There are enough tales of giant sea creatures from sailors over the centuries to fill many books, rarely do we get an account of a sea monster from the crew of a submarine. According legend, however, we get just a story from the Captain of the German submersible UB-85 after it was supposedly attacked by a sea monster in 1918

In this issue:
-The Disappearing Planet
-First-Ever Look At Complete Skeleton Of Thylacoleo, Australia's Extinct 'Marsupial Lion'
-3D-Printed Reconstructions Provide Clues To Ancient Site
-A Painless Adhesive
-UA-Led OSIRIS-Rex Discovers Water On Asteroid, Confirms Bennu As Excellent Mission Target
-World's First Subway Train
-Total Lunar Eclipse
-UFO or Butterfly?
and more...

It's the time of year when TV stations reach back into their vaults and pull out holiday classics. There is one film that has a longevity that most Christmas films can only hope for. It's known as Babes in Toyland or March of the Wooden Soldiers. (An encore of our classic story).

In this issue:
-'Vampire Burial' Reveals Efforts To Prevent Child's Return From Grave
-Neanderthal Healthcare Practices Crucial To Survival
-Ghost Objects In The Sky
-How The Brain Learns During Sleep
-3D Printers Have 'Fingerprints,' A Discovery That Could Help Trace 3D-Printed Guns
-King Tut's Tomb Discovered
-Possible Naked Eye Comet for the Holidays
-Headless Chicken Monster
and more...

What is the Big Crunch and when will it occur?

In this issue:
-Shape-Shifting Material Can Morph, Reverse Itself Using Heat, Light
-Discovery Of Two New Chinese Dinosaurs By International Research Team
-Neandertal Mother, Denisovan Father!
-Bringing Salvaged Wooden Ships And Artifacts Back To Life With 'Smart' Nanotech
-Laser Breakthrough Has Physicists Close To Cooling Down Antimatter
-First U.S. Nuclear Plant
-A Glimpse of Neptune
-Man Bags Giant Gator
and more...

Rome is a city of marvelous history, art and architecture: The Coliseum, the Roman Forum, and Saint Peters Basilica to name a few. However, nothing in the city rivals one site for its macabre display: The Capuchin Crypt, where thousands of human bones have been arranged in a morbid tableau.

Whenever they talk about the Big Bang, for illustration purposes they always show a funnel or trumpet shaped Universe from the point of the big bang to the present day, about 13.8 billion years. I often wonder that if there was a big bang, if the so-called explosion would have radiated in ALL directions, like a typical explosion.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is one of those iconic structures that everyone knows from the time they are a child. A pilgrimage to visit it gave me a chance to see it with my own eyes, touch with my own hands and interact with something I had known in my mind for decades, but didn't really know in reality.

In this issue:
-Mystery of the Tower of Pisa Solved
-How is a Volcano Like a Pipe Organ?
-Rain: It's Not Just How Much, But How Big that Matters
-The First Foot Prints
-Looking for Life on a Moon
-First Zeppelin Flight
-Close Encounter
-Total Lunar Eclipse
-George Van Tassel Biography
and more...

On August 24th, 79 AD, the volcano Vesuvius erupted along the west coast of what we now call Italy. Among the casualties of that event was the middle-class port town of Pompeii. In the course of a few days, the city went from a bustling metropolis to a time-capsule of ancient Roman life, buried under dozens of feet of volcanic ash, and not seen again until modern times.

In this issue:
-Hubble Celebrates 28th Anniversary With A Trip Through The Lagoon Nebula
-Ancient Large-Mammal Extinctions Linked To Humans
-Why Did Neanderthals Have Big Noses? They Needed More Air
-Fight, Flight, Or Freeze: Animal Study Connects Fear Behavior, Rhythmic Breathing, Brain Smell Center
-Metric System is Born
-Eta Aquarids Shower
-UFO Memorial Needs Moving
and more...

On April 18, 1943, 18 P-38 Lightning fighters took off to intercept a plane carrying Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Two years earlier the Admiral's plan to cripple the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor had killed 2,403 Americans and wounded 1,178 more. Now it was time to take revenge. It was emotionally satisfying move, but was it wise one?

In this issue:
-Chinese Firm Show Passenger Drone
-Deadly Spiders Closer Than Previously Thought
-Researchers Successfully Reverse Alzheimer's Disease in Mouse Model
-Stanford Scientists Eavesdrop on Volcanic Rumblings to Forecast Eruptions
-Hubble Sees Neptune's Mysterious Shrinking Storm
-Cell Phone Birthday
-Line in the Sky
-Catch Nessie and Win Big
and more...

We selected seven wonders from the 19th century that represent the most amazing achievements of the age of steam.

In this issue:
-Ancient "Little Foot" Revealed
-Reptile Heads Back to the Sea
-Comet is Weird
-Rock Hats Tell New Easter Island Story
-Star is Eating Its Own Planets
-First Public View of the Telegraph
-Total Lunar Eclipse
-Secret UFO Government Investigation Comes to Light
and more...

I was reading about the VASIMR engine that Franklin Chang Diaz is building and I read it has an ISP of 4000-5000 while a falcon 9 rocket built by SpaceX has an ISP of only 300 and some. My question is what ISP would a plasma ion engine need to lift off from the surface of earth and make it to space. I don't have any ideas on what the weight would be of the ship. Sorry if this is a silly question. It's just in films like the chronicles of Riddick one of the Furyans say they've "located an ion trail that goes offworld."

Today one can hardly find a street in North America during the month of December where the majority of houses are not lit up with a dazzling display of hundreds or even thousands tiny electric lights. Where did these traditions come from and when did Christmas become electric? (An encore of our orginal story)

Not a question, just a note since you mention the Hindenburg: I saw it as it flew over my school's playground in mid-Manhattan about an hour before it burned. We were at recess and thrilled to see it.

In this issue:
-Ancient Amphibians had Mouthful of Teeth Ready to Grab You
-Patch Gets Rid of "Love Handles" (At Least in Mice)
-Quantum Computer Will Expose All Our Secrets
-Suicide Molecules Kill Any Cancer Cell
-Evolution in Your Back Garden -- Great Tits May be Adapting Their Beaks to Birdfeeders
-Tut's Tomb Found
-November Meteor Shower
-Town Hall Find Priceless Rodin in the Corner
and more...

The year was 1923 and the film was The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The movie, based on the classic book by Victor Hugo, was made by a studio named Universal and would be the first of a series of films that for more than the next three decades would, in equal measure, horrify and delight filmgoers.

In this issue:
-New Robot Rolls with the Rules of Pedestrian Road
-Study Suggests that the Sun is Indeed a Typical Solar Type Star
-Bronze Age Box My Help Trace Ancient Food Supply
-Galactic David and Goliath
-New light-activated catalyst grabs CO2 to make ingredients for fuel
-Historic High Flight Almost Ended in Disaster
-Orionids Meteor Shower
-Photo May Not Cast Light On Earhart Mystery
and more...

What is the story behind the Arthurian "lost land" of Lyonesse, and what relationship does it have with other "lost lands" (e.g. Atlantis), if any?

Standing over 200 feet high on a 2,300 foot high mountain, this colossal depiction of Jesus has become a famous symbol of the metropolis of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and a new wonder of the world.

In this issue:
-The Dance of the Dwarfs
-New Technology Lets Scientist See Inside Old Dinosaur
-Digging Up Japan's Largest Dino Skeleton
-How Much Does a White Dwarf Weigh?
-Scientists Simulate Universe in a Super Computer
-First Zeppelin Fight
-Delta Aquarids Shower
-Two Headed Space Worm
and more...

I have a Question which deals with something found in a LOT of Sci-fi and fantasy stories: The situation is this... That human beings and dinosaurs or dinosaur-like creatures live side by side... COULD humanity be able to domesticate dinosaurs or dino-like creatures in the same way we domesticated dogs, cattle, or cats? I already know nobody has tried to domesticate the Komodo Dragon, but still... Iguanas and small lizards are sold as pets, alligators are farmed for hides and meat, and so on... But could, if they had still been around, something like an armored ankylosaur or Triceratops, have been domesticated in the same way Humanity domesticated cattle or dogs?

In 1911, American explorer, Hiram Bingham, set out to find the capital of the long gone Incan Empire in Peru. With his expedition, he traveled down the Urubamba River, asking local farmers about ancient ruins. When he reached a place called Mandor Pampa, Bingham, spoke to an innkeeper named Melchor Arteaga. Arteaga told Bingham he knew of an excellent set of ruins and led him up a steep slope to an altitude of almost 8,000 feet. There, nestled in a saddle between two peaks, Bingham found the ancient city we now call Machu Picchu

In this issue:
-Proto-dinosaur Looked Like Croc
-More Mummies and Sarcophagi Found at Luxor
-Frog Skin May Hold New Way to Fight the Flu
-Bad Knee? Doctors May Soon Be Able to Fix It with a 3D Printer
-If an Asteroid Hit the Earth, What About it Would be Most Likely to Kill You?
-First Skyscraper
-May Meteor Shower
-Californians See A lot of Flying Saucers
and more...

Under Hitler the Nazis developed a number of crazy weapons. Some, like the V-1 and V-2 missiles, were harbingers of the future. Others, like the enormous battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz, were the zenith of soon obsolete weapons systems. A few, like the Ratte, a tank the size of a small office building, turned out to be just impossible fantasies. One that was actually built, however, almost defies belief. It's the Schwerer Gustav gun, the biggest artillery piece ever used in combat.

In this issue:
-Could Pluto get Promoted to a Planet Again?
-Colossal Statue Excavated in Egypt
-A Search and Rescue Cat?
-"Earth-Like" Planets, May Not Be All That Earth-Like
-Supercharged Plants May Sequester CO2
-American Interplanetary Society
-Lyrids Meteor Shower
-British Police Track UFO Calls
and more...

