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Yeti DNA Matches No Known Creature

July 22, 2003
Explorers may have proven that a Yeti-like creature is living in Sumatra, because hairs and a footprint found there do not belong to any known species. They're searching for the Orang Pendek, also known as the Sumatran Yeti. According to... continued

Satellites Show Korea’s Making Bombs

July 22, 2003
Rob Edwards writes in New Scientist magazine that the U.S. can tell North Korea is extracting plutonium from nuclear power plant fuel rods and using it to make bombs, because satellites are detecting signs of the radioactive gas krypton-85 in... continued

Biblical Burning Bush Explained

July 21, 2003
Norwegian reporter Hanne Dankertsen writes that researchers have found the explanation for the burning bush, from which God spoke to Moses in the Bible. They went to the Sahara desert to study bushes that were setting themselves on fire. Smoke... continued

Superbugs Spread from Patients to Visitors

July 21, 2003
Will Boggs writes that not only do some hospital patients become infected with superbugs, their visitors can take the infection home with them. Antibiotic-resistant staph infections are now frequently found outside hospitals. Dr. David P. Calfee studied 172 personal contacts... continued

Farmer Watches Crop Circle Form

July 21, 2003
A farmer in Wisconsin saw a crop circle being formed in his barley field. Arthur Rantala says, "The holes appeared and there it was but you couldn't see what made it, but I [saw] it right when it happened." He... continued

Married in Space

July 21, 2003
A Russian cosmonaut and an American woman are planning a long distance marriage on August 10th, because they can't find time to get married on the ground. Yekaterina Dmitriev, who lives in Richmond, Texas, plans to marry Russian Air Force... continued

Can Candy Bars be Healthy?

July 18, 2003
The makers of Snickers are planning to add vitamins, minerals and protein to their candy and call the new version the Snickers Marathon. Nutritionist Bonnie Liebman says this will be nothing but "fortified junk food." Liebman says most people don't... continued

Australia May Become 51st State

July 18, 2003
Tess Livingstone writes in the Australia Courier-Mail that Australia may become our 51st state. American-born historian David Mosler says there's a 20% chance of Australia becoming a state in the next 50 years, and chances would increase if there was... continued

It’s Good for You

July 18, 2003
Douglas Fox writes in New Scientist that although males have long been told that masturbation is bad for them, it's actually healthy. Australian researcher Graham Giles found out that the more men masturbate between the ages of 20 and 50,... continued

Some People are Always On

July 18, 2003
Matt Richtel writes in The New York Times that information overload causes a "high" similar to the kind you get with drugs. This makes the news addictive, so people can't get enough of it. Researchers call this the Always On... continued