Working Moms Healthier Moms

June 5, 2006
US citizens are sicker, in general, than their UK and Canadian counterparts, and working moms are healthier than stay-at-homes. While it may seem incredibly stressful to the women who are accomplishing this feat, holding down a job and being a... continued

Mona Lisa Finally Speaks

June 5, 2006
Over the years, there have been suggestions that the enigmatic portrait that is known as the Mona Lisa is actually a portrait of the artist, Leonardo DaVinci, painted as a woman, which is why the sitters identity has been lost... continued

Good News: Ozone Hole is Closing

June 3, 2006
Finally, some good news about the environment: the ozone hole over the Antarctic is closing and may disappear by the year 2050 because of the reduction in emissions of ozone-depleting gases. What does ozone do for us, anyway? It protects... continued

Plastic Pollution Leads to Prostate Cancer

June 2, 2006
A year ago we warned you that baby bottles are dangerous for boys. The trouble is, in the US, bottle feeding babies is big business. Now a new cancer study shows that early exposure to low doses of environmental estrogens?which... continued

Why Hurricane Season is Here to Stay

June 2, 2006
Scientists at M.I.T. have clearly linked the increase in hurricane activity to global warming and global warming to "pollution released by humans." And what's the state of Katrina-ravaged New Orleans? It's still sinking. The Army Corps of Engineers has finally... continued

One War We Should Stop Fighting

June 2, 2006
Even administration apologists pretty much admit the fact that our war on drugs is a failure, since we have more addicts than ever. Mexico's president Vincente Fox recently proposed decriminalizing drugs in his country, but quickly backpedaled when our government... continued

Time Travel–Real or a Dream?

June 2, 2006
A description of either a remarkable dream or experience has been received by unknowncountry.com, and is published with the kind permission of its author. It could be that actual movement through time might feel something like this. Click here to... continued

Weather Changes

June 1, 2006
Global warming is a sad fact: NOAA weather satellite data collected from 1979 through 2005 show that the earth's tropical zone has been steadily expanding since 1979. Researcher Thomas Reichler says, "It's a big deal. The tropics may be expanding... continued

Golf in Space

June 1, 2006
A spacewalk may take place today (June 1st) on the ISS (International Space Station) but if it does, Russian space station commander Pavel Vinogradov will NOT hit a golf ball into space, as he had planned to do. In space.com,... continued

Tiny Tools

June 1, 2006
There is ongoing controversy about whether or not a miniature species of human beings once lived on a remote island in Indonesia. Now archeologists have discovered tiny tools suggesting that this race of small humans really did exist. Anthropologist James... continued