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Missing Pelicans Due to Pole Shift?

June 14, 2004
Officials in North Dakota are looking for 27,000 American white pelicans that are missing. They've abandoned their summer nesting grounds?leaving their eggs unhatched?at the Chase National Wildlife Refuge. "It's like they packed up and left in the middle of the... continued

What Will Cars of the Future be Like?

June 13, 2004
With high gas prices and impending fuel shortages, how will cars of the future be different from the ones we have now? We won't have hydrogen propelled cars any time soon. Although they were first through of in the 1840s,... continued

Mercury in Vaccines DOES Lead to Autism

June 13, 2004
A fierce fight has been going on for years between the parents of autistic kids and the government and pharmaceutical industry about whether or not the mercury used as a preservative in vaccines causes autism. Over the past 20 years,... continued

Major Scientists Say Bush Promotes Pseudo-Science

June 13, 2004
The Union of Concerned Scientists accuses the Bush administration of practicing junk science. Bush science advisor John Marburger complains that the UCS's February report reads like a "conspiracy theory report." Bruce Sterling writes in wired.com that, "The Bush administration has... continued

Michelangelo May Have Been Autistic

June 10, 2004
The artist Michelangelo may have had a form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome, and Albert Einstein, Socrates and Jane Austen may have had it too. Psychiatrists describe Michelangelo as "strange, without affect, and isolated" and "preoccupied with his own private... continued

Global Warming?Common or Rare?

June 10, 2004
Scientists now know that past global warming events were triggered by a gigantic release of methane from the oceans. They want to know where exactly this methane is stored and what causes its release?in case it could happen again. Julianna... continued

Legendary Creature in Alien Photo

June 10, 2004
UFO researcher Erick Martinez, who spread the word about the alien photo taken in Chile, has received phone calls about it from all over the world. The most amazing was from a Japanese journalist who says it resembles a dangerous... continued

The Key & Global Warming

June 10, 2004
There is a powerful new Dreamland Special available when you spawn the Windows Media Player: the last item on the list is Whitley Strieber's impassioned discussion of the Master of the Key's warnings on climate change that led to Superstorm... continued

At Last: A Low Carb Spud!

June 10, 2004
People on low-carb diets find they miss potatoes the most. Now it may again be possible to eat a steamy bowl of mashing potatoes loaded with butter or gravy, or a huge baked potato with "the works," since horticulturists have... continued

Crop Circles are for the Birds

June 10, 2004
In the U.K., while scientists don't acknowledge that crop circles are "real," they say they have an unexpected benefit by helping to reverse the decline in birds. A two-year study found the skylark breeding increased 50% when areas of the... continued