In the heart of India lies a magnificent tomb that combines the best of Persian and Islamic architecture and stands as a final gift by a grieving husband to a beloved wife.

In this issue:
-Hidden Chambers in Tut's Tomb?
-Empty Dead Sea Scroll Cave Found
-Hidden Chambers in Tut's Tomb?
-Ancient Nessie-Like Sea Monster Gave Live Birth
-Monster Fossil Worm Found
-Solo Around the World Flight
-First Day of Spring
-Russian UFO Incident in CIA Files
and more...

Is this a serious scientific enigma, or just another internet conspiracy theory?

Was there actually a minotaur under the Knossos' temple, and if so could we find bones?

In this issue:
-Dinosaur Asteroid Chilled Earth More than Previously Thought
-Vampire Bat Wants to Drink Your Blood
-Drug May Eliminate Drilling and Filling
-Fake News that Looks Real to the Eyes and Ears
-Megalodon Went Extinct When Its Prey Did?
-First Soft Moon Landing
-Ring of Fire in the Sky
-CIA UFO Reports
and more...

A staple of old spy films, can you actually inject somebody with a drug that will make them reliably spill the beans to you?

I've heard a lot of stories about the German Tiger II vs. U.S. M4 Sherman tank during WWII. Which was really the better tank?

In this issue:
-"Vampire" Graves Discovered in Poland
-Tiny Dino Tail Found in Amber
-Land Bridge Theory Questioned
-Solar is Getting Cheaper
-Horses Are Not Shy About Asking for Human Help
-Planet Doesn't Pan Out
-Amazon Starts Drone Deliveries
and more...

At the climax of the holiday movie, Miracle on 42nd Street, an old man finds himself in a competency hearing because he has had the audacity to claim he is Santa Claus when, of course, everybody knows Santa Claus doesn't exist. The old fellow gets off the hook, however, when the US Postal Service delivers to him a truckload of sacks filled with letters addressed to Santa Claus. The idea is that if the US Postal Service - part of the United States government - thinks Santa is real, then he must be real. We all trust the government, right? (An encore of our classic article).

In this issue:
-Satellite Abandoned Nearly a Half Century Ago Still Lives
-Stone Toilet Supports Bible Account
-Legendary Well Found
-"Vampire" Bacteria Kill Pneumonia
-Power Dams Generate More Green House Gases than Previously Thought
-Construction on the "Chunnel" Starts
-Geminids Meteor Shower
-Is Skeleton Earhart?
and more...

Back in 2009 I paid tribute to one of my favorite books, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by creating a piece of art for it. Now seemed a good time to do it again honoring the H.G. Well's classic novel about an alien invasion.

In this issue:
-Universe has more Galaxies that Previously Thought
-Drones Drop Blood
-Future Astronauts on the Moon May Need to Worry about Rocks from Space
-Dinosaur with Three Eyes
-Hawking Speaks on Artificial Intelligence
-The Spruce Goose Hatches
-Orion the Hunter
-Sub Sunk by 'Sea Monster' Found
and more...

His stories have influenced much of modern horror, yet he died in poverty, a figure unknown but to a very few. Who was this author whose terrifying, tentacled monsters have inspired popular culture from Hell Boy to Pirates of the Caribbean? Who was H.P. Lovecraft?

In this issue:
-"Galactic Fossil" Found
-Great Plague Killer Identified
-Lost Artic Expedition Ship Found
-Quakes Might Help Sustain Life on Mars
-Model T Car
-Orionid Meteor Shower
-New Photo of Nessie
and more...

On June 1st, 2016, the longest rail tunnel in the world, the 35 ½ mile Gotthard Base Tunnel was, opened. It was a technical achievement that took 17 years to finish and unites northern and southern Europe by allowing passage via high speed trains through some of the most forbidding mountains in the world. What shouldn't be forgotten in this success, however, is that another rail tunnel, also the longest in the world at the time, was dug though these same mountains almost a century and a half earlier. It was an achievement that changed the face of commerce and travel across 19th century Europe and a Wonder of the Age of Steam.

In this issue:
-New Big Rex Found
-Venus More Hospitable in the Past
-Big Flocks Fly Faster
-Wreck Found Amid Rockets
-Uber Testing Autonomous Car Service
-Record Breaking Hailstone
-Mercury Visible at the End of the Month
-Big Snake Lurks Near Maine Town
and more...

My question is about something that is always popping up in Sci Fi stories, and NOW it could actually happen at some point in the future: Assuming we eventually colonize mars, would a human being who is born and raised on mars be taller and thinner than a human being that is born and raised on earth? And, biologically speaking, what could be some of the other differences be between a Mars-born and an Earth-born?

Probably one of the most famous and most easily accessible ancient sites in the Western Hemisphere is the Mayan city of Chichen Itza. A few years ago I listed it as one of the ten mysterious locations I wanted to visit during my life. So a few months back I decided to take the plunge and hopped on a jet for the Mexican Yucatán Peninsula with the idea of having a little adventure at this "Wonder of the World."

in this issue:
-Heart of Crab Nebula Observed
-Philistine Burial Site Found
-Zapping the Brain to See Better
-Planet Found in Triple Star System
-Amber Preserves Ancient Wings
-Monkey Trial Defendant
-Perseids Meteor Shower
-New Type of "Extinct" Meteorite Found
and more...

Which is the Second Wonder?

As the middle of the 19th century loomed, there was no good, efficient way to cross North America from coast-to-coast. An overland trip using horses and wagons across the Great Plains was long, arduous and dangerous. Going by ship meant a six-month trip around South American's Cape Horn, risking storms and ship wrecks. A combination of the two, a ship to the Isthmus of Panama with a land crossing there of the jungle and another voyage to San Francisco, was fraught with the possibility of contracting malaria or yellow fever. What was needed was to build a railroad across America, but that seemed an impossibility.

In this issue:
-King Tut had an Out-of-this-World Knife
-Sunken City is Not What It Seems
-Gotthard Base Tunnel Finished
-New Praying Mantis Named for Justice
-Biggest Yet "Tatoonie" Planet Is Found
-First Zeppelin Takes to the Air
-Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower
-Scientists Dress as Polar Bears
and more...

In November of 1984 I was traveling to Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake when I saw a disk shaped aircraft come over the horizon and fly over me at low altitude. It was powered by two conventional jet engines and had Air Force markings as shown. Do you have any information about this aircraft? When I got to China Lake I was greeted with a blank stare when I mentioned it.

Recently my son convinced me that the museum needed a 3D printer. To be honest, I'd already been thinking about the usefulness of one for a while already to fabricate art objects and various parts. He's a mechanical engineering student and he thought that having one might also be helpful for his senior project.

In this issue:
-Comets Behind the WOW Signal?
-New Record Breaking Big Bug
-Tyrannosaurs Rex Probably had Lips
-Roman Coin Cashe Found
-Little Mammal Outlasted Dinosaurs
-American Spacewalk
-Saturn in Opposition
-"X-raying" Egyptian Pyramids
and more...

When construction was first started in 1887, it was called "useless and monstrous" as well as a "ghastly dream." Yet this structure has become one of the most beloved icons of a major city and a wonder of the age of steam.

In this issue:
-Could Lasers Hide Earth from Hostile Aliens?
-Satellite Images Used to Find Norse Settlement
-Slab Reveals Dead Language
-SLAC Gets New Super Laser
-Galactic Radio Waves Discovered
-Dark Sky for Eta Aquarids Shower
-Chickenosaurus a Step Closer
and more...

By the end of WWII, it was possible to build atomic bombs using fission (the splitting of atoms) that could create explosions equal to several hundred tons of TNT. Scientists suspected, however, that even more powerful weapons could be built by forcing atoms together, an effect called fusion. The United States tested the first of these mega-weapons in 1952 with a blast equal to 10.4 million tons of TNT. How are these thermonuclear super bombs built?

I hear that scientists have discovered gravitational waves. What is the significance of finding gravitational waves and how might they advance future technology?

In this issue:
-T. Rex Maybe an Invasive Species
-Scientists Try to Clone Extinct Cave Lion
-Researchers Drill the Killer Asteroid's Crater
-Are Aliens Huge?
-First Curse Victim?
-Full Moon Makes Lyrids Difficult to See
-Pyramid in Antarctica?
and more...

There were many great works of spectacular engineering in the 19th century such as gigantic steamships, innovative bridges and fantastic buildings. None of them, however, saved as many lives as this immense and complex infrastructure project under the streets of one of the largest cities of the world: The Sewers of London.

In this issue:
-Detected Gravitational Waves Result of Black Hole Collision
-Queen of Egypt Tomb Explored
-Why Did Mary Ingalls Go Blind?
-Ocean Level Rising Fast
-Bone Wars Battle
-Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
-Boy Finds Ancient Artifact
and more...

In Genesis it says," And the sons of God saw the daughters of man, that they were fair and they took wives from among those they chose." Isn't this some sort of alien abduction? Who were the sons of God and who were the daughters of man? Aliens and us? Aliens and apes? Us and apes?

The cube is an archeological oddity. The story starts in 1855 when a workman broke open a large block of coal which was destined for the factory's furnace. He was surprised to find embedded in the coal an artificial-looking object.

In this issue:
-WW I Sub Found After a Century
-Titanosaur Makes Debut
-Huge Supernova has Unknown Cause
-Search for Airliner Turns Up Ship
-Bell Rock Illuminated
-View Mercury
-Killer Robots are Coming
and more...

It was the largest ship of its era. So massive it was renamed the Leviathan for its 1858 launch. Though the vessel was a failure at the Far East passenger trade that it was designed for, it later achieved great success as it laid the first fully effective underwater Atlantic cable while operating under its proper name, The Great Eastern.

