The Missing Link?
A 47-million-year-old fossil of a primate may be the long sought missing link between humans and apes. Nicknamed "Ida," the lemur-like creature had opposable thumbs, and fingernails instead of claws.

A 47-million-year-old fossil of a primate may be the long sought missing link between humans and apes. Nicknamed "Ida," the lemur-like creature had opposable thumbs, and fingernails instead of claws.
BBC journalist Chris Sandys was shocked to see an apparition in a photo he took at a haunted museum in Gloucestershire. "It was a bizarre formation of light showing a mystery figure in a doorway," he said.
A mysterious aerial object was seen gliding silently in the skies over Bristol, England last Sunday. Witness Andy Hadlington recorded footage of the UFO from the window of his office.
Two spacewalking astronauts, John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel, spent six and a half hours on Saturday installing a new high-tech instrument on Hubble as well as performing complex repairs to the space telescope's broken planetary camera.
Amateur Astronomer Thierry Legault snapped this one of kind photograph of Space Shuttle Atlantis, in silhouette against the Sun, on its way to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
'Horse leg extensions' created by a Seattle designer are allowing people to walk around 14 inches taller. The designer, Kim Graham says the legs "give a person the uncanny and graceful appearance of an animal."
Astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis latched onto the Hubble today using a robotic arm. They are preparing for a series of spacewalks to repair and upgrade the telescope, which is pictured here as seen from the shuttle.
A giant 4 ft. jellyfish washed up on a British beach, on the coast of north Devon. "It was the biggest I've seen...with a large body and tentacles," said Peter Stapleton who photographed the creature.
Paola Harris sent us material about UFO sightings in Milan, Italy and in Izmir, Turkey that both took place on April 5, 2009. She wondered if the Italian sighting could be connected to an earthquake.
While most Americans cheerfully celebrate Mother's Day, certain members of the animal world may beg to differ...
The recent swine flu scare has scientists re-examining the way germs are spread...
The further integration of robots into society continued today as the first robot teacher was introduced to a classroom of children in Tokyo.
Check out two photos from Richard C. Hoagland. One is taken at "the Pyramid of the Sun" -- at Teotihuacan, Mexico; the other at Temple I at Tikal -- deep in the Guatemalan rainforest.
Check out a gallery featuring some of the 200 new species of amphibians recently discovered in Madagascar, one of Earth's most biologically diverse locations.
An unusually-shaped UFO was reportedly filmed by a Russian farmer recently.
Streamlink members have access to two new Classic Shows this week:
Art's 1999 interview with Betty Eadie on her near death experiences, and George's first interview with John Lear, from 2006.
Is this car in the process of disappearing? British design student Sara Watson painted the vehicle to create the illusion of invisibility, merging it with the background of the parking lot.
The first Sunday of every month, George Noory is featuring emerging artists for some of the Bumper Music selections.
Wired.com has posted exclusive video of the recent test flight of Virgin Galactic's White Knight Two. The all-carbon "mothership" was designed to carry a six-passenger spaceship up to 50,000 feet above Earth, where it will be launched from the underside of the craft to continue its ascent to the edge of space.
A dancing parrot named Snowball has shown researchers that birds really do dance to music.
Cab driver Paul Stine was murdered by the Zodiac on October 11, 1969, and witnesses were able to work with a police artist to create a composite of the killer's face. View two versions of the composite that were used for a San Francisco Police Dept. 'Wanted' poster.