Floods, Drought in Europe as Hurricane Approaches Florida

August 25, 2005
World weather continued in an extremely unsettled state asrecord floods killed at least 34 people in Europe andTropical Storm Katrina promised to bring heavy rainfall toSouth Florida. Meanwhile, Portugal and Spain suffered recorddrought as fires consumed over a hundred thousand... continued

UFO Wave in New Mexico

August 25, 2005
In a scenario reminiscent of the Phoenix Lights, UFOs are being seen by large numbers of people in New Mexico. Photos taken by a Navajo teen show mysterious yellow, red and orange lights in the night sky. One of the... continued

Corals Spawn Secretly by Moonlight

August 24, 2005
We had a full moon just a few nights ago. In the Florida Keys, the August full moon is the setting for an incredible secret event: the annual spawning for the elkhorn, staghorn, boulder star coral, which are some of... continued

Reality is a Blink Away

August 24, 2005
The expression, "Don't blink or you?ll miss it," has taken on a new meaning. Researchers have found that parts of the brain actually shut down every time we blink. The average person blinks about 15 times per minute. So even... continued

Can We Clean Up Fossil Fuels?

August 24, 2005
Can we continue to burn fossil fuels and still halt global warming? Big government and big business are pushing zero emission power plants tha tburn coal or gas but release no CO2. Europe is much more worried about global warming... continued

Asteroid Coming Our Way?Again

August 24, 2005
An asteroid will pass close to the Earth on April 13, 2029 and it may come back and hit us in 2036. NASA is trying to decide whether to try to tag the asteroid with a warning radio beacon before... continued

Beaches Closed Across the Country

August 24, 2005
When you take your annual Labor Day trip to the beach, will it be safe to go in the water? Ocean and lakefront beaches across the United States reported 20,000 closings in 2004 due to hazardous water conditions. This the... continued

Redheads Feel Less Pain

August 24, 2005
We've written before that geneticists think that redheads may be closely related to Neanderthals. Now it turns out that people with red hair feel less pain?could their Neanderthal ancestry be the reason for this? Scientists want to know if there... continued

How 911 Changed Their Lives

August 24, 2005
We all know that 911 changed the way New Yorkers live, the same way 7/7 changed the way London's residents live their lives. But 911 changed the way people in Central Ohio live too, even though there have never been... continued

A Good Reason Why Movie Villains Smoke

August 22, 2005
Lower-class "bad guys" smoke more often in movies than wealthy movie heroes. But maybe this is just an imitation of life: New evidence shows that the same genes may foster two harmful proclivities--nicotine addiction and aggressively hostile behavior. Smoking is... continued