Black holes devour everything in their path, even light, but what would happen if 2 black holes suddenly met each other?

In this issue:
-Plesiosaurs Flew though the Water Like Penguins
-New Planet in Our Solar System?
-Ninja Shark
-Harder Than a Diamond
-First Moon Shot
-Quadrantids Meteor Shower
-Who is Under the Mona Lisa?
and more...

At the beginning of the 19th century Santa Claus found himself in a quandry. What should he wear? Perhaps he should emphasize his title of St. Nicholas and appear as a stern bishop wearing robes? Or maybe go the other way and be seen as a clowning elf with a frock coat and pantaloons? It was at this point that Thomas Nast, premire American political cartoonist of the 1800's, stepped in and gave Santa the well-needed makeover that he still carries with him even today... (An encore of our popular holiday page).

A man named Eustache Dauger was arrested in 1669-1670 and was under Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars care. The iron mask he wore was actually a black velvet hood. Has his body been found? Could you get a mitochondrial DNA signature from the hood or body?

In this issue:
-Great Pyramid Anomaly Found
-Avian Archive Found in Russia
-Burned Witch Found by Italian Researchers
-Open Wide, T-Rex!
-Girl Treated with Engineered Cells is Cured
-The Christmas Visions of Thomas Nast
-Hydrogen Balloon Takes Off
-Geminid Meteor Shower
-British "Hell Hound" Might Be Found
and more...

Is it possible to attain 0° Kelvin?

I'm a major fan of the British automotive TV show "Top Gear." Although the long running show is no longer in production (and the stars, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are moving onto a project for Amazon.com), I've been fascinated with the supercars the trio tested out on their racetrack and when the opportunity came along for me to do something similar, I took it.

In this issue:
-Sky Pod Transportation Not Quite Ready
-It Prevents Explosions and is Good for the Environment!
-Mummy Resistant to Drugs
-Would You Rather Be Able to Climb Trees or Throw a Baseball?
-Mammals Once Regrew Their Limbs
-First H-Bomb Blast
-Leonid Meteor Shower
-Strange Observations Raises the Possibility of Alien Civilization
and more...

I noticed on your site that quantum physics is mentioned often. I was wondering if you could explain its origins and why it's considered more reliable than the physics used prior to its emergence? (If that is so)

On August 19, 1977, Jerry R. Ehman, a professor at Ohio State University, was sitting at his kitchen table when he realized that he may have been the first human to have been contacted by an extra-terrestrial, alien race.

In this issue:
-World's Fastest Car?
-Skeleton Rises From the Ground with the Help of a Tree
-Super Civilizations Unlikely Says Study
-Dino with "Kitchen Knife" Claws
-Russians Look into Last Czar Murder
-First Telescope
-Five Planets
-More Evidence of Water on Mars
and more...

I am asking this question because I have seen several movies/cartoons/stories which feature this: The tale is set far back in the past and somebody sees a meteor fall to earth or discovers a meteorite buried in the ground and recovers it and makes a weapon out of the meteorite metal. Which in the tale is superior to all of the other weapons made locally. My questions are these: Could a blacksmiths furnace of those times be able to get hot enough to melt down the iron-nickel meteorite, AND has any weapons like swords or axes ever been found to contain meteoric iron?

In this issue:
-ISS Gets Experimental Water Filter
-Missing Nazi Treasure Train Found?
-Dino Footprint Found on UK Beach
-Quasar Powered by Two Black Holes
-Oldest Heart Failure
-Titanic Found
-Lunar Eclipse
-Pterosuar Drawing Is Not
and more...

In the 19th century, the booming New York communities of Brooklyn and Manhattan were divided by the East River. A bridge was the answer, but it would require an engineering feat such as the world had never before seen. In the end, a bridge was erected, but at the cost of the death of the chief designer and a life of suffering for the chief engineer, his son

If the earth's magnetic field collapsed would there still be magnets?

In this issue:
-New Nazca Figures Found
-Mini-Ice Age in Future
-Optical Dog Nose Sniffs Out Disease
-Did the Greeks Worry about Zombies?
-Cluster is a Galaxy Killer
-Aviator Louis Blériot
-Look for the Perseids
-The Loch Ness Catfish?
and more...

In 1912 Wilfred M. Voynich was going through the archives of the Nobile Collegio located at Villa Mondragone looking for some old, potentially rare books. In a dusty chest he found a codex that wasn't just rare, but also a puzzling enigma that has had researchers scratching their heads for most of the last century?

Dozens of ships and thousands of lives had been lost when vessels went down on the treacherous Bell Rock reef. Could a Lighthouse be built on this impossible ocean swept outcrop?

I've seen and read in the Jurassic Park movies and books that some dinosaurs like Dilophosaurus and Procompsognathus were poisonous. My teacher says that they weren't, but were some dinosaurs really venomous?

In this issue:
-Polar Bears Snack on Dolphin
-When the Tortoises Return to Santa Fe Island
-Contrails do Change Weather
-More Evidence of Warm Blooded Dinos
-DARPA Looks into Terraforming Planets
-Aviator Amy Johnson
-Watch Some Shooting Stars
-Downing a Drone My Cost You
and more...

Did the Nazis really have a temple where they practiced the black arts?

On October 27th, 1962, the world teetered on the edge of a devastating nuclear war. Only the courageous action of a single man, a Soviet submarine commander, acting against the wishes of his shipmates, prevented the nightmare of nuclear holocaust.

In this issue:
-Ceres Spots Still Mystery
-Warm Blooded Fish Found
-Ancient Jerusalem Aqueduct Served for Two Millennia
-Four Close Quasars Surprise Scientists
-Finest Egyptian Art May be Fake
-The Sound of the Big Bang
-See The First Rock from the Sun
-EM Drive May Open the Solar System to Space Travel
and more...

I'm a fan of the movie, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and have wondered about the ship, the "Cotopaxi," they discover in the desert. Was it supposedly lost in the "Bermuda Triangle?"

This giant dinosaurs is suddenly back in the news, but why did he ever leave?

In this issue:
-The Brontosaurus is Back!
-Fast Charging Aluminum Battery in the Works
-African Monkey Not So Extinct
-Man With Metal Detector Makes Major Find
-More Magma Under Supervolanco
-Van Allen Belts
-Aquarids Shower
-Kermit's Wild Twin
and more...

I read that radio waves can be received and turned back into useable energy. Can it be done?

And finally a list of seven wonders that are not of this world...

In this issue:
-Milky Way Fifty Percent Bigger
-Egyptian Tombs Found
-Did the Fish Shoot First?
-Big Scary, Land Croc
-Twin Asteroids Blast Australia in Past
-RADAR Invented
-April Showers Bring Meteorites
-Boeing Patents Force Shield
and more...

I'm a big fan of the Assassin's Creed series, which says that inside our DNA we carry genetic memories; the memories of our ancestors. Is this based in a true thing? Is genetic memory real?

A Liquid Ocean in the Strangest Place.

In this issue:
-Are Aliens Giving Us a Giant Smiley Face?
-Submarine on Titan
-No Big Bang?
-New Insulating Material: Water
-Mystery of Holes in Skull Solved
-Castle Bravo Accident
-A March Conjunction
-Transplanting a Human Head
and more...

I have often wondered about the shape of a galaxy. Especially the arms. Are they being flung outwards like in a Catherine Wheel, or are they being sucked inwards like in a vortex? Since they say there is a black hole in the centre of every galaxy, could it be possible that the shape is due to the vortex effect? Given that the black hole attracts everything towards the centre?-

Found deep in the jungles of Costa Rica in the 1930's were 300 nearly perfectly round stone balls. They varied in size from a few inches in diameter, to seven feet across and weighing 16 tons. Scientists aren't sure who made them, how old they are or what purpose they might have had.

In this issue...
-Gun Discovered After a Century Under Tree
-Fate of Missing Mars Probe Found
-Does Solar System Have Ten Planets?
-Why Do Some Horses Were Striped Pajamas?
-Yes, You Can Go Home, If You Are a Loggerhead Turtle
-Bell Rock Light is Lit
-Jupiter in Opposition
-Lake Monster Video Ruled to be True
and more...

Our small Earth and other planets are in space. It's a big area; can you tell me the total size of space? Will it have a beginning and an end?

The planet that never was: Sometimes finding something missing can be as intriguing as discovering something that's there.

In this issue:
-Escape from "The Rock" Might Have Been Successful
-Ancient Egyptian Book Gives Spells
-Greenpeace Damages Nazca Lines in Stunt
-The Arrow of Time May Flow Both Ways
-Guinea fowl Helps with Dinosaur Motion
-ENIAC Birthday
-Five Planets in One Night
-Old Flying Saucer in Apollo Pics?
and more...

Recently, on a trip to Cape Breton Island we saw a few signs along the road saying "Warning -- Flying Stones." What are these "flying stones?" It sounds like a Fortean phenomenon, but I have a feeling there is another explanation.

For hundreds of years pundits have speculated about the nature of the star in the Christmas story. An ecnore of our classic page for the holidays.

In this issue:
-Google Leases Landmark
-Star Ages Too Soon
-Ghost Made in Laboratory
-Stegosaur Does Low Blow
-Bats Sabotage Each Other
-First Hydrogen Balloon Flight
-Geminid Shower
-Witch Traps Found in Historic Home
and more...

Who were the most successful/famous pirates of the 18th century?

The sun is the heart of the solar system and almost all life on earth gets its energy from the radiation coming from its 10,000 degree surface.

In this issue:
-Mars Probe Photographs Sea of Sand
-Wreck Not the Santa Maria
-New Material May Make Space Elevator a Reality
-Study Suggests Lots of Aliens, but Few Contacts
-Dinosaur to Bird Evolution Very Slow
-Edison's Lamp
-November Leonids
-Witch Burnings
and more...

