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Scientists have found a 2000-year-old math book that could have changed history. Written by the Greek mathematician Archimedes, who was born about 287 BC, it contains essential concepts that weren’t rediscovered until centuries later.

“The manuscript was heavily damaged by mold,” says manuscript conservator Abigail Quandt. “The parchment is perforated where the fungi have actually gone through and digested the collagen, and it means that the Archimedes text is just totally missing in these areas.”
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If extraterrestrial life does exist, scientists think they’ve found the star that?s orbited by the planet it’s on?a middle-aged star in the constellation Gemini. Out of 30 possible solar systems, this one is the best.

Astrobiologist Maggie Turnbull has made a list of 30 stars with planets that could harbor life and found that the one called 37 Gem is the most likely candidate for extraterrestrial life. “This stable, middle-aged star is just a bit hotter and brighter than our sun. And if alien life is anywhere, it’s likely to be there,” she says.
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Dead whales have been turning up on the beaches in Maine. Some of them are rarely seen in this area, and no one can figure out what killed them. Now scientists think sonar is giving whales the same kind of “bends” that deep sea divers get.

“The only way we can explain these findings is that it is a condition very similar to decompression sickness in humans,” says marine specialist Paul Jepson. “Sonar may cause a disease like the bends.” Underwater sonar is used by the military to detect submarines. Patricia Reaney writes that researchers have found bubbles in the tissue of stranded whales and dolphins that are similar to the effects of decompression sickness (DCS) in humans.
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When we wrote that Californias election used flawed voting machines, we got a quick, insightful reply from a “Concerned San Diego County Employee,” who says, “Essentially, the only threat(s) to the voting machines are internal since the machines are not connected to the internet.”

He wrote: I couldn’t resist commenting on the voting machines. The security flaws are overblown! A number of techniques and procedures can (should) be implemented which can eliminate all but the most sophisticated attacks. In any event, such an attack would be an “inside job” by either someone at Diebold or the County where such an attack might take place. BTW, there have been no known incidents of tampering since these machines were utilized.
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