Mudslide Seen On Mars

Really! A streak on the wall of a Martian crater has been found in Mars Global Surveyor satellite images that wasn't there four years ea...

Slow day? Go upstairs!

Really. Clocks on upper floors of a building tick faster than those at the ground by 2.5x10 -15 seconds for every 6 floors you go up thanks...

You Have To Be Brain Damaged To Stop Smoking

Well, no, that's nonsense. If you have any sense you'll stop without a whack up side the head. But it's apparently actually easi...

Cloned Humans Will Have A Soul

No, that's nonsense. If a clone had a soul, in the narrowest sense, we could have a bunch of people running around with identical souls....

Earth's Crust Thin As Apple's Skin

Really. The Earth's crust in most textbook diagrams is exaggerated, otherwise it would be too small to see; it's as thin as the skin...

Steam Powered Aircraft Flies

Really. Believe it or not, a successful aircraft flew using a steam engine for power. Built by Travel Air Manufacturing Co. and modified by ...

Another Virgin Birth?

Naw that's foolishness. While a key doctrine of Christian and Muslim faith is that Jesus was conceived without help from Mary's husb...

Ooops! You've got oil in your eye

Really. Recently scientists at Ohio State University dicovered the exact composition of tears , and its not just water - it includes oil. W...

Cheap Drug Kills Cancer. Tough.

Really. A cheap, safe drug that kills almost all cancers is available. Better yet, the drug—a simple, small molecule called dichloroacetate...

Sun Will Swallow Earth

Really. As the Sun grows older it will eventually become a red giant. When it does, it will expand to the point that it will engulf most of ...

Porn Beat Off Loser On Tape

Really. In the video tape wars VHS won against Sony's Beta format. Why? Because porn movie viewers wanted to see something longer. Video...

Unhappy? Move to Denmark

Really. Well, at least that's were the world's happiest population lives according to a British psychologist who has produced the f...

Rocky Mountain High Means Hot California Wind

Really. Glen Campbell sang, at least metaphorically, about Rocky Mountain Highs; but real high pressure weather systems in Colorado can prod...

World War Three Is Coming

Nonsense. If you watch TV or read the papers you'd think world conflict is just around the corner and everyone is fighting everyone. Not...

Saturn's Rings Flattest Structure Known

Really. Saturn 's rings are arguably the flattest structures known to science. Barely 30 feet think, according to recent research, Satu...

New F-22 Raptor Is Kicking Butt

Yeah baby. A new USAF fighter known as the F-22 Raptor scored 144 "kills" against front line Air Force, Navy, and Marine fighters...

Some Mice Glow In The Dark

Really. Scientists have created rodents that glow like fireflies . Their experiment involved first freeze-drying mouse sperm, then insertin...

Animal Found With 5 Eyes and a Trunk

Really. One of the weirdest animals ever to live had five fully functioning eyes and a long flexible hose-like proboscis or snout with grabb...

Red Wine Might Help You Live Longer

Really. An ingredient in red wine can slow the aging of human cells . The key ingredient is resveratrol . It occurs in grape vines, roots,...

There's a Rock That Will Melt in Your Hand.

Really! And that rock is ... ice! Dana's System of Mineralogy , the world authority on minerals classifies ice as a mineral, just like ...

New Madrid MO Is A Real Hotspot

Really . In 1812 the largest earthquake ever recorded in the continental U.S., an 8.0 magnitude temblor, took place in New Madrid, Missouri....

Greatest Event Since The Civil War

Really. Journalist Richard Harding Davis called the 1893 World Columbian Exhibition "the greatest event in the history of the country s...

Giraffe's Neck Has Same Bones As You

Really, both humans and giraffe have 7 bones in their next. And no, the giraffe's didn't get that way by stretching. A common miscon...

If There's Ice There's Fire

Really. Someone needs to double check the chemistry here, but it looks like if you built a fire on Titan (Saturn's moon) instead of smok...

Buy A Space Flight on Amazon.com

Really. The founder of Amazon.com announced that he has been developing a spacecraft that could offer the public trips into space by 2010. B...

Lakefront Property Available On Saturn's Moon

Really. Lakes have been spotted on Saturn's largest moon, Titan by the Cassini Spacecraft . But before you call your real estate agent ...

You Owe Your Life To A Long Distance Swimmer

Really. Although tens of millions of your father's sperm entered your mother's uterus, only a few thousand managed to make it to the...

A Bee Could Pick You Out of a Lineup

Really. Honeybees can recognize human faces . Adrian Dyer of Cambridge University trained bees by having them associate a mug shot with a s...

Race cars suck

Really. Formula One Grand Prix cars and other racers use aerodynamic down force to suck the car down to increase tire traction and to keep ...

"Scum of the Earth" Made Life Possible

Really. New studies point to mats of microbes, or scum like you see on a stagnant lake, as the source of oxygen that made other forms of lif...

Today Is Not New Year's Day

Really, American's think today is New Year's Day, but most of the people in the world don't. There are 5 times more people in Ch...