Why Modern Couples Can’t Conceive

June 30, 2004
She's on a low carb diet, he carries a cell phone?no wonder they can't have kids. Researchers have found that a low carb diet makes women less fertile, while carrying a cell phone does the same thing to men. Caroline... continued

No More Chocolate?!

June 29, 2004
Some of us don't want to live in a world without chocolate, but we may have to if a South American disease spreads to cocoa plants in Africa. Julianna Kettlewell writes in bbcnews.com that the two diseases ravaging cocoa plants... continued

Secret Ancient Indian Village Revealed

June 29, 2004
We recently wrote that Atzlan, the Mexican Atlantis, might be in Utah. Now an ancient Indian site has been revealed that was kept secret by a rancher in Utah for over 50 years. Paul Foy writes that Waldo Wilcox kept... continued

Can Women Be as Evil as Men?

June 29, 2004
Psychologists have long thought that bringing women into traditionally male realms would create kinder, gentler institutions. However, female torture of male prisoners at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison seems to prove the opposite. Of the seven U.S. soldiers charged in the... continued

That Mona Lisa Smile

June 28, 2004
Why have we been fascinated for so many years by Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile? It may be due to random noise in our brain. Philip Cohen reports in New Scientist that Christopher Tyler and Leonid Kontsevich manipulated a computer image... continued

TV Leads to Early Sex

June 28, 2004
Children, especially girls, are reaching puberty at alarmingly younger ages every year. This is a major problem, since with longer lives and more education, most women want to put off having children to a later age than ever before. The... continued

Another Case of Mad Cow in U.S.

June 28, 2004
A second cow has tested positive for Mad Cow Disease in the U.S.?and only a fraction of cattle are tested, so who knows how many infected cows there really are? However, the USDA says it's "very likely" that with further... continued

Mysterious Face Carved in Rock

June 27, 2004
Archaeologists studying prehistoric stone carvings near Scotland have found an amazing carving of a face that is much more sophisticated than the other primitive stone art in the vicinity. The question is, where did it come from? Rocks with simpler... continued

Tesla Crop Circle

June 27, 2004
It's been a fairly dull crop circle season in the U.K. this year?until now. A new circle has arrived that appears to be a diagram for an electrical transistor designed 100 years ago by Nikola Tesla. This little-known engineer is... continued

Phoenix Lights May Have Caused Blackout

June 27, 2004
News 5 KPHO in Phoenix is investigating a power surge that left 65 thousand people without electricity recently. Some people say the blackout was caused by strange lights in the sky, which could be a return of the Phoenix Lights,... continued