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Oil Wars Unnecessary?We Have Plenty of Oil

January 18, 2006
An economist says that U.S. policy in the Middle East is driven by baseless fears that an "oil weapon" can cut off our fuel supply. Roger J. Stern argues that the decades-old belief that petroleum-rich Persian Gulf nations must be... continued

Films Take a Screen Test

January 17, 2006
Two computer scientists say they have developed a system for predicting the box office success of movies before they hit the theatres that could revolutionize the industry, but Hollywood has responded with a yawn, despite the fact that ticket sales... continued

Booms are Back

January 16, 2006
About a year ago, we reported on mysterious booms in North Carolina. Now they're back. In early January, a huge boom actually shook houses and rattled windows along the Carolina coast. Local TV channel WECT and sound technician Alex Markowski,... continued

Is Japan’s Mount Fuji About to Blow?

January 16, 2006
The absence of snow on the top of picturesque Mount Fuji inJapan was earlier attributed to global warming, but nowseismologists think it may be because the volcano is heatingup and may be getting ready toerupt. The famous snow-capped mountain currently... continued

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