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Are We Afraid China will Claim the Moon?

November 4, 2003
Those of us who love the thrill of space exploration are disappointed that so much recent NASA activity has centered on military and commercial projects. But now it looks like we may finally be returning to the Moon?so we can... continued

Largest Solar Flare Ever Recorded

November 4, 2003
A massive solar flare saturated X-ray detectors onboard GOES satellites for 11 minutes. The last time such a thing happened was in 2001. That flare was classified as an X22--the biggest ever. This one was even bigger. It was almost... continued

Why the UFO Coverup has Lasted so Long

November 3, 2003
When George W. Bush was running for president, he was asked about UFOs. "It'll be the first thing he (Dick Cheney) will do," Bush said. "He'll get right on it." But it hasn't happened yet. Billy Cox writes in Florida... continued

Homeopathy May Save India

November 3, 2003
Homeopathic remedies have been shown to work, although scientists don't understand why. In homeopathy, remedies are diluted to the point where they often cannot even be detected. A homeopathic antidote for arsenic has been developed that could be inexpensively used... continued

Plankton Prevents Ice Ages?But it’s Going Fast

November 3, 2003
We wrote that runaway icebergs are killing plankton in the Antarctic by blocking the sun from reaching the surface of the water. This is bad news for more than penguins, because scientists think, eons ago, these tiny shelled sea creatures... continued

Decide Whether We Should Show Up

November 3, 2003
The letter reproduced on our new Insight is circulating around the internet. It was allegedly received from an unknown source. No matter its origin, the question it asks is an important one, and each of us needs to consider our... continued

Right Handed or Right Flippered?

November 3, 2003
People aren't the only ones who are left or right handed. Walruses, for instance, prefer to use their right flipper to search for clams, and the bones in their right limbs are longer than the ones in their left. Handedness... continued

Mummy Secrets Revealed

October 31, 2003
Scientists never knew how the Egyptians mummified their dead so effectively, but now it's been discovered they used an extract of the cedar tree. Researcher Ulrich Weser says, "Modern science has finally found the secret of why some mummies can... continued

Spiders Never Forget Their First Love

October 31, 2003
Like females everywhere, spiders never forget their first romance. A study of spiders shows female wolf spiders will eat strange-looking males that try to mate with them, but spare familiar-looking males. Anthropologist Eileen Hebets says, "The female is using earlier... continued

You Can Get SARS from Your Cat

October 31, 2003
House cats and ferrets can get the SARS virus and can probably pass it on to us. This makes sense given that the virus originated with civet cats in China, before it jumped to humans. Disease expert Robert Shope says,... continued