2019-03-01
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Can Money Buy Happiness? Yes, But?
August 16, 2005As Groucho Marx once said, "I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better." Rich people do tend to be happier than poor people, according to sociologists?but only if they're richer than their (rich) neighbors. We all want to... continued
Big or Small, Cats All Related
August 15, 2005New DNA studies show that all cats, big and small, are closely related. The prehistoric saber-toothed tiger is an ancestor of the housecat of today. It only took 15 million years?a blink of an eye in geologic time?for cats to... continued
High Strangeness Air Tragedy
August 15, 2005A number of mysteries surround the crash yesterday of HeliosAirways Flight 522, bound from Cyprus to Prague via Athens.The plane lost contact with ground controllers and Greekfighters were dispatched to observe it and escort it to theground. Two Greek Air... continued
Artists Different After Disease
August 14, 2005Even a minor stroke can change the way painters create art. Their painting style can change, as well as the colors they choose. In the Journal of Neurology, scientists report on their studies of two professional painters, both of whom... continued
Bolt from the Blue
August 14, 2005In the latest incident of wacky weather, the National Weather Service in Phoenix reports a lightning bolt so powerful it looked like a volcano and sounded like a dynamite blast. It damaged 13 homes in the area. After striking one... continued
Have We Reached the Tipping Point?
August 12, 2005A massive, unexpected thaw that covers an area of Siberia the size of France and Germany combined is now releasing billions of tons of the super global warming gas methane into the atmosphere. This will cause the kind of methane... continued
How Can Non Smokers Get Lung Cancer?
August 12, 2005Those of us who watched the heroic struggle of paralyzed Superman actor Chris Reeve have been devastated to learn that his widow Dana Reeve, who is only 44 years old, has lung cancer?even though she has never smoked. How is... continued
Mysteries of the Past & Present
August 11, 2005This weekend on Dreamland, Whitley talks to Barbara Hand Clow, author of Catastro-phobia, the Pleiadian Agenda and many other best selling books in our store, who updates us on the actual state of oil reserves, based on her research, and... continued
Garden of Eden?in Iraq?
August 10, 2005Ecologists think that the mythical Garden of Eden talked about in the Bible may have been located in the marshlands of Iraq. The marshes are now home to the native Ma'dan marsh dwellers, as well as many species of migrating... continued
Take a Trip to the Moon
August 10, 2005Space Ventures, a private company not associated with NASA, has announced that it plans to take tourists for trips around the moon. They have already sent two people into orbits lasting from 10 to 21 days, using Russian equipment. Some... continued