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Bigfoot or Gorilla Suit?

October 5, 2003
After Ray Dufresne spotted a Bigfoot in Bennington, Vermont, three more people admitted they saw the same thing. One of them, Doug Dorst, was driving on Route 7 when he saw what he thought was a "homeless dude with a... continued

Quantum Weirdness in Real Life

October 5, 2003
The physicist Erwin Schr NOTE: This news story, previously published on our old site, will have any links removed. continued

World Oil Shortage in Next Decade

October 5, 2003
A team from the University of Uppsala in Sweden says we can stop worrying about greenhouse gases, because in ten years, oil supplies will at disastrously low levels. The world's oil reserves are 80% less than was predicted earlier. Kjell... continued

Duck–It’s a Meteor!

October 3, 2003
A meteorite crashed in eastern India, injuring five people and destroying two houses. It lit up the night sky and rattled windows before it crashed to the ground. One resident says, "It was all there for just a few seconds... continued

Fat Caused by Genes & Big Business

October 3, 2003
Icelandic researchers have isolated a gene that determines whether we'll be fat or thin. And a cheap sweetener used in almost everything we eat may play a major role in the obesity epidemic in America. "Obesity and thinness are two... continued

Forensic Expert Says Bigfoot’s Real

October 3, 2003
Forensic expert Jimmy Chilcutt, of the Conroe Police Department in Texas, says he has strong evidence that Bigfoot exists. Scientific debate about whether or not he's real hasn't stopped Bigfoot from being spotted in Argentina. Chilcutt, who specializes in finger... continued

New Crop Circle in Ohio

October 3, 2003
Ohio farmer Dale Mark has a crop circle in his soybean field. Passengers flying overhead in a private airplane last week discovered it. One part of the design is a circle surrounding a triangle, another resembles a peace sign, and... continued

Telemarketers on Do Not Call List

October 3, 2003
The home telephone numbers of the 11 top executives of the Direct Marketing Association, which is trying to kill the federal do-not-call list that 50 million people signed on to, are on the list, meaning they don't want to receive... continued

There’s a SARS Gene

October 2, 2003
Why did SARS only become an epidemic in China and in Toronto, the part of Canada where many Chinese emigrants live? Scientists have found a genetic susceptibility to SARS that explains this puzzle. Maggie Fox writes that a variant in... continued

Ocean Changes: Subtle but Serious

October 2, 2003
Due to increased carbon dioxide emissions, the world's oceans are becoming more acidic, affecting marine life. And whaling is reducing the number of giant whales that were once eaten by killer whales, leading step by step to a huge increase... continued