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What Will Happen to Farms in the Future

November 4, 2003
Global 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, 2003
There 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

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

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

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

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

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