Europe’s First Pyramid

November 2, 2005
Bosnia's leading Muslim daily Dnevni Avaz reports "a sensational discovery" of "the first European pyramid" that has been discovered just north of Sarajevo in Bosnia. According to the BBC, excavations at a hill above the town "have confirmed the original... continued

Rush to Create Bird Flu Vaccine

November 2, 2005
Newswise - In the event of a bird flu influenza pandemic, the world's vaccine manufacturers will be in a race against time. But now researchers at the University of Wisconsin, working with scientists at the University of Tokyo, have discovered... continued

How to Save the Climate

November 1, 2005
Our government has only recently acknowledged that global warming is a real threat, but the UK is much more worried than we are, because a change in the flow of the gulf stream, due to melting glaciers which dilute the... continued

Is Splenda Safe?

November 1, 2005
In her popular diet book chapter on Sweets, Anne Strieber has heeded the many letters we've received and has made the following addition: "Splenda, which is Sucralose, has not been extensively tested on human beings yet and there are a... continued

UFOs in the UK Due to Mars Opposition?

November 1, 2005
A gigantic dust storm has broken out on Mars during the opposition, when Mars is closer to the Earth than it has been since 2003. The storm is so large that it can be seen with a backyard telescope. Mars... continued

Why Rubbernecking is Dangerous

November 1, 2005
Newswise - If you slow down to peer at an auto accident, you may be unable to avoid having an accident yourself for a few seconds afterwards, since you momentarily become deaf and blind. The same thing happens when you... continued

DNA Detective Work

October 31, 2005
Despite the fact that a jury wouldn't convict O.J. Simpson the first time around, we all know from watching CSI that DNA evidence doesn't lie. But sometimes it does? Peter Aldhous writes in New Scientist that recently in a case... continued

Smokers: Eat Your Cabbage!

October 31, 2005
We've recently posted articles about how smoking makes you fat (contrary to popular belief). No one should smoke (and that means YOU), but if you do, start eating cruciferous vegetables: cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, turnips, collards, Brussels sprouts, radish, turnip... continued

New Chapter of Anne’s Diet Book

October 31, 2005
Anne Strieber has just posted Chapter 5 of her diet book, titled "What I Learned From the Fat Years." Her new chapter is about the parts of our body that we all hate (is the whole really greater than the... continued

A Special Story Read by Whitley

October 31, 2005
This year, we're celebrating Halloween with a special reading by Whitley Strieber of his classic story, Falling Apart. This story, which appears in the anthology Evenings with Demons, is some sort of a horror classic?or is that humor? To listen,... continued