Monday, May 12, 2008
First Space Lawyer Graduates
University of Mississippi graduate receives first-ever space law certificate.
--Space.com
A Tale of Two Suits
Loren Coleman re-examines the famous Patterson-Grimlin Bigfoot film.
--Cryptomundo
The UFO Why Questions - Oz style
Big picture UFO inquiries from an Australian perspective.
--UFO Research Queensland
Platypus proves even odder than scientists thought
Genetic sequence reveals mammal, bird, and reptile ancestors.
--The Guardian
Five sci-fi movies that get the science right
2001 and
Alien among the sci-fi films deemed most realistic.
--NewScientist
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Space telescope recycled for bomb detection
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory equipment helps to sniff out radioactive sources.
--Nature
Colliding with nature's best-kept secrets
Theoretical physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed thinks the universe has at least 11 dimensions.
--CNN
The REAL brain drain
Modern technology - including violent video games - is changing the way our brains work.
--Daily Mail
Strange Formations in Cleveland Fields
Cleveland, TN, is the scene of the latest crop circle formation, as seen in this report.
--WTVC-TV
Hackers try to cause seizures on epilepsy site
Web forum bombarded with links to pages with rapidly flashing images.
--AP
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Make Ethanol in Your Own Backyard
E-Fuel says their new home ethanol system could produce ethanol for less than a dollar per gallon.
--PhysOrg.com
Physicists Create Universe Smaller Than a Marble
At Lancaster University, they're unraveling the secrets of how to build a universe.
--The Weird Post
Who Should MDs Let Die in a Pandemic?
Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won't get it during a flu pandemic.
--AP
Great Dane makes a deer friend
Life as an orphaned fawn can be a bit scary - unless you have a friend called Rocky that is.
--Telegraph.co.uk
Has Tudor Parfitt's Ark been stolen?
Older report from huliq.com says Tudor Parfitt's Ark of the Covenant may have been stolen.
--Unexplained-Mysteries
Friday, May 9, 2008
Giant Texas Sinkhole
Geologists said a 260-foot-deep sinkhole grew to the length of three football fields over just two days (with video).
--AP/CNN
Dragonfly Drones - Surveillance Technology?
Interview with a Washington state witness.
--Earthfiles
'Air Tree' Structures produce Oxygen and Energy
Using photovoltaic cells, the Air Tree sells energy back to Madrid electric companies.
--Inhabitat
80-mph electric car to go on sale this summer
Green Vehicles, based in San Jose, will sell two lithium-ion-powered vehicles.
--PhysOrg.com
World to End in 2012 (Check Back for Updates)
Failed doomsday predictions are nothing new.
--LiveScience
Thursday, May 8, 2008
How cleaning up America dried up the Amazon
US reductions in sulphate pollution may have led to severe droughts in the Amazon rainforest.
--New Scientist
Photos: Chile Volcano Erupts
After 9,000 years of silence, Chile's Chaitén volcano is erupting with lava, ash and lightning.
--National Geographic News
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa and the Alien Agenda
Credo is recognized by many as one of the most distinguished African traditional healers of the 20th century.
--Fate Magazine
Closer encounter
NASA plans landing on 40m-wide asteroid traveling at 28,000mph.
--The Guardian
Heading skyward to beat gridlock
Could flying become a daily means of transportation?
--BBC News
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The Worst Natural Disasters Ever
Cyclones, tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanoes can kill thousands in moments.
--LiveScience
New wi-fi devices warn doctors of heart attacks
Sensors could be implanted into people at risk of heart attack or diabetic collapse.
--The Times
Argentina: Chupacabras Changes Diet
A dog was found dead with a puncture mark in its throat and completely drained of blood.
--Inexplicata
Audio Interview: Carl Feindt
An in-depth discussion on the water-UFO connection.
--Binnall of America
Next-Gen Bullets and Bombs
The Pentagon has quietly been working on a new arsenal of advanced weaponry that replaces metal casings with 'reactive materials.'
