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The Importance of Stardust

January 15, 2006
On this weekend's Dreamland William Henry asks NASA scientist Donald Brownlee the question we all want an answer to: is there life somewhere else in the universe? One way to get evidence about this is Project Stardust, which took off... continued

A Visit to Art

January 15, 2006
Anne and Whitley just made a trip to visit Art Bell, to bring him all the comfort they could, as he faces the future alone, after the death of his beloved wife Ramona. As so often happens, Anne got a... continued

Global Warming in the Past AND the Future

January 13, 2006
New research shows how global warming caused by greenhouse gases can quickly disrupt ocean currents and lead to rapid climate change, as Whitley and Art Bell wrote about in their book The Coming Global Superstorm. In recent decades, frogs have... continued

Whitley’s Journal: A Meditation on Art & Death

January 12, 2006
In his new journal Whitley writes: "I went through [what Art Bell is going through] in some small way in the days after Anne fell ill a year ago October. I will never, ever forget how supportive he and Ramona... continued

Mysterious Dark Matter

January 12, 2006
We recently wrote a news story about scientific puzzles that can't seem to get solved but just won't go away. One of these mysteries is dark matter, which can't exist?but does. Astronomers think that dark matter is the "glue" that... continued

Ramona Bell Laid to Rest

January 11, 2006
Art Bell's beloved wife Ramona was laid to rest today in aprivate service near the Bell's home. Mrs. Bell died onThursday, January 5. The cause of death was circulatoryfailure resulting from an asthma attack. She was 47. For the very... continued

Iran Breaks Seals on Nuclear Facilities

January 10, 2006
The Iranian government announced that it had broken theseals placed on a group of highly controversial nuclearfacilities and resumed research that could lead to thecreation of a nuclear weapon. EU and US officials condemnedthe action in the strongest terms. The... continued

Hitler Had Nukes

January 10, 2006
In the midst of concern about Iran developing nuclear weapons, it's interesting to note that the Nazis may have been on the point of detonating an atomic bomb when World War II ended. A new book published in Italy tells... continued

Whale Talk & Ant Farms

January 10, 2006
Whales of the same species sing in different dialects, depending on where they're from, the same way humans who speak the same language have different accents that identify where they live. Ants are even more amazing: They not only farm... continued

Coyotes Thriving in Big Cities

January 9, 2006
Scientists used to think that coyotes avoided human populations, but they now know that they are common in suburbia and even in cities as big as Manhattan, where a coyote was recently found to be living in Central Park. Also... continued