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Searching for Other Worlds

June 13, 2006
The famous wheelchair-bound quantum physicist Stephen Hawking says the survival of the human race depends on our ability to find new homes elsewhere in the universe, because of the increasing risk that a disaster will destroy the earth. Just in... continued

Anne’s Diary: Dryer Sheets

June 13, 2006
In her new diary, Anne Strieber writes: "Ever since my aneurysm burst suddenly a little less than two years ago, I?ve been in touch with higher forces. Or maybe I should put it this way: They've ALWAYS been in touch... continued

Dollar on the Edge

June 12, 2006
Over the past two months a strange and disturbing thinghappened to the dollar: China and Japan began to shift awayfrom buying US Treasury debt (dollars) and into the Euromarket and other curriencies. Across April and May, the Eurobegan to rise,... continued

Funding Cut for Crucial Climate Data–UPDATE

June 12, 2006
The Bush Administration has decided to cancel NASA climate satellites crucial to our ability to understand climate change. By shelving critical programs such as the Deep Space Climate Observatory, the administration continues to do all it can to conceal the... continued

Alberto Evening Update: Mandatory Evacuations

June 12, 2006
Alberto has survived strong wind shear and remained anorganized storm, with winds being clocked at 85MPH over thepast few hours. The old eye collapsed in the earlyafternoon, and a new one formed. Thechief danger from this storm will be storm... continued

Upon Not (Yet) Seeing The DaVinci Code

June 10, 2006
In her new Diary, Anne Strieber writes: "This is the second time I've posted a Diary entry about a movie. As of this writing, I have not yet seen The DaVinci Code film, although I plan to. I also must... continued

Norway Meteor Impact

June 10, 2006
The Aftenposten newspaper in Norway reports that earlyWednesday morning, the country was struck by a meteor thathad theexplosive force of the atomic bomb that was dropped onHiroshima in 1945.The meteor hit the side of a mountain. There are no reportsof... continued

First Tropical Depression of the Season

June 10, 2006
The first tropical depression of the 2006 hurricane seasonformed in the Caribbean in the same area that Katrina formedin 2005. The depression is poorly defined, with windsgusting to 35 miles an hour, but could become a named stormduring the coming... continued

Toilet Seats: Safer Than You Think

June 9, 2006
When you go into a public toilet, do you dread sitting down? It turns out that these are not the repository for germs that we tend to think they are. In fact, in the home anyway, the toilet seat is... continued

How Can We Understand Iraq?

June 9, 2006
Will the recent killing of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq bring any change in the number of suicide bombings going on in that country? When it comes to the Iraq war, our press pretty much toes the official government... continued