I would like to know if there WERE any "Lost Cities of Gold", like the fabled El Dorado, ever discovered or if they were just tales the natives told to the better-equipped Spaniards to get rid of them

In 1954, Japanese film producer Tomoyuki Tanaka was pondering the recent, accidental exposure of some fishermen to radiation from an American H-bomb test when suddenly he had an idea for a film. It would feature an aquatic, lizard-like creature grown to gigantic proportions by atomic radiation. His beloved skyscraper-high creation would eventually be featured in over 30 films and be adored by monster movie fans around the world.

In this issue:
-MAVEN Arrives Over Mars
-A Dinosaur that Feared Nothing
-Close Asteroid Pass
-Lizard Study May Help Us Regrow Limbs
-Sugar Battery Outperforms Lithium
-First Home Nuc
-Orionids in a Dark Sky
-Optimistic and Pessimistic Canines
and more...

Asteroid impacts and super volcanos eruptions have been in the news the past few years as events that send us back into the dark ages, but the real threat might be something you've may have never even heard of: a Coronal Mass Ejection.

Who were the Assassins?

In this issue:
-Reusable Rocket Might Fly by 2022
-Outside of ISS has Sea Plankton
-Dinosaurs Very Unlucky
-Mummy Making in Egypt Goes Back Farther
-Fracking Earthquakes
-Kennedy Moon Challenge
-Moon and Planets Near in Sky
-Hot Alien Civilizations
and more...

My dream of flying through the air like the Rocketeer was just a fantasy -- until just a few weeks ago.

I heard someone say that there is a large radiation leak from a reactor in Japan that is contaminating the northern Pacific area and also the west coast of North America. It is a leak into the atmosphere that eventually effect the entire earth. Are there any facts to support this or is it complete fiction?

In this issue:
-Scientists Seek Explanation for Siberia Crater
-Biggest Bird Isn't on Sesame Street
-Seals Like Off-Shore Wind Farms
-Earhart Completes Around the World Flight
-Want to be Happier? Talk to a Stranger
-Electric Death
-Perseids Shower
-RoboCup 2014
and more...

Long the most well-known feature of our solar system's biggest planet, what is this gigantic, crimson oval and is it about to disappear?

On your quantum physics exhibit, you briefly touched on the multiple realities theory. I was wondering if you could go into a bit more detail.

In this issue:
-NASA Tests "Flying Saucer"
-Evidence for the "Lucky Strike"
-Pterosaurs Didn't Need Facebook
-"Godzilla" Shark had Teeth on Lips
-Great White is Sea Monster Snack
-What Happened to Amelia?
-Aphelion Comes
-Hurricanes with Female Names More Deadly
and more...

If photons are all identical how do they carry any properties of what they are reflecting off of?

In this mysterious and desolate corner of the California desert, the stones move by themselves.

In this issue:
-Black Tar Flower Found
-A Little Water Makes Things Go Easier
-Vatican Church Gets New Lights
-More Lines in Peru
-New Record Dino Found
-Lost Opportunity to Find a Planet
-Meteors Maybe?
-Santa Maria Found?
and more...

How does an ionocraft work? I've only ever seen unmanned models of them--is it possible to build a manned one?

Of all the acknowledged worlds both in our solar system and circling distant stars, Earth is the only planet known to have liquid oceans. And it's probably no coincidence, either, that our world is the only planet we know of that also harbors life

In this issue:
-Fuel from Seawater
-Fire Up the Collider!
-Mummy Has a Tattoo
-Flies Bank and Roll Like Fighter Planes
-Robots Inside Cockroaches
-Cryptidpedia
-Early Supernova
-Be the First to See the Camelopardalids
-ULP in German Town
and more...

More about St. Elmo's Fire as symbol related to "The Masonic Order"

Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1964, the World's Fair opened in New York City. It looked forward to a world where technology solved all of man's problems, wants and needs. Perhaps its goals were a bit optimistic, but it was fun, anyway.

In this issue:
-Spacesuit Designers Wanted
-Giant Dino Stalked Prehistoric Europe
-Power Lines Flash at Animals
-Mammoth Cloning Back in News
-Brain May Actively Try to Forget
-Gravity Waves Detected
-Sea Monster Mayhem
-Slippery Substance
-Bloody Moon
-Fab Egg is Found
and more...

Is St. Elmo's Fire a symbol related to "The Masonic Order"?

In 2013 scientists announced a startling discovery: At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean they had discovered a gigantic volcano that was the largest on Earth. As massive as this volcano is, however, it is only the second largest one in our solar system. That particular accolade belongs to the volcano Olympus Mons on the planet Mars...

In this issue:
-Supernatural or Subconscious?
-New Egyptian Pyramid Identified
-New Fusion Milestone
-Oldest "Steak Knife" Teeth Found
-Mystery of Mars Stone Solved
-King Tut's Finder Dies
-Vernal vs. Autumnal
-More to "Found" Renoir Painting
and more...

How far do you have to go up in the air before the rotation of the Earth starts moving it under you and carrying you away from where you started?

At Judge C.R. Magney State Park, the western half of the Brule River disappears into a hole and is never seen again. Where does it go?

In this issue...
-Earthquake Lights Explained
-Smart Contact Lens
-Dogs and Wolves Descended from Common Ancestor
-Iron Explains Soft Dino Tissue
-Renoir Found in Box, Lost in Court
-Hand Held Calculator Premieres
-This Moon Goes to the Dogs...
-Bigfoot Killer Offers Proof
and more...

Of all the wonders of the solar system, none are quite as amazing as the rings of Saturn. Saturn, the second largest planet in our solar system, is not the only world with rings - Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune have some too - but Saturn's are by far the most visible and spectacular.

We often say that one day it may be possible to visit or even occupy (colonize) another star system. Can this be possible when the universe keeps on expanding, meaning that at any given time, the nearest star is getting even further away? Won't there be this continually expanding distance to consider, which means we should be traveling faster than the rate of expansion to reach the nearest star?

In this issue:
-Living Shoes?
-Hubble Finds Europa Geysers
-New Species Found after a Century
-Find Pushes Back Roots of House Cat
-Why Do Men Have Big Noses?
-Nikola Testla's Legacy
-Quadrantids Meteor Shower
-Track UFO in Real-Time on Your Smartphone?
and more...

Could a power company use lightning rods to collect electricity?

A short documentary on a "broken arrow" incident were a training accident almost resulted in H-bomb detonation on U.S. soil.

Every December 24th millions of people are visited by a short, fat guy in a red suit. Where did he come from, why does he do it, and how does he accomplish this seemingly impossible task? (An encore of our classic article)

In this issue:
-New Silicon Supercapacitor
-High School Student Finds Baby Dino
-Pocket Drone
-T-Rex's Oldest Ancestor Found
-Printing a Heart
-Enter the Atomic Age
-Catch the Geminids
-Solved: Mystery of the Moving Mummy Statue
and more...

How do the Voyager spacecraft survive the (according to NASA) "250,000 to one million per hour" solar winds while traversing the heliopause? Shouldn't they be obliterated?

On the morning of January 23rd, 1961, First Lt. Adam Mattocks climbed aboard his B-52G Stratofortress bomber for a routine training mission. What would follow over the next twenty-four hours, however, would be anything but routine. At the end Mattocks would be the survivor of one of the most serious nuclear weapons accidents ever and part of North Carolina would have come unbelievably close to being turned into a smoldering, burned out, radiation-poisoned, death zone.

In this issue:
-Fashion that also Guards Privacy
-Site of Old Massacre Found in Sweden
-New Expedition to Solve Earheart Mystery
-Mosquito Preserved as Rare Fossil
-Controversial Skill Found
-The Return of the King
-November Comet
-Yeti Mystery Solved by DNA?
and more...

Sir Stephen Hawking once said that if one stands long enough at one spot, he can see the back of his head, due to the curvature of space/time. Of course, this will take billions of years. By the same token, now that Voyager has left our solar system, will it ever come back to Earth having circumnavigated the universe, assuming all things remain equal?

Get the history of this scary holiday!

Get a back stage pass to the Museum's back lot to see how, and also why, monster movies, have been made.

In this issue:
-Black Hole Eats Less Than Was Originally Thought
-Nuclear Accident Nearly Obliterates U.S. City
-Mystery of Israeli Sphinx
-Voyager Definitely in Interstellar Space
-Leaping Lizards! New Species Discovered in California
-New Big Hairy Spider
-Faster than Sound
-Moon a Problem for Meteor Shower
-Little Painting Turns Out to Be Worth Big Bucks
and more...

In science fiction there are sentient, intelligent alien species: Many are air-breathers, but many more are methane-breathing or silicon-based creatures. Scientifically speaking, can there actually be methane-breathing and/or silicon creatures?

What's the biggest creepy crawly you can expect to find in you sleeping bag this Labor Day weekend on your camping trip?

In this issue:
-Geyser Theory Proves True
-Where's the (Artificial) Beef?
-People Who Believe in Psychics Think they Have More Control Over their Lives
-T-Rex Definitely a Predator
-Wolves Help Bears at Yellowstone
-First Computer "Debugging"
-Conjunction
-Fake Documentary Draws Anger
and more

A short overview of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

I read somewhere that the reason a nuclear bomb causes so much damage is that it superheats the surrounding air which expands very rapidly to create the blast. I also read that a way to stop large asteroids hitting the earth would be to use a nuclear missile to either blow it up or use the blast to move its orbit. How would this work in the vacuum of space?

In May of this year a pioneer in film industry died at the age of 92. Ray Harryhausen brought to life hundreds of monsters and fantasy characters and in the process influenced a whole generation of movie makers from George Lucas to Tim Burton.

