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Gas Shortage Savior?Oil from Plankton?

July 25, 2006
Some researchers have already suggested that we burn grass in our cars instead of fossil fuel. But while grass seems to be everywhere, plankton is actually one of the most common types of vegetation on earth?although it's actually in the... continued

Whitley’s Journal: We May Lose the Rain Forest

July 25, 2006
In his dynamite new journal, Whitley writes, "As the summer of 2006 rages on, with heatwaves stretching from the American Pacific coast all the way across the North Atlantic to Europe and virtually around the world, we now discover that... continued

Animation: A Hairy Problem

July 24, 2006
Science is changing the world of animation. Filmmakers are reviving old techniques, like rotoscoping, and making it new. And a group of university mathematicians has created an algorithm that makes animated hair look more realistic. "A Scanner Darkly" uses rotoscoping,... continued

We Became Human to Get Away From Snakes

July 24, 2006
In evolutionary terms, humans may have gotten so smart because we needed to get away from poisonous snakes. This lends new credence to the Adam and Eve legend. In LiveScience.com, Ker Than reports that anthropologist Lynne Isbell thinks that snakes... continued

More About That Mysterious Necklace

July 24, 2006
We're still trying to solve the mystery of the mysterious nuclear necklace of King Tut. Prehistoric humans roamed the Sahara, which is now the world's largest desert, for thousands of years before it became a desert. There are isolated ruins... continued

Starfire Speaks: It’s REAL Magic

July 21, 2006
On May 4 on Dreamland, Whitley Strieber interviewed Starfire Tor, who claims many unusual experiences involvingdistortions of space and time. After the interview, Whitleyand Anne Strieber had a small one, which they more-or-lessattributed to being affected by the interview. But... continued

Quantum Bee Dance

July 21, 2006
For 70 years, scientists have known that honeybees tell the other bees in their hive where the good nectar is by doing an elaborate bee dance. The dance of the honeybee is one of the most intricate communications in nature.... continued

Skeleton in the Einstein Closet

July 21, 2006
Quantum mechanics has been called "the skeleton in Albert Einstein's closet," because while he proposed the theory of relativity, which is the cornerstone of quantum mechanics, he thought that quantum laws were too random and said, "God doesn't play dice... continued

Asteroid?or Nuclear?Jewelry?

July 21, 2006
Ancient texts from India describe a scenario which sounds to us very much like a nuclear war. If this is true, some of the only evidence may have been made into jewelry. In 1966, Veincenzo de Michele saw a strange... continued

We Should Get Rid of Pennies

July 20, 2006
Pennies are an annoyance to carry around and to use?and they cost more to make than they?re worth. There?s always a shortage of them because people either throw them away or collect them in jars. But if the penny was... continued