Coast to Coast - In the Press

Experts map the body's bacteria

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Scientists have developed an atlas of the bacteria that live in different regions of the human body.

Psychic Spies, Acid Guinea Pigs, New Age Soldiers: the True 'Men Who Stare at Goats'

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Wired examines how many of the new film's outlandish military research projects really happened.

Space elevator team wins $900,000 from NASA

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

LaserMotive takes prize in Power Beaming Challenge; more cash left to win.

Japan eyes solar station in space as new energy source

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

It may sound like sci-fi, but by 2030 Japan's space agency wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.

Piece of Historic Apollo 11 Spacecraft Up for Grabs

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

A piece of the first spacecraft to land on the moon is expected to fetch up to $2000 at auction.

Getting to the root of the matter

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Baffled scientists are trying to get to the root of an astonishing plant dug out of the ground by a Chinese farmer (with photo).

Bawling Babies Are Copying Their Mom's Accent

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Babies start to pick up their country's language in the womb - and newborns even cry in their national accents, says study.

Cars are approaching 'auto' pilot mode

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

With humans known to be unreliable sorts, vehicles get helping 'hands'.

Meet Suzie Park, a real life Vampire

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

By day Suzie Park cares for disabled kids... by night she transforms into a vampire known as Lady V.

Scientist Says Controversial Oswald Rifle Photo Real

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

An iconic photo of accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald would have been nearly impossible to fake, a Dartmouth academic says.

Experts cannot explain paranormal events in Czech house

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Inhabitants of a family house say they have to extinguish mysterious small fires, up to 60 a day.

Feeling grumpy 'is good for you'

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

An Australian psychology expert who has been studying emotions has found being grumpy makes us think more clearly.

Glowing Coral Photo

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Fluorescence found to aid healing.

Zamora Dies

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Former Socorro, NM police officer and eyewitness to one of the most well-known UFO cases in history, Lonnie Zamora died Monday night.

The Many Mysteries of Neanderthals

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

We are currently the only human species alive, but as recently as maybe 24,000 years ago another one walked the earth.

Tomorrow's weather: Cloudy, with a chance of fractals

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The laws that govern the atmosphere might actually be very simple.

Cousin: Japanese captured Amelia Earhart

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Wally Earhart of Carson City, the fourth cousin of Amelia Earhart, says the U.S. government continues to perpetrate a "massive coverup."

Major quakes could be aftershocks

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Many recent earthquakes may have been the aftershocks of large quakes that occurred hundreds of years ago.

Can we manipulate the weather?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Chinese scientists claim to be able to control the weather. But is so-called geoengineering more than wishful thinking?

Theme-park dummy trick becomes teleconference tool

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

An animated face that looks three-dimensional is projected onto a dummy's blank face (with video).

UFO plunges Sicilian town into darkness

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Multiple witnesses saw a UFO move across the sky above their homes in the commune of Montserrat.

Thousands await Knock's new Virgin Mary vision

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Pilgrims have traveled to a rain-soaked corner of western Ireland hoping to witness a miracle.

4 True Stories of Alien Abduction

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Nick Redfern writes about close encounters of the 'Fourth Kind.'

James Gilliland Declares ECETI Ranch Off Limits

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The ECETI ranch is a UFO hotspot regularly visited by UFO enthusiasts and investigators.

Japanese fishing trawler sunk by giant jellyfish

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The trawler, the Diasan Shinsho-maru, capsized off Chiba as its three-man crew was trying to haul in a net.

Snowcap vanishing from Mount Kilimanjaro

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

More than quarter of the ice present in 2000 was gone by 2007.

Long-range Taser raises fears of shock and injury

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Pentagon project features a projectile capable of delivering an electric shock to incapacitate a person tens of meters away.

Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm.

UFOs in South Valley?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Comet or 'space' debris seen falling through the atmosphere on Oct. 26.

Logging 'caused Nazca collapse'

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The demise of the Nazca society was linked in part to the fate of a tree.

Somali man, '112', weds girl, 17

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Mr. Dore said he and his bride - who is young enough to be his great-great-grand-daughter - were from the same village in Somalia.

Team Discovers New Dinosaur Species

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The species lived 112 million years ago during the early Cretaceous of central Montana.

7 ghoulish archaeological discoveries

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

From brains to preserved bodies, scientists have dug up some scary stuff.

Magnetic 'eyesight' helps birds find their way

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Birds that navigate using the Earth's magnetic field rely more on their eyes than on the magnetic particles in their nostrils.

I saw UFO beam up a buffalo

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Derek Bridges has revealed how he shot extraordinary footage which UFO experts say shows aliens beaming an animal into their spaceship.

Where do ghosts come from?

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Reporter for New Scientist investigates reports of ghosts at a haunted castle in Cumbria, UK.

How Britain became a nation of ghost hunters

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Ghost-hunting events are on the increase, and not just at Halloween.

Scientifically Haunted House Suggests You're a Sucker

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

To test whether it's possible to artificially induce paranormal experiences researchers design a scientifically haunted room.

A good day to get spooked at the Stanley Museum

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

At the Stanley Museum in Estes Park, history buffs can hear all about one of the nation's most famous haunted hotels.

Tweance, the Twitter seance, 'contacts Michael Jackson and Kurt Cobain'

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Tweance, the Twitter séance, has reported that Michael Jackson is "at peace", and Kurt Cobain thinks Dave Grohl is a good drummer.

Human foot found on Canadian beach

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Discovery of foot inside running shoe is seventh such find in British Columbia in past two years.

Bad Driving May Have Genetic Basis, Study Finds

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0800

People with a particular gene variant performed more than 20 percent worse on a driving test than people without it.

See ghosts? There may be a medical reason

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Are there physiological explanations for those things that go bump in the night?

'Miracle' as communion wafer becomes heart tissue

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Catholic Church in Poland is investigating claims of a miracle after a piece of communion wafer was reported to have been transformed into human heart tissue after falling into water during a mass.

Einstein was right!

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Nasa Fermi telescope uncovers proof of famous space-time theory.

Mystery lump on beach mistaken for alien

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0800

From the briny depths of the South Pacific has come a massive ... something, which has parked itself on the stony shoreline of a Temuka beach.

Do-it-yourself ghost hunt

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0800

You don't need to go on an expensive bus tour to experience spooky thrills.

Woman swallows 78 items of cutlery

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0800

A woman obsessed with swallowing spoons and forks was forced to have an operation.

Neanderthals ‘had sex’ with modern man

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Modern humans arrived in Europe from Africa about 40,000 years ago to find Neanderthals already living there.

‘Impossible’ Device Could Propel Flying Cars, Stealth Missiles

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Emdrive is an electromagnetic drive that would generate thrust from a closed system.

Suspects drew masks with marker pen