In this issue:
-Astronomers Puzzled by New Radio Bursts
-Mystery Skull in Australia
-A Blue Exo-Planet Where it Rains Glass
-Mars Once Had a Thick Atmosphere
-Priceless Paintings Burned
-Atomic Letter
-The Perseids
-Brits Power Cell Phone with Urine
and more...

I have seen and heard many crackpot ideas about Egypt and the most absurd to me is the assertion that they had and used electric lighting. Yes, I know about the Bagdad Batteries but I already know they don't have enough power to light a modern LED, much less a normal incandescent lamp. My question is this... Is there anything found among ancient ruins confirms that they had access to electricity OTHER than the batteries?

In May of 1926 a group of sixteen fearless adventurers boarded a small dirigible to fly over the North Pole. The group successfully crossed the pole, but on the way to Alaska found themselves taken off course by the taunting vision mountains on the horizon. After changing course to investigate these hills, the mysterious mountains suddenly disappeared - just a trick of the air. Could the Norge find its way back on course safely?

In this issue:
-Close Pass by Asteroid
-Cloned Mammoth a Bit Closer
-Sonar Reveals Earhart's Plane?
-Lost Mayan Capital Found
-Life Found Deep Under the Sea Bottom
-Big Boom
-Check Out Saturn
-UK Shutdown UFO Investigations Because They had "No Defense Purpose."
and more...

How do plants turn carbon dioxide into oxygen?

It was a feat that was astounding at the time, but now lost in the dusty pages of history. In May of 1926 a group of sixteen fearless adventurers boarded a small dirigible to fly over the North Pole. The tiny lighter-than-air craft they piloted they named the Norge.

In this issue:
-Complex from Abraham's Time Found
-New Zealand Sea Monster?
-Sea Monsters Get Arthritis Too
-Pyramid Workers Were Well Fed
-Sunken Continent Found Off Brazil
-Explosion on the Moon
-Supermoon
-Falling Lights not Alien Spaceships
and more...

Just a few days ago I went to visit the fake Shroud. No not the one in Italy, the one in Bristol, Pennsylvania.

If you had a pair of scissors sufficiently large enough, can the tips of the scissors exceed the speed of light?

In this issue:
-Yard Sale Bowl Goes for $2.2 Million
-"Gate to Hell" Found
-Mammoth Found in Mexico
-Studying the Loch Ness Monster to Learn About Ourselves
-Mysterious Circle at the Bottom of Sea of Galilee
-Number One Supernova
-Solar Eclipse
-Real "X-File" Fascinates Public
and more...

Our newest video explores the reason the great airship went down in flames. Was it sabotage or a terrible accident?

It was the height of luxury and a symbol of the future that came crashing down in flames. Why did the Hindenburg Burn? An update on our classic page.

In the movie "Wild Wild West" starring Will Smith there was a giant Steam powered spider machine: I already know it was just a special effect but I would still like to know this... Aside from steam-powered ships and locomotives, what is the largest steam-powered vehicle ever made?

In this issue:
-Dolphins Call Each Other Names
-No Ban On Polar Bear Parts
-More Evidence that Chicxulub Did in the Dinosaurs
-Mummies had Clogged Arteries Too
-Volcanos Responsible for Extinction
-The Strange Carcass
-Lyrid Meteors
-Researchers Find Monster in Lake
-Hell Lowers Crime Rates
and more...

In 1968 Andy Warhol, said "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." I think I may have gotten 7 minutes of that 15 the other day.

I've read a lot about sky falls... where things like fish fall from the sky. In Honduras, over 10,000 fish fall from the sky at the beginning of rain season. It is only in one village and my friend from Honduras won't believe me. I tell her that she didn't live in that village and that it DOES happen in another village. Am I right?

In this issue:
-Asteroid Explodes Over Russia
-Richard III Found Under Parking Lot
-Big Dino, Little Gray Matter
-An "Evil" Patch in the Brain?
-Alien Threat? Probably Not
-Soviets Probe Venus
-Comet Incoming!
-Phobos Mined?
and more...

Sometime in the late 19th or early 20th century a list entitled The Seven Wonders of the Medieval World started to be found among the various catalogs of marvels.

"The best contrived and noblest structure of all the East," the French mathematician, Le Comte, said when he saw it. Its "many-coloured tiles and bricks were highly glazed, giving the building a gay and beautiful appearance," wrote an enamored American missionary. Both of these 19th century visitors to China were referring to the astonishing Tower of Najing, a wondrous temple that today is gone.

Why is it not ok to drink sea water, but ok to put sea salt on our food?

In this issue:
-Mona Lisa Does Round Trip to Moon
-Stealth Clothes
-Observatory Dodges Fiery Bullet
-Ancient Magical Rocks Located
-Big Pterosaur Might Have Problems Getting into the Air
-Raining Worms
-Check a Star Nursery
-Harvard Scientist Thinks it is Possible to Clone a Neanderthal
and more...

The story of the lost contient of Atlantis and whether it is actually related to the destruction of the Minoan civilization.

Since scientists are able to teleport light particles, could we use this teleportation method to travel in space rather than a propulsion based rockets?

In this issue:
-Boys Find Mastodon Bone Behind Backyard
-Early Andersen Fairy Tale Found
-Clever Nanoparticles Deliver Drugs in Disguise
-Asteroid Will Miss Earth
-The Fortean Society
-Quadrantids
-Extraterrestrial Cemetery in Mexico?
and more...

If an alien being with a telescope from an exoplanet looks at our solar system, would they detect our planets using the methods we use or would they see a "fuzzy" nebula looking orb due to the Oort cloud?

Stonehenge, in many peoples' minds, is the most mysterious place in the world. This set of stones laid out in concentric rings and horseshoe shapes on the empty Salisbury Plain, is, at the age of 4,000 years, one of the oldest, and certainly best preserved, megalithic (ancient stone) structures on Earth, but we know almost nothing about who built Stonehenge and why.

In this issue:
-Bigfoot DNA?
-Rare Whale Discovered after Stranding
-Up 103 Floors on a Bionic Leg
-Oldest Supernova Spotted
-Early Horned Dino Found
-Pacific Island Does Not Exist
-Falling Carp
-The Geminids
-Jupiter Close
-UFOs Along the Tibet- India Border
and more...

Is there a difference between a germ and a virus?

In 1990 an international team of engineers, mathematicians, and historians met on the Azores Islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Their task was to figure out how to save an 800-year-old historic building that was close to collapsing. The structure was then tilted by 5.5 degrees to one side. If something wasn't done soon, the world famous Leaning Tower of Pisa would come crashing to the ground.

In this issue:
-Giant Eye Identified
-Sound Barrier Broken Again
-Scientists Working on Star-Trek-Like Engine
-Planet Found with Four Suns
-Marine Reptile had "Teeth that Would Make a T. Rex Whimper"
-The Horror of the Heights
-Leonid Meteor Shower
-Italian Scientists Get Jail for Failing to Predict Earthquake
and more...

If it were possible to shoot an unstoppable, elevator-sized cannonball vertically into the ground (let's say at the North Pole), it would speed all way out from South Pole. Good. So what if a man decides to make a quick trip to South Pole(from the North Pole) by way of jumping into the hole created, would he defy gravity by surfacing from South Pole's ice (probably continuing into space)?

Vampires have been popular figures in horror since Bram Stoker wrote Dracula in 1897. The root of werewolf folklore can be traced all the way back to the ancient Greeks. Zombies, in their current form, however, have only shuffled their stiff-legged corpses onto the silver screen in the last few decades. Where did the zombie myth come from and why are they now so popular?

In this issue:
-Canary Island Tsunami Not Such a Threat
-Dead Army Found in Bog
-Is a Bit of a Psychopath a Good Thing in a President?
-Giant German Aircraft from WWII Found
-It Snows on Mars!
-Another Odd Rain Story from History
-October Meteor Shower
-Mammoth Clone Hopes Spring Eternal
and more...

Can a person survive a dive into water from five stories up?

Tradition has it that on Friday, September 28th, 1900, in Alexandria, Egypt, a donkey, hauling a cart full of stone, made a misstep and disappeared into a hole in the ground. If that story is accurate, this beast of burden made one of the most astounding discoveries in archeological history: A set of rock-cut tombs with features unlike that of any other catacomb in the ancient world.

In this issue:
-Record Snake Found in Florida
-Dino Track found at Space Center
-Amateur Restoration in Spanish Church Ruins Art
-"Curse" Scroll Found in English Town
-Three New Sharks Found
-Check out Jupiter and Venus
-New Pyramid Found on Google Earth?
and more...

A short documentary tracing the history of the M65 "Atomic Annie" cannon back to the German K5E nicknamed "Anzio Annie." Includes footage of thet Upshot-Knothole Grable test.

For more information on Anzio Annie check our webpage: http://www.unmuseum.org/anzio_annie.htm

As the war came to a close airmen started seeing strange craft following their own planes. Was it a German secret weapon, or something even more bizarre?

The Flavian Amphitheater, as it was then known would become the largest public entertainment venue in the Roman Empire and eventually a symbol of the city of Rome itself. For 18 centuries it remained the largest amphitheater in the world. Today we call this zenith of Roman architecture and engineering the Coliseum.

Is cold the absence of heat? Or is heat the absence cold?

In this issue:
-Bones Right Age, Location for John the Baptist
-Archaeologists Find Golden Treasure
-Rocky Exo-Planet Smaller then Earth?
-Mona Lisa's Skeleton Found?
-Search for Earhart's Plane Yields No Aircraft
-CE2 in England
-Mars, Saturn and Spica Conjunction
-Perseid Meteor Shower
-Smoking Orangutan Must Kick Habit
and more...

The story of two steam locomotives that were crashed in a staged stunt in the 19th century. It was supposed to be a fun day out, but ended in flying metal and death.

