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The new movie ?Blood Diamond? tells about the perils of mining diamonds here on earth. But soon this may not be a problem, since we will be able to mine diamonds in space?or else create them artificially.

Rare, black diamonds have long baffled scientists, since they are so different from the clear-colored gems that emerge from volcanic explosions on earth. In LiveScience.com, Jeanna Bryner quotes researcher Sonia Esperanca as explaining why diamonds are so valuable: “This process preserves the unique crystal structure that makes diamonds the hardest natural material known.” But charcoal-colored diamonds don’t come from volcanoes, so what is their origin? Astronomers now think they come from supernova explosions in space. A supernova is a star that explodes.
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For years, huge blocks of ice have been slamming to earth worldwide. It’s usually assumed that these come from airplanes, although this has been disproved over and over again, and each incident is treated by the local media in the area where the ice falls as unique and not related to the other cases. The truth is that these are probably an indication of global warming. Now the Myers home in Delaware has been struck and the family who live there barely avoided injury after a huge block of ice came crashing through their roof.
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UPDATE – We recently asked the question, Are we about to invade Iran? We now have an two updates on this story, both containing information you won’t learn from US news reports. FURTHER UPDATE: Politicians in Israel seem to be preparing the Israeli public for a military attack on Iran.
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Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances in the world. A reanalysis of amounts of nicotine in major brand name cigarettes sold in Massachusetts from 1997 to 2005 has confirmed what reseachers have long suspected: manufacturers have steadily increased the levels of this addictive substance in cigarettes, probably in order to make it harder to quit smoking.

An independent analysis, based on data submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health by cigarette manufacturers, found that increases in smoke nicotine yield per cigarette averaged 1.6% each year, or about 11% over the seven-year period of 1998-2005.
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