2019-03-01
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Another Space Tourist Ready to Fly
August 2, 2001South African Internet billionaire Mark Shuttleworth, 27, is training for a space trip to the International Space Station, according to a Russian news agency. Shuttleworth is undergoing medical tests at Russia?s space city of Zvezdny (which means Star City), the... continued
Army Worms Go Wild in Northeast
August 2, 2001An invasion of army worms is turning lawns throughout the Northeast a sickly brown. Experts are baffled, and can only guess that the source of the infestation was the winds of Tropical Storm Allison. ?People are calling and saying that... continued
What Caused 6th Century Catastrophe…and Could it Happen Again?
August 1, 2001Scholars have been searching for years to find out what caused a worldwide catastrophe in the middle of the 6th century. A cryptic entry in the Winchester manuscript of the Anglo Saxon Chronicle notes that on Feb. 15, 538 AD... continued
Black Death Found to be Ebola
August 1, 2001History textbooks have got it wrong about the Plague, also known as the Black Death, which they say was caused by bubonic plague spread by rats and their fleas. A new study suggests that it was in fact caused by... continued
We’ve Been Invaded by Aliens–Bacteria, That Is
August 1, 2001A team of international researchers claims to have found what could be the first proof of life beyond our planet: clumps of extraterrestrial bacteria in the Earth?s upper atmosphere. Although they are similar to bacteria on Earth, the scientists say... continued
New Book of the Week: Last Days of Israel
August 1, 2001The mideast is exploding, and there's one journalist with the courage to tell it like it is. In the Last Days of Israel, controversial journalist Barry Chamish asks a very simple question: is Israel on the road to destruction? His... continued
Volcano Could Drown Town
July 30, 2001The crater of Mount Pinatubo is filling with water and scientists warn that it?s about to burst. Pinatubo erupted violently in 1991. Now the lake water level inside the crater is rising, effecting a geological fault in the crater called... continued
Dinosaurs Could be Hatched from Chicken Eggs
July 30, 2001Scientists are planning to hatch dinosaurs from chicken eggs by turning back the evolutionary clock to when birds were dinosaurs. They believe advances in DNA technology could make such a feat possible in 60 to 100 years. Modern birds are... continued
NASA Trashed Evidence of Mars Life
July 30, 2001A University of Southern California scientist says that experiments done more than 20 years ago on Martian soil collected by Viking landers 1 and 2 show that life exists on Mars in the form of microbes. The significance of that... continued
Sudden Climate Change Wrecked Egyptian Old Kingdom
July 30, 2001Over Four thousand two hundred years ago, the first great civilization in Egypt collapsed. The pharaohs of the Egyptian Old Kingdom built the pyramids at Giza, one of the greatest monuments of the ancient world. But after nearly a thousand... continued