Why We Don’t Glide Instead of Walk or Run

November 8, 2005
Newswise - Horses have a variety of gaits, including walking, trotting, cantering and galloping, so why do human beings only walk or run? We have the bones and muscles to perform a variety of gaits. We could even develop a... continued

A Surprising New Fuel

November 8, 2005
Greenhouse gases are reaching dangerous levels and oil prices are at their highest, so we desperately need a new, non-polluting fuel. We may eventually need to mine Helium 3 from the moon, but until we can get there and start... continued

What I Learned From the Fat Years Chapter Six

November 7, 2005
Anne has always stressed that her diet book, What I Learned From the Fat Years, is for both men and women, but her new Chapter 6 CLOTHES is just for you gals. Anne says, "It's only in the last few... continued

Why are Serial Killers Mostly American?

November 7, 2005
Newswise - In her new novel Little Town Lies (in bookstores now), Anne Strieber writes about a surprising serial killer. Anne will read several chapters from her book on this website. We know that serial killers are psychopaths?monsters created by... continued

Many More Dimensions Than We See

November 7, 2005
Newswise - Quantum physics tells us that the world is much different than we have been taught in school or perceive it to be. We are aware of 3 spatial dimensions. But physicists say there are at least nine spatial... continued

Fireball Sightings on the Rise Worldwide

November 7, 2005
Fireballs and strange lights in the sky have been sighted from California to Pennsylvania to Maine?and also in Canada, Germany and the Netherlands. Can some of these be comets, meteors or asteroids?and what's the difference between them? Asteroids and meteors... continued

Secret US Prison Camps

November 4, 2005
No matter how we feel about the torture of prisons and whether or not it is sometimes necessary, most of us were shocked by the photos from the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Many of us are worried about what... continued

Is Wal-Mart Evil?

November 4, 2005
Wal-Mart is wonderful?it brings us cheap consumer goods and plenty of them. While the store chain has meant the death of many mom-and-pop stores in the last few years, this is the way capitalism works?or is it? Some critics think... continued

Stomach Polygraph

November 4, 2005
Newswise - Recent studies have suggested that we have a "second brain" in our intestines, which means that our guts get all twisted up when we're under stress, because they "worry," just like our brains do. Patients with Irritable Bowel... continued

A Good Reason to Hate Other People?

November 3, 2005
Newswise - While we all want to overcome racial prejudice, we should be aware that it's actually instinctual which is why it never completely goes away. It's a form of DNA common sense, hard-wired into the human brain through evolution,... continued