For more information check our page at http://www.unmuseum.org/crash.htm

've always been curious about the possibility of wormholes in space. If a wormhole existed, how would it affect space travel?

Before it became a famed Islamic Mosque this wonder of the medieval world was the largest cathedral on the planet for almost a thousand years.

This gigantic Nazi cannon terrorized American soldiers in 1944 for three months as they were penned in on a small Italian beach head.

In this issue:
-Birds May Limit Insect Size
-Dinosaurs Slimmer than Thought?
-Spitting Mice Help Distribute Seed
-Underwater UFO is Strange Rock
-Deadly Asteroid Will Miss Earth
-Cashed UFO Pieces
-Catch Mercury This Month
-Couple Sues Over Bad Psychic Tip
and more...

This clip shows two steam locomotives crashed for a stunt in 1913. A similar demonstration in 1896 caused twin boiler explosions killing 3 people.

A review of the find of Egyptian King Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter and the possibility it was protected by a curse.

The rumor of an ancient curse didn't stop this archaeologist from open the tomb of King Tut. An update including a new video on our classic page

In China there is something that for hundreds of years has let its long, snake-like form lay across the Asian countryside defending it from outsiders. Many writers have likened this thing to a dragon. Most people, however, call it the Great Wall of China

In this issue:
-Free Floating Planets more Prevalent than First Thought
-Extinct Super Turtle Found in Columbian Mine
-Was the Ripper a Woman?
-New "Bionic Eye" Chip in Testing
-How Many Dangerous Rocks are Out There?
-Budd Hopkins
-Transit of Venus
-Mysterious Creature Might be Jellyfish
and more...

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World has been around for over a millennium so there is little dispute among people today about what the list should include. The list of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World, however, is a modern list. Who is to decide of all the marvels of nature which are the top seven?

On November 17th of 1855 David Livingstone became the first European to see the mighty cataract. Afterward he wrote: "No one can imagine the beauty of the view from anything witnessed in England... scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight."

Is a Unified Field Theory possible within our lifetime or will quantum weirdness muddle the whole thing up?

In this issue:
-Baboons Learn Words
-Did Viking Find Life on Mars?
-Scientists to Study Aging on Mt. Everest
-The Return of Moby Dick?
-No South Carolina Sea Monster
-Falling Turtle
-Annular Eclipse
-Looking for a Living Dinosaur in the Congo
and more...

Is it true that granite countertops give off radiation?

In this issue:
-Moon May Have Doomed Titanic
-Einstein Speed Limit Still Holds
-Earhart Found?
-The Better to See You With, My Dear (Giant Squid Eyes)
-A Whale of a Find
-Creature Weekend 2012
-Francs from Heaven
-Lyrid Meteor Shower
-Farmer Finds UFO in Hole
and more...

Were the Nazis, as some accounts claim, really building an army of intelligent, talking dogs to defend the Third Reich? Where did this story come from and how much of it is actually true?

On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido was working in his cornfield just outside the Tarascan Indian village of Paricutin, Mexico, when suddenly a volcano appeared.

Recounts the story of Edward Cope and O.C. Marsh, two 19th century paleontologists, who fought a war to see who could discovery more species. The borntosaurus was caught in the crossfire.

Just before 11 pm on June 11th, 1770, the HMS Endeavour, captained by Lieutenant James Cook, ran aground. Though Cook didn't real it at the time, the coral reef he had run onto was part of a vast system of 3,800 coral banks and islands that ran along the coast of Australia. Known as the Great Barrier Reef, it is the largest structure in the world created by living organisms. Another in our series on natural wonders.

Tell me something about the Kraken beast of the time of Zeus.

In this issue:
-Ossuary Shows Biblical Connection
-Yellowstone Supervolcano Not Guilty
-$200,000 Offered for Proof of Cold Fusion
-Sharks Can be Friends Too
-February Fireballs Puzzle Scientists
-Just Swamp Gas
-Planet Pairing
-Did Hitler Have a Son?
and more...

On January 1st, 1502, Portuguese explorer Gonçalo Coelho ship's reached a break in the South American seaside that seemed to be the entrance to an enormous river. The bay they found was spectacularly surrounded by huge, oddly shaped mountains that astounded the European explorers. Taking a cue from the date on which they'd found this amazing harbor, they named it the "January River" or Rio de Janeiro.

For almost three-quarters of a century schoolchildren learned that our solar system had 9 planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Then in 2006 this changed. Pluto got demoded and suddenly there are only eight planets. What happened? Why did poor Pluto get kicked out of the planetary club?

If all matter has gravity, does that not mean that matter is giving off energy?

In this issue:
-Cloak of Silence
-When Dwarf Stars Collide
-Can Kepler Find Some Moons?
-Nasty Carnivore is Related to Mammals
-Asteroid Zips by Earth
-Project Twinkle
-Encounter with Uranus
-Giant Triangular UFO?
and more...

In Norse mythology the Valkyries would come galloping across the night sky upon their horses equipped with helmets, spears and armor that would glow and shimmer in the darkness. These lights, colored red, blue, violet and green, would spread in curtains from horizon to horizon, amazing the mortals below.

For almost two decades, from the late 70's through the mid 90's, a subculture flourished throughout most of the United States and parts of Europe and Asia. It involved thousands of mostly young, technically-oriented people exploring the capabilities of the newly developed personal computer to allow communication and socialization in ways never seen before.

What is dirt made of? - John

In this issue:
-T-Rex Packs on Some Pounds
-Why Do We Have Any Hair?
-T-Rex: The Hunter
-Pigeon Math
-Beethoven's Music Changed by His Hearing Loss
-Sister Thedra's Bad Prediction
-Quadrantids
-Space Junk Hits Africa
and more...

An exploration of the facts behind the "Surgeon's Photo" hoax of the Loch Ness Monster.

Baby Meets Christmas Train.

On May 29th, 1953, two men reached the highest peak in the world. A feat that had eluded realization even after the South and North Poles had been conquired. The next in our series on natural wonders.

Toy electric trains have been identified with the Christmas season for nearly a century. How did these miniatures from the world of transportation become icons of the winter holiday season?

My question is a hypothetical one: what if, for whatever reason, the moon would suddenly be gone? Would it gravely affect life on Earth? I understand life would probably not have started if it weren't for the tides caused by the Moon, but are humans still depending on tides, directly or indirectly? And what about the weather in a Moonless world?

In the movie Fantasia there is a work called "A Night On Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky and during the intro it says that the Bald Mountain is a real location and according to tradition, is the gathering place of Satan and is followers. My question is this has there been any sighting of paranormal activity around the mountain?

In this issue:
-Ancient Whale Found in Marble
-Sunstone Legend Might be True
-Nano-sized SUV
-Ice 10?
-Asteroids Giveth and Taketh Away
-Take a Shot at Andromeda
-Canadian Lake Monster On YouTube
and more...

The story of a queen that honored her husband by building him a magnificent tomb that became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Despite being more than a mile to the bottom the Grand Canyon isn't the deepest gorge in the world, but it certainly is the most spectacular. The first in our series on natural wonders.

When King Mausolus died in 353 BC the queen decided to build him a tomb that would be a wonder of the world. She succeeded.

In this issue:
-Study Suggests Uranus Was Wacked Twice
-Did a Kraken of the Ancient Seas Leave These Bones?
-What Makes a Supervolcano Go Off?
-Deep, Deep Worm
-Cyclops Shark for Real
-Ball Lightning Bewilderment
-Blueberry Bagel Eating Bigfoots
and more...

What really happened to 5 planes on December 5th 1945?

I came across a reference to a General Walther Wever. He seemed to be the main proponent of [German] strategic bombing until he died (some say mysteriously) in 1936. My question is what do you think would have happened had he lived? Might he have convinced Germany of the need for powerful long range bombers, like the ones the Allies used on Germany, sooner rather than later? What effect might it have had if the Germans could do the same to the Allies as they did to them? - Michael

This megadam has put out more electricity than any other dam in history. Another in our series on modern wonders.

One of the most influential books in the horror genre is Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. The Vampire Count may be a fictional character, but he is based of a very real, and terrifying, human being.

In this issue:
-New Super Croc Record
-Amber Holds Dino Feathers
-"Tatoonine" found
-Particles Defy Einstein
-Can Spaceflight Lead to Blindness?
-Flying Cigar
-Moon Interferes with Two Showers
-Titanic Necklace Stolen
and more...

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. A short documentary.

Could someone build a steam powered submarine or airplane? - Jacob

The Museum of UnNatural Mystery Press releases the sequel to the children's favorite "Cardboard Rocket." Mike, Melissa and Hector's adventures continue. When they find out that their old robot friend, R22-B, is in trouble they take off on a rocket ride into the past to save him. The only problem is that somebody has been tinkering with time and they find their future, as well as that of the planet Earth, may be gone... Order from Create Space: Cardboard Rocket Fiction Ages 8 - 13. Also available through Amazon.com and other find bookstores.

CN Rail decided to build a new tower in the city of Toronto to resolve commnications problems there. During planning they realized they could make it the tallest building in the world.

Probably no ancient tale has raised as much controversy as the story of the Greek inventor Archimedes using a giant mirror, or set of mirrors, to set fire to Roman ships. Did it actually happen?

In this issue:
-Liquid Water on Mars?
-A Dark, Dark Planet
-Building a Mountain out of a Joke
-Did the Lotion Kill the Queen?
-Not Just for Handbags Anymore
-Snowman Not Really Abominable
-Crashed Flying Saucer at the Bottom of the Ocean?
and more...

This short documentary takes the viewer on a climb up the great Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt. It was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

There is an underwater grid-like structure in the Atlantic Ocean northwest of Africa. This is clearly seen from Google Earth. I have checked all the accompanying data and there is no logical explanation. - Victor

It was a herculean effort requiring the conquest of mountain, jungle and tropical disease, but man finally managed to create a short cut for ships between theses two oceans.

