind it were to... continued

Egyptian Pyramids May be Concrete

December 4, 2006
We've speculated many times about how the ancient Egyptians may have been able to hoist so many large heavy stones into place. A new theory says that some of the giant building blocks in the pyramids may actually be made... continued

Secrets of the Strad

December 4, 2006
Three years ago, we reported that the secret of the famous Stradivarius and Guarneri violins that were produced in Cremona, Italy in the 18th century was basically a result of global warming. These violins are still prized by musicians today,... continued

UFO Crash in Russia ‘False Alarm’

December 1, 2006
A "flying apparatus" had been reported as crashing in Russiaby numerous Russian news agencies, but officials in thecrash area are now saying that the reports have beeninvestigated and that it apparently did not happen. A helicopterflyover identified the scene, and... continued

Mysterious Orange Orbs seen in UK

December 1, 2006
English sources are reporting mysterious sightings of orange orbs in the sky above major cities in the UK. Shoreham, Essex, Liverpool and Brighton seem to be the places where the most sightings took place. This is London quotes one witness... continued

Nick Pope Quits

December 1, 2006
When he worked at the Ministry of Defense in the UK, Nick Pope was head of a project that analyzed UFO reports from 1991-94, and he published several books about the reports that led to his realization that UFOs are... continued

How the Egyptians Did It?

December 1, 2006
People who study ancient Egypt have speculated that perhaps the pyramid builders used sound to levitate the gigantic stones into place. Mainstream scientists scoffed at this idea but now they're taking levitation seriously. Scientists have now levitated small live animals... continued

The Gay Gene (Continued)

November 30, 2006
Two years ago we reported that biologists think that 8% of sheep are gay. A new museum exhibition in Oslo, Norway, documents the fact that 50 species of animals exhibit signs of homosexuality. In LiveScience.com, Sara Goudarzi quotes museum coordinator... continued