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You Are What Your Mom Ate

August 6, 2003
In another discovery about the importance of vitamins, scientists have been able to change the fur coat colors of baby mice by giving them four specific vitamins. It's known that pregnant women with poor nutrition tend to have children who... continued

Walter Cronkite’s Phenomenal UFO Encounter

August 5, 2003
In our latest Insight, paranormal researcher Bill Knell offers his recollection of an extraordinary conversation with famed newsman Walter Cronkite. NOTE: This news story, previously published on our old site, will have any links removed. continued

Strange Images on Mars

August 4, 2003
Strange images have been captured by satellites circling Mars. No "face" or "pyramid" photos have been released, but we can see rows of what look like fortune cookies, a bunch of "wormholes", and what looks like a set of circular... continued

Monkey Business

August 4, 2003
Formosan macaques are legally protected in Taiwan, so the monkeys feel free to pester local farmers. In Taitung County, the owner of a poultry farm says groups of the monkeys play pranks on his chickens, like plucking out their feathers... continued

Dreamland Now on Shortwave Radio

August 4, 2003
You can listen to Dreamland for free anytime, by clicking "Listen Now" on our masthead, and subscribers can burn it onto a CD, and listen anywhere. But if you still like radio listening best, you'll be glad to know that... continued

Yellowstone Lake May Blow

August 4, 2003
The Casper (WY) Star Tribune reports that there's a 100-foot-high bulge in the bottom of Yellowstone Lake that's getting ready to explode. The bulge, about 2,100 feet long, formed within the last few years, and the lake's water is getting... continued

Take This Pill & Live (Almost) Forever

August 4, 2003
Genevieve Haas writes that a new pill developed by CereMedix, based at Northeastern University, could help you live to be a healthy 120 years old. The pill repairs lung damage from smoking, reverses Alzheimer's, repairs injuries from strokes and heart... continued

Bugs Invading People’s Ears

August 3, 2003
Insects are invading people's ears in the U.K. 82-year-old Ron Packer heard a high-pitched hum in his hearing aid that turned out to be an attack by a swarm of wasps. And Patricia McLeod had to go to the doctor... continued

Is Male Cheating Normal?

August 3, 2003
Shankar Vedantam writes in the Washington Post that scientists are debating whether male infidelity is biologically normal. A recent worldwide survey of more than 16,000 people revealed that men?whether single, married or gay?want more sexual partners than women do. "This... continued

Farmer Battles GM Goliath

August 3, 2003
72-year-old Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser is taking Monsanto to the Supreme Court. In 1998, Monsanto accused Schmeiser of planting their patented genetically-modified canola without paying a fee. He said he'd only done what he did every year: collect seeds from... continued