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Record Year for Tropical Storms

August 18, 2005
Wacky weather caused by global warming continues. Consistent with predictions that this would be a stormy summer, July has set a record for the number of tropical storms spawned in the Atlantic. It was also the second hottest July on... continued

Old Folktales Could be Real

August 17, 2005
Stories of two-headed serpents and epic battles between Thunderbird and Whale, common among Northwest native peoples, have their root in the region's earthquake history, according to research by scientists at the University of Washington, who have learned there was a... continued

Sorry?You’re Not the Dad

August 17, 2005
Ever since DNA testing has allowed us to find out who the father of a baby really is, we drive by huge billboards telling Dads they should get their babies tested before paying child support. There's a reason for this:... continued

NY Times Reports ANOTHER Major 911 Failure

August 17, 2005
The New York Timesreports that members of a classified military intelligence programcalled Able Danger contacted the FBI in 2000 with detailedinformation about a terrorist cell that involved theringleader of the 911 terrorist attacks, Mohammed Atta. Lawyers at the Special Operations... continued

Dead Performances Live Again

August 17, 2005
Would you like to be able to hear Glenn Gould, the genius pianist who died in 1982? A company has invented a way for us to be able to do just that. The same thing was done many years ago... continued

Can Money Buy Happiness? Yes, But?

August 16, 2005
As 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

Test for Lung Cancer: Will People Take It?

August 16, 2005
We've recently written about the tragedy of nonsmokers getting lung cancer. Women are more vulnerable to this. If there was a simple, inexpensive, painless test for lung cancer that could be taken early, before symptoms show up, would we take... continued

Big or Small, Cats All Related

August 15, 2005
New 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, 2005
A 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

Bolt from the Blue

August 14, 2005
In 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