World Relies on Amateur Asteroid Chasers

March 9, 2004
Amateur astronomers can receive awards of $3,000 for discovering and tracking asteroids that may impact the Earth, according to new legislation approved by the House of Representatives. While this is great, with our recent near-misses, it would be more reassuring... continued

GM Pharm Crops Infiltrating our Food

March 9, 2004
U.S. scientists say there could be a "serious risk to human health," after they've discovered that major food crops are being widely contaminated by DNA from GM crops that are engineered to produce chemicals and drugs. Microbiologist Margaret Mellon, of... continued

Coke Selling Tap Water in U.K.

March 9, 2004
If you buy Coca-Cola's Dasani brand bottled water in London, you're drinking water from the city's public supply?the same water you can get out of a faucet for free. Trevor Datson writes that this is true of many other bottled... continued

More Bigfoot Fakery?

March 9, 2004
First there was the Ray Wallace hoax, where Wallace left information, to be released after his death, that he faked a set of famous Bigfoot prints. Now Bob Heironimus says he played the role of Bigfoot in the notorious film... continued

Bedside Visitors

March 9, 2004
As part of our new Communion Letters series, Amy writes: One time I woke up in the middle of the night (it was dark?no night lights) and I saw the outline of an insect-like creature with a large head and... continued

ET Signal & UFO photo

March 8, 2004
A radio telescope used by SETI has detected a signal that may have come from extraterrestrial life. To learn the details, click here. And an amazing new UFO photo has been taken in St. Louis. NOTE: This news story, previously... continued

Hybrid Mosquitoes Spreading West Nile

March 8, 2004
The U.S. is experiencing more serious, widespread cases of West Nile than Europe because of the hybrid mosquitoes here. Genetic analysis shows that the mosquitoes carrying West Nile in the U.S. have the combined DNA of two different types of... continued

A Virus That Prevents AIDS

March 8, 2004
It's been discovered that HIV patients who become infected with another, mysterious virus, are less likely to develop AIDS. The mystery virus is known only as GB virus C, and men whose blood shows they are infected with it are... continued

NASA Warns of Coming Climate Change

March 8, 2004
The idea that global warming could send North America and Western Europe into an ice age within a few decades can no longer be called a conspiracy theory by skeptics, now that NASA is taking it seriously. According to the... continued

We’re Almost Down to Zero

March 6, 2004
We're down to zero on most of our sale books, but we still have a few left, and most of these will probably be abducted by our readers this weekend. If you missed one of these great reads, now's your... continued