2019-03-01
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What Will Happen to Farms in the Future
November 4, 2003Global warming will change the weather, meaning farmers will have to move to new areas and learn to grow different crops. After a long period of denial, researchers are now looking closely at agricultural areas in the U.S. in order... continued
Sun Most Active in 1,000 Years
November 4, 2003There have been more sunspots since the 1940s than for the past 1150 years. Does this mean the Sun is changing? Jenny Hogan writes in New Scientist that geophysicist Ilya Usoskin discovered this from reconstructing the history of sunspot activity... continued
Astronaut Sees Mysterious Lights in Space
November 4, 2003U.S. Astronaut Ed Lu, who spent 6 months on the International Space Station, still doesn't know what caused the mysterious flashes of light he saw while studying the Earth's aurora from space. He spent 100 hours watching the northern and... continued
Are We Afraid China will Claim the Moon?
November 4, 2003Those 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, 2003A 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, 2003When 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, 2003Homeopathic 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, 2003We 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, 2003The 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, 2003People 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