The Wilderness Downtown

You must run "Google Chrome" for this to work. Enter any street address like this - 3028 Fairfield Street, Phila, PA - than press "Search", press "Play Film" and watch that area appear in the video... 3x's cool...

Lord of the Ants

E.O. Wilson's fascination with little creatures has led him to some very big ideas.

Tunisia and the spark that launched uprisings

Bob Simon reports from Tunisia, where protests against the repressive government not only toppled its autocratic ruler, but sparked the uprising in Egypt that forced President Hosni Mubarak to resign.

Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code

Mohan Srivastava, a geological statistician living in Toronto, realized that the logic he used to find gold deposits could also crack lottery cards.

Ariz. hospital loses Catholic status over surgery

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix stripped a major hospital of its affiliation with the church Tuesday because of a surgery that ended a woman's pregnancy to save her life...

The People Behind The Mosque

"60 Minutes" does a segment on "The People Behind The Mosque"... which happens to be near Ground Zero...

The Obameter: Tracking Obama's Campaign Promises

PolitiFact has compiled more than 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter.

Keeping It Real...

Hawking's Universe

This is a 52 minute video with -6- physicist discussing Stephen Hawkings universe.

Switches That Turn Mental Illness On & Off

The difference between one personality and another is not determined by genes alone. Love’s got something to do with it too.

Hawaiian beach turning plastic

Consumer waste from the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" is turning a Hawaiian beach "into plastic".

The Monty Hall Problem

This is known as the "Monty Hall Problem"... there's a car behind 1 of 3 doors... Monty shows you a goat behind door #3... should you pick door #1 or door #2... want to increase your odds of picking the correct door ???... oh, by the way, there's a link to the actual game so you can see if the logic works... did I enjoy this article ???... it sat on my desk for over a year...

The Mysterious Downfall of the Neandertals

comments are as good as the article... and the article is excellent... my belief is that we killed off the Neandertals... we humans have a hard time living together... read the article... I'm interested in hearing your opinion... Thanks, Stever

Human Likely Killed Neanderthal, Weapons Test Shows

I guess I would rather think that they just became extinct.

China blocking Facebook, Twitter, etc...

What did you expect... we are talking China here...

One womans amazing story

Survivor still haunted by 1971 air crash

Watching Whales Watching Us

Whales... Intelligent ???