Can the human mind be controlled? Analysts believe that manipulation of the mind is possible. The primary questions arise over which techniques truly work, and whether there are consistent mechanical or psychological controls. More ›

Thanks to American Technology Corp. you might happen to be the only one in the crowd hearing the sound of a soda can opening and the fizz from the ice-filled glass it’s being poured into. ATC’s HyperSonic Sound projectors have the marketing world abuzz. More ›

It wasn’t long ago that our understanding of neuroscience was limited to prodding a man’s exposed brain with a low power electrode to draw forth memories and cause muscle movements. Today, scientists have refined this particular treatment by using a technique known as Deep Brain Stimulation, or D.B.S. More ›

The industrial food market has grown rapidly over the past 100 years. Today our country produces a wide variety of factory-processed meats, sauces, vegetables and fluids. Cloning cattle is widely considered a moral way of prolonging quality beef stock and vegetables are regularly genetically married to create more insect resistant and durable strains. More ›

Water flows in a cycle from rivers into the ocean where it evaporates into the sky and falls as rain and snow to supply our rivers. More ›

In the 1930s, scientists developed synthetic organic chemicals to combat farm pests. (‘Synthetic’ here means made by humans – not naturally occurring, while ‘organic’ means containing carbon, not the popular use as in “organic farming”.) DDT, known as “Deet,” a widely used insect repellant, was scientist Paul Muller’s Nobel Prize winning discovery. More ›

The chemicals in vaccines attack and destroy germs and combat disease however they aren’t always 100% effective. In some cases, germs remain in the body and create new strains of the original disease which at times prove fatal. In an age where vaccination and medical treatment has all but wiped out previously incurable diseases like measles, smallpox and yellow fever, how could this be possible? The answer lies in Darwin’s theory of evolution, by which only the strong survive long enough to reproduce, thus naturally selecting traits that will continue the species. More ›

What did Jason Collier, Reggie Lewis, and Damien Nash all have in common? While all were professional athletes, they also each suffered from variations of the heart disorder known as “silent heart disease,” a condition frequently diagnosed in young athletes that commonly results in death. More ›

Viruses, like parasites, live off the materials of other organisms. Without a host, a virus can’t reproduce. Similarly, bacteria require their host to behave in a specific way to be passed along to new victims, typically in the form of sneezes, heavy sweating, or diarrhea. More ›

Colony Collapse Disorder, or CCD, began sweeping across the United States in mid-2007 and millions of beehives across the country seemingly disappeared overnight. Studies suggest that the bees failed to return to their hives and presumably died in the wilderness, the reason for their disappearance continued to mystify scientists. More ›

You may have thought bodies rising from the dead and zombies walking the earth were reserved for fantasy and fiction but scientists have discovered cockroaches that become “zombies” when controlled by a very unique wasp. The emerald cockroach wasp can control a cockroach’s central nervous system and command it to walk in controlled paths, rendering the cockroach completely mindless. More ›

Deep in the jungles of Cameroon, there exists a species of ants known as the Stink Ant the insect roams the jungle floor in search of food but often the food fights back. In this case, the food is a fungus, tomentella and the ant inhales spores from the fungus and is immediately asphyxiated. More ›

Crabs (hemigrapus crenulatus) and grasshoppers are two additional species affected by mind-altering parasites; both suffer from “brainwashing” by parasites requiring hosts to propagate themselves. More ›

A situation arose in New York and Vermont this past winter not unlike that of the bees but this time the victims were bats. An alarming number of bats died after having ventured out in the daytime only to be preyed on by birds or frozen to death after not returning to their caves. Many of the bats suffered from recognizable diseases that their weakened immune systems couldn’t fight off. Who’s to say which of the diseases detected among the dead bats explains their seemingly suicidal behavior? More ›