Said to be the only ancient wonder with a practical application, the great Pharos lighthouse at Alexandria guided ships safely in to the city harbor for almost 1,500 years.

In this issue:
-India Temple May Be Richest in the World
-Ancient Jewish City Found
-Colorful Toad is Not Extinct
-Last Dinosaur Standing
-Researchers Test "Time Cloak"
-Did Lack of Vitamin D Kill Mozart?
-Look For Perseids Early
and more...

A short documentary describing the miscalcuation at hydrogen bomb test Castle Bravo that led to the largest radiological accident in U.S. history.

They said it couldn't be built. When the Golden Gate Bridge was finished in 1937, however, it was longest suspension bridge in the world and a wonder of the modern world.

It's a scenario right out of a bad science fiction movie: Scientists working in multi-billion dollar facility accidentally make a tiny black hole. Suddenly the world flattens out into the shape of a giant freebie and then collapses in on itself. Out in space the astronauts on the ISS watch in shock as they now orbit a small, invisible black hole which they cannot see, but has just consumed everyone and thing they knew and loved...

I've heard several stories about the 'cursed' Hope diamond. Most stories about the Hope diamond say its owners had a violent death. Is there any proof of this?

In this issue:
-Supersize Dino Predator Down Under
-Blackbeard's Arsenal Found
-Meaning of Markings in Hidden Pyramid Chamber?
-Scientists Check DNA from Shrunken Head
-Dog "Telepathy" is Instinctive
-Crashed Saucer at Wright-Patterson?
-It's a Bird. It's a Plane. It's Batcopter?
and more...

A short documentary telling about the arson of the Temple of Artemis at the city of Ephesus. The temple was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

A short 3 minute documentary that compares the legendary sea monster "The Kraken" with what is known about the Giant Squid.

At the beginning of the 20th century the Dutch started on a series of immense projects to enlarge and secure their land against the sea. A new chapter in our series on Wonders of the Modern World.

We might call them robots today, but automata - mechanical puppets - have a history the go back far beyond invention of the modern term. The ancients were fascinated with machines that looked and moved like animals and people.

Two objects move apart each at just over the speed of light. Can they observe each other?

In this issue:
-Explaining Wrong Way Planets
-Silk Shooting Tarantulas
-Too Many Dinosaurs?
-Unbound Rouge Planets Abound
-Electronics Helps Man Regain Control of Legs
-New England Sea Serpent Strikes Again
-June's Draconid Meteors
-Area 51 Revelations
and more...

The idea dates back to 1802, but it wasn't until 1994 that a tunnel under the English Channel was completed. Another in our series on wonders of the modern world.

Many people don't know that the Statue of Liberty was inspired by a similar gigantic statue that also guarded a busy harbor and represented freedom. It stood in a distant land over a thousand years ago.

For some reason we had a horde of questions on the Yeti (also known as the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas) this month from different people, so I'm just going to go through them one by one.

In this issue:
-Nasty Dino is Missing Link
-Spiral Galaxies Grown from Center
-Whales Change Their Tune
-New Leonardo da Vinci Drawing Found?
-More Evidence for T-Rex as Hunter
-Intruders Foundation
-Russian Dead Alien was Faked
and more...

The beginning of the 20th century was marked by a boom of building activity in the city of New York. One building would soon rise among the rest: it would eventually be 1,454 feet in height with 102 stories and become an icon for the city and the 20th century. Part of our new series on marvels of the modern world.

What is a "nãga"?

In this issue:
-Grain of Salt Camera
-Older Elephants are Wiser
-Henry the Eighth had Rare Blood and Bad Genes?
-Neanderthals Wore Feathers
-Mysterious Airship in Europe
-Lyrid Meteor Shower
-Search for Earhart Continues
and more...

Only one group traditionally practices the art of taking a trophy human head and reducing it in size to that of a man's fist.

A short doucmentary on the worlds biggest man-made nuclear explosion. The 50 Megaton Tsar Bomba tested by the Soviet Union in 1961

Is there anything more powerful than an H-bomb?

In this issue:
-Kepler Space Telescope Finds Lots of Possible Planets
-Pterosaurs Were Big Boys
-Bat Buddies
-Lucy and Friends Walked Upright
-Sun's Unseen Companion in News Again
-Humans Would Ace Neanderthals in Marathon
-Mercury/ Jupiter Conjunction
-Sea Serpent Art
and more...

The Statue of Zeus - It was a work of art worthy of the King of the Gods and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

A Burning Question - Why can aluminum dust burn but a block of aluminum will not? - John

In this issue:
-Scientists Plan to Make Mammoth Live Again
-Study Investigates Climate/History Connection
-Oldest Human Teeth Found in Israeli Cave
-Supermassive Black Hole found in Dwarf Galaxy
-King Tut's Tomb to Remain Open for Now
-Cardboard Submarine Trailer
-Gigantic Spectral Figure
-Check out Orion Nebula
-Little Girl Finds Supernova
and more...

Anybody who reads my column knows that I'm a fan of Steampunk and a fan of Magic. Imagine my excitement when I found a family of magicians combining these two things into a single spectacular show.

Please, can you tell me more about mermaids? I've become fascinated with them, especially about sightings of mermaids.

In this issue:
-Stem Cell Therapy Heals Monkey's Spinal Injury
-Research Explains Similar Embryo Development Stage
-Vikings Brought Back Woman from North America
-T-Rex Built for Speed
-Ball Lightning All in the Head?
-End UFO Investigation and Start Debunking
-Quadrantid Meteor Shower
-Invisibility Cloak on the Way?
and more...

It's the time of year when TV stations reach back into their vaults and pull out holiday classics. There is one film that has a longevity that most Christmas films can only hope for. It's known as "Babes in Toyland" or "March of the Wooden Soldiers."

I've recently became interested in piracy. Can you tell me who the cruelest pirate was? - Anonymous.

In this issue:
-Planet from another Galaxy Discovered
-Researchers Make Progress on "Telepresence" Screen
-Detecting a Landslide by Listening for It
-New Lizard Found on Menu
-Did Michelangelo Give David A Secret Weapon?
-Communion with Aliens
-Lunar Eclipse
-Save the Christmas Trees!
and more...

The city of Babylon must have been a wonder to the ancient traveler's eyes. "In addition to its size," wrote Herodotus, a Greek historian in "Babylon surpasses in splendor any city in the known world." Strangely, however, one of the city's most spectacular sites is not even mentioned by Herodotus: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

I have recently been researching the Romanov family out of curiosity. I have heard the legends about Anastasia or one of the other children surviving. I was wondering if it was likely that a Romanov child really did escape the firing squad?

In this issue:
-Is Your Pit-Bull Having an Out of Body Experience?
-Dinosaurs Even Bigger Because of Cartilage
-More Geoglyphs in Peru?
-Neanderthals May Have Victims of Eruptions
-Modified Worms Produce Spider Silk
-Rain of Rocks
-Titantic Sunk Because of Miscommunication?
and more...

Some great musical Halloween fun in a geeky, scientific and dangerous sort of way.

What is the difference between a dragon and a drake?

In this issue:

-Tractor Beam for Bacteria?
-Spider Makes Silk Stronger Than Kelvar
-Water May Give Moon Observatories Trouble
-Scientists Find Dinosaur with Feathers and Weird Shark-Like Fin
-Three "Lost" Amphibians are Found
-Spooky Rain
-Mummies Can't Sign Consent Forms
and more...

The scroll labeled 3Q15 was an anomaly. It was unlike its companion manuscripts in almost every way. It was not made of leather or papyrus, but a sheet of almost pure copper. The contents were not literary or doctrinal in nature. It was simply a list with 64 entries that described where to find a unique and fabulous treasure of incalculable value. Not just an intellectual treasure, but one composed of gold and silver.

I've heard several legends about the Holy Grail, and I was wondering if there's any evidence of an actual Holy Grail. If there is, that what can it do? Can it grant immortal life like in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?"

In this issue:

-Pets Helped Make Modern Man
-Ligar Birth Brings Fine
-Remains of John the Baptist Found?
-One Hundred Dinosaurs in Central Park
-"Lens" Increases Wind Power
-Apollo 11 Aliens
-A Star Hustler Dies
and more...

It's 756 feet long on each side, 450 feet high and is composed of 2,300,000 blocks of stone. Until the 19th century it was the tallest building in the world and, at the age of 4,500 years, it is the only one of the famous "Seven Wonders" that still stands. Even today it is remains the most massive building on Earth. It is the Great Pyramid of Khufu, at Giza, Egypt.

Are there any real accounts of large birds of prey attacking or carrying off people?

In this issue...

-Cobra May Have Not Brought Queen of Nile to Her End
-Strange Object Found Near Distant Star
-Ancient Temple Comes with IKEA-like Instructions
-Torosaurus is Really Triceratrops
-Stonehenge had Wooden Twin
-Globster Controversy
-SETI Chance Is a Million to One
and more...

Anybody who regularly follows "From the Curator's Office" knows I'm a fan of Steampunk and interested in the movement toward alternative ways of making films.. Recently I've stumbled across a motion picture project that seems to encompass both. Iron Sky is a Finnish/German production slated to debut in 2011 that features an invasion of Earth from Nazis who have spend the last 73 years hiding on the far side of the moon.

A reader writes:

"This is the link to 'death ray tubes.' These are a workable model of a death ray gun, you can buy it for 350 US$ and it works for carving rock. It does exist and as seen in the site united nuclear.. So are lots of other sci-fi inventions… And they do work too.. You get warnings to not direct them toward humans… They will melt..."

Are they really selling a death ray?

In this issue...

