May 9 2008
I was pleased to see the recent news about alien images appearing on a wall in Canada. If you haven’t seen the story, the upshot is that some reflected light shows up every non-overcast day on someone’s house in Calgary, and the resulting...
May 8 2008
What went wrong? This week two of the most successful centre-left politicians of their generation are asking themselves this question as their dreams of glory collapse. While Hillary Clinton at least has the consolation of carrying on her political...
May 6 2008
Bacteria that cause the bubonic plague may be more virulent than their close relatives because of a single genetic mutation, according to research published in the May issue of the journal Microbiology.
May 6 2008
The mere act of folding your arms increases perseverance and activates an unconscious desire to succeed, new research shows.
May 6 2008
Yesterday morning, Fox News interviewed former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton to discuss whether America is close to striking Iranian targets, as new reports indicate the Bush administration is drawing up plans for a “surgical strike.” Bolton said that...
May 6 2008
What’s the message when your stock tumbles 15 percent in a single day? more stories like this That kind of setback usually means some seriously bad news has come out of a company, but in the case of Yahoo Inc. it’s, well, hard to say...
May 5 2008
Meet Aaron, a 23 year old straight guy from Tampa who’s gay-for-pay — and doesn’t think anyone should have a problem with it. He’s decided to take the reality television route, telling his family about his career for the first time on MTV’s...
May 5 2008
Air pollution interferes with the ability of bees and other insects to follow the scent of flowers to their source, undermining the essential process of pollination, a study by three University of Virginia researchers suggests.
May 5 2008
NASA employees have used government credit cards to ring up iPods, video games and even clothes from the agency’s own gift shop, while at other times using the cards in ways that sidestep competitive bidding rules, federal documents and a...
May 5 2008
Australia will need several years of heavy rainfall to reverse the devastating effects of a drought that has battered farm production.