--Wired
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
3-Foot-Diameter Sphere Retrieved By
Ambulance
In Decatur, sphere that looked like a glistening pearl was seen on a stretcher.
--Earthfiles
Imagining the tech world in 2050
Five IBM scientists offered their best guesses on how life would be different in over forty years.
--CNET News
Did Earth once have multiple moons?
The ancient catastrophe that gave birth to the Moon may have produced additional satellites.
--New Scientist
Removed from Reality
Scott Corrales recounts cases of mysterious disappearances.
--UFO Digest
The Rise of the Rest
An excerpt from Fareed Zakaria's 'The Post-American World.'
--Newsweek
Monday, May 5, 2008
Plan To Send A Probe To The Sun
Findings could revolutionize what we know about our star and the solar wind.
--Science Daily
Of myths and men
Worries about an apocalypse unleashed by particle accelerators are not new, says Philip Ball.
--Nature News
Absinthe’s mind-altering mystery solved
Proof positive: High alcohol content responsible for psychedelic effects.
--LiveScience
The legend of Akakor
Erich von Däniken claimed he had found a gigantic subterranean tunnel system in South America.
--PhilipCoppens.com
Indigo children are among us
A new film explores the Indigo phenomenon – an alleged new race possessing extrasensory abilities.
--KP.ru
Sunday, May 4, 2008
The Amazing Story behind the 256 Year-Old Man
Li Ching-Yun was reported to have buried 23 wives and fostered 180 descendants.
--Environmental Graffiti
Delusions 'haunt' sick children
One in three children admitted to intensive care will have frightening hallucinations, say researchers.
--BBC News
Man wants panel to prepare city for aliens
Jeff Peckman is back at it, and this time he is bringing little green men along for the ride.
--Rocky Mountain News
Spearfishing orang-utans amaze experts
Orang-utans have confounded naturalists by learning to swim and to fish with sticks.
--Times Online
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Real-Life Iron Man
An robotic suit may help workers lift heavy loads and patients move damaged and prosthetic limbs.
--Scientific American
Company has designed a strap-on helicopter
The device would not require a tail rotor and could be worn on a human body.
--PhysOrg.com
Cape UFO Crash - Did It Happen?
Did a UFO crash in the spring of 1941 outside Cape Girardeau, MO?
--seMissourian
'Ocean deserts' are growing
Low-oxygen regions have expanded over the past half-century.
--Nature
Blobs Inside Earth Like Peanut Butter
You know Earth's schematic: core, mantle, crust, right? Sorry, not so simple.
--LiveScience
Friday, May 2, 2008
Reno on edge after odd series of earthquakes
An unusually intense swarm of earthquakes -- more than 1,000 over the last two months -- has struck beneath a small suburb of Reno.
--LA Times
Death of 'D.C. Madam' Prompts Conspiracy Theory
Speculation that Deborah Jeane Palfrey was the victim of murder.
--Fox News
Retro UFO 3 Report
Greg Bishop provides a round-up of recent gathering.
--UFO Mystic
Global warming may 'stop', scientists predict
Warming will stop until at least 2015 because of natural variations in the climate.
--The Telegraph
Army's Bug-Bot Swarm Takes on Terrorists
Video demo of tiny, swarming, insectoid robots.
--Danger Room
Thursday, May 1, 2008
The man who grew a finger
Regrowth process involved using material gleaned from the lining of a pig's bladder.
--BBC News
Huge Black Hole Catapulted Through Space
A colossal black hole has been spotted exiting its home galaxy.
--Space.com
Survival Gear That's Just Crazy Enough to Work
A gallery of innovative solutions to common survival problems.
--Wired
Half man, half chimp?
A new species of 'humanzee,' created from breeding apes with humans, could become a reality, warns scientist.
--The Scotsman
Pregnant Woman Sees Jesus Image in Ultrasound
Monet Sledge was shocked when she saw what appeared to be an image of Christ on the Cross.
--Fox News