-Ancients Discovered Rubber Too
-Dogs Have Lost the Nack
-Dinosaur Era Marine Reptiles Not Cold Blooded
-Universe May Not Be As Dark as Once Thought
-Mystery Sarcophagus Found in Italy
-Adamski and the Moon Base
-Teenager finds Ichthyosaur
and more...

Hitler was in love with big, technological weapons. Mighty battleships, supersonic rockets and jet aircraft were just a few of the advanced devices the Third Reich put onto the battlefield during World War II. One planned weapon that didn't make it into action, however, was the Landkreuzer P-1000 "Ratte." A true rolling fortress it was far heavier and more powerful than any other tank considered by any other country before, during or after the war. If this super tank had been built, how might it have affected the conflict?

I was wondering what the Curator's thought was on the stories of the Dudleytown hauntings in Connecticut . Could Dudleytown be haunted by the spirits of the old town that once resided there?

In this issue...

-Ancient Lead Important for Nuclear Experiments
-Mars Fossils May be Easier to Find Than First Thought
-Plasma Rocket Might Go to Asteroid
-Beavers Produce New Record Dam
-Study Says All Life Has Common Ancestor
-Shooting Stars from Lyra
-Giant Oarfish Found on Swedish Coast
and more...

"I have seen the walls and Hanging Gardens of ancient Babylon, the statue of Olympian Zeus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the mighty work of the high Pyramids and the tomb of Mausolus. But when I saw the temple at Ephesus rising to the clouds, all these other wonders were put in the shade"- Philon of Byzantium. Read the update of our classic Seven Wonders of the World page on ancient Ephesus.

How can so much of the interior of the earth be hot molten lava, and have the ground stay around a cool 55 degrees? Why does the heat not work its way to the surface? Where's the convection?

In this issue...

-Massive Fireball Startles Midwest
-Cornell Gives Up on Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
-Giant Lizard Found in Philippines
-"Oriental Yeti" Captured
-High School Science Teacher Find Rare Fossil
-Dinosaurs in Colorado?
-Monstrous Crustacean Stowaway
and more...

Check out our updated page on the mysterious Nazca lines of Peru. Did the ancients use them as temples for human sacrifice?

The curator tells us about ten anomalous places he'd like to visit before it is too late.

A TV cable has only has two wires in it, but it can have over a hundred different channels coming through it at the same time. How is the possible?

In this issue...

-Giant Eagle Might Have Preyed on Humans
-Eggshells Yield Ancient DNA
-Leonardo Da Vinci's Giant Horse Statue Feasible
-Scientists Put Macro Object in Superposition
-Queen's Tomb Found
-Chupacabra Visions
-Crash at Aurora
-New Smithsonian Exhibit Draws Protestors
and more...

Is every ancient extinct reptile a dinosaur?

Last month we started our expedition into the weird world of quantum physics. A place where things do not exist unless you look at them, where cats can be both dead and alive at the same time. This month we will focus on how some interpretations of quantum physics suggest that everything in the universe is instantly connected with everything else, no matter how distant apart they are.

In this issue...

-Dwarf Dinos on Island
-Roses that Smell Like Root Beer in Future
-Mummy Case to be Returned to Egypt
-King Solomon's Wall Found
-Thunderstorm Gama Rays may Threaten Airliners
-Jacko Spotted in Polymer Droplet
and more...

How does a gun silencer stop the loud sound of a gunpowder explosion?

The mystery at the heart of quantum physics strikes directly at our perception of whether the universe and everything in it, including ourselves, is real.

In this issue:

-Statistics Help Find Fraudulent Art
-Alligators' Lung Works Like Birds
-Pyramids Not Built by Slaves
-Chinese Dino Venomous
-So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
-ISS Moves into the 21st Century
-See an Asteroid
and more...

When I look up at the night sky, how many of those stars are really stars and how many are galaxies?

I write a lot about people who have encounters with anomalous things, but rarely do I just stumble across someone in my everyday life that tells me they encountered a rare electrical phenomenon called ball lightning.

In this issue:

-Is New Exo-planet a Waterworld?
-Revolutionary Paper Battery May Have Many Applications
-More of the Dino Warm/Cold Blooded Debate
-Recently Found Fragments Open Questions about Shroud of Turin
-HARPS Finds 32 Planets
-Cloud-like UFO?
-Quadrantid Meteor Shower
and more...

I have a thermometer hanging on the wall that also has a humidity gauge. The humidity gauge is just a round strip of metal. How can a strip of metal tell how much humidity is in the air?

Today one can hardly find a street in North America during the month of December where the majority of houses are not lit up with a dazzling display of hundreds or even thousands tiny electric lights. Where did these traditions come from and when did Christmas become electric?

In this issue:

-Crack Will Become New Sea
-Researchers find Supersize "Cosmic Web"
-Crash Shows That Water is On Moon
-Brothers Claim to Have Found Mysterious Missing Army
-Super Volcano Eruption Destroyed Forests 3,000 Miles Away
-Intra-Mercurial Planet
-Snails: Better than Beef
-Blue Moon
and more

What does the moon's unusual orbit tell us about Earth's past?

Books, internet sites and now even a major motion picture suggest that bad things are going to happen on December 21, 2012. Is any of this craziness based on scientific fact?

In this issue:

-Group Tries to Debunk Shroud of Turin
-New 4.4 Million-Year-Old Human Remains Found
-Researchers Find Dinosaur Stampede
-Ida Not Our Relative
-New Leonardo Work Found
-Earhart Died on Nikumaroro
and more...

Is there any way to resolve the Biblical Story with Science?

They are called phantasms, specters or spirits. Most people just call them ghosts and are either fascinated by them, or are terrified of them, or sometimes both.

In this issue:

-Massive Wall Discovered in Jerusalem
-Rat as Big as Cat
-Super Subs will Open Ocean Floor to Amateur Explorers
-Rat Eating Plant Found
-Tiny T-Rex. Startles Scientists
-Teenagers Kill Alien-like Animal
and more...

What is a "vitamin", and how can sunlight make vitamin D?

A do-it-yourself way to commemorate your favorite book or movie and add a conversation piece to your home.

In this issue:

-Space Elevator Getting Closer?
-Cave System Found Under Egyptian Pyramids
-Egyptian Tombs Could be Gone in 150 Years
-Giant Pandas in Trouble
-Pterosaurs Unlike Anything Else
-Book Review - Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe is Just Right for Life
-Florida Muck Monster
and more...

Why do scorpions fluoresce under a UV light?

In twelve days in the summer of 1916 shark attacks along the New Jersey shore had left four dead and one maimed with the rogue shark still on the loose.

In this issue:

-Cats Developed Special Purr to get Human Attention
-Scientists Hunt Giant Worm
-Long Nailed Dinosaur
-Hubble Back in Service for a Day
-Purple Blobs
-The Perseid Meteor Shower
-Blue in M&Ms Could Save Spine
and more...

Is it possible to channel a pipe from Earth to Moon and pump in some of earth's atmosphere so as to support free life?

Four are dead and a fifth maimed in the America's worst shark attack incident in the history of the nation.

In this issue:

-Sharks Operate Like Serial Killers
-Find Makes Dino-Bird Connection More Likely
-Topless Mona Lisa-like Painting Exposed
-Warp Drive Might Create a Black Hole
-New Flying Car to be on Market
and more...

I'm wondering if it's possible to use the principles of magnetism for travel. For example, could a ship with a highly focused electromagnet aim and pull itself to a planet's magnetic field, or to the heavy metal core of an asteroid? Could this same idea be used to create a flying car, by pushing or pulling off more than one point at the same time?

Our page of breaking science news stories gets an update with more news categories and articles!

In this issue:

-Komodo Dragon: Venom or Toxic Bacteria?
-Cat-sized Primate Significant Fossil
-Island "Hobbits" New Species
-Meteorite Hit Created Dangerous Gas
-DNA Could Tell if Lincoln was Already Dying
-E.T. Search Going for a Decade
and more...

Is it true that for a satellite to hold the same position over the earth it can only be over the equator?

After investigating over 12,600 incidents the military's 22 year-long effort to crack the mystery of UFOs ended with anger, suspicion and claims of a cover up.

A new book from the author of the "The Martain Who Looked Like a Dog Series."

When Mike, Melissa and Hector ordered a submarine from an ad on the back for a comic book, they got less, and more than the expected. Robots, flying saucers, space aliens, sunken treasure and pirate looters were in the package too!

Paperback $5.49. Ages 8 - 13. Available from the UnMuseum Press or Amazon.com

In this issue:

- Drying Salt Lakes May have Caused Extinction
- "Drowned" Spiders Comes Back to Life
- Researchers Search for Cleopatra and Antony Tombs
- Long-necked Stegosaur Found
- Knights Templars Guarded Shroud
- Astronaut Believes in UFO
and more...

From the Martian Who Looked Like A Dog Series
From the author of the "Bunny Stories."

Zebop, the last Martian, finds living on Mars very lonely. So he takes this saucer and flies to the planet Earth. There he disguies himself as a dog. Zebop comes to live with Jeffrey and together with their friends, Brenda and Rex, they have many adventures. Zebop has much to learn about the ways of planet Earth!

Book#1 "Zebop Finds A Friend" - Zebop travels 36 million miles to Earth, but will anybody want to be a friend to a fuzzy alien?

Fiction Ages 6 - 8

Was Bruce Lee Assassinated? The story behind his mysterious death.

Magic & Teaching- Can a book about the history of magic tell us something about education?

In this issue:

-NASA Telescope Looks for ET's Home
-Dinosaurs on the Way Back to Life
-Oldest Evidence of Upright Walking
-Dead Sea Scroll Authors - The Essenes - Did Not Exist
-Smallest North American Dino Found
-British Release "Dog Walker" UFO Report
-Death of Dr. J. Allen Hynek

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