June 9

Scientists Demonstrates Wireless Power Transfer Imagine a future in which wireless power transfer is feasible: cell phones, household robots, mp3 players, laptop computers and other portable electronics capable of charging themselves without ever being plugged in, freeing us from that final, ubiquitous power wire.
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Brain Cancer Successfully Treated with Electrical Field A device that specifically targets rapidly growing cancer cells with intermediate frequency electrical fields—called Tumor-Treating Fields (TTFields)—doubled the survival rates of patients with brain cancer, according to a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal article.
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82,000-Year-Old Jewelry Found
Archaeologists from Oxford have discovered what are thought to be the oldest examples of human decorations in the world.
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Trip Proposed to Center of Earth Via Arctic Hole A U.S. scientist and a small band of believers are planning a journey to the Canadian Arctic for what they call "the greatest geological expedition in history."
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Aliens tuning in to vintage broadcasts?
Experts involved in the study of alien worlds told the British Government they were convinced that life exists elsewhere in the universe.
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June 10

Rover Finds "Puddles" on the Martian Surface A new analysis of pictures taken by the exploration rover Opportunity reveals what appear to be small ponds of liquid water on the surface of Mars.
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Mystery Skeleton Spotted Sticking Out of Iceberg Marine scientists in Canada and abroad are puzzled by bizarre photographs that appear to show the skeleton of a large mammal jutting out of an iceberg that recently drifted past Newfoundland's east coast.
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Chinese Writing '8,000 Years Old'
Chinese archaeologists studying ancient rock carvings say they have evidence that modern Chinese script is thousands of years older than previously thought.
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Researchers Think Comet Shaped North American History Two University of Oregon researchers are proposing that an extraterrestrial impact, possibly a comet, set off a 1,000-year-long cold spell and wiped out or fragmented the prehistoric Clovis culture and a variety of animal genera across North America almost 13,000 years ago.
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Silent Ion Electric Personal Flying Device Patented A U.S. company has plans for a safe, silent personal flight device using electromagnetic ion propulsion as its primary thrust generator and drawing its power wirelessly from earthbound inductive green power broadcast stations.
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June 11

A Shocking Idea: Nerves Might Run on Sound, Not Electricity Most people know that nerves work by passing electrical currents from cell to cell. But you might be surprised to learn that no one knows exactly how anesthetics stop nerves from carrying pain signals.
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Patent Sought on 'Synthetic Life'
Scientists working to build a life form from scratch have applied to patent the broad method they plan to use to create their "synthetic organism".
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Drought Bares Florida Lake Bottom and Reveals Human Remains, Ships and Other Artifacts A drought that has uncovered parts of the bed of Florida's largest lake has exposed human bone fragments, pottery and even boats — and archaeologists are trying to evaluate the artifacts before water levels rise again.
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Trickle of Planet Discoveries Becomes a Flood Alien worlds, once hidden from knowledge, are now being discovered in droves, stunning astronomers with their unique features and sheer numbers. The discoveries are so common that more and more don't even get reported outside scientific circles.
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Hexagonal Cloud over Saturn Poses Mystery The handiwork of giant alien bees? A cosmic bathroom floor tile?
These are among the explanations not being considered by befuddled NASA scientists wondering why Saturn has an enormous six-sided cloud formation hovering above its gaseous north pole.
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June 12

Mysterious Signal Hints at Subsurface Ocean on Titan The tentative detection of low frequency radio waves on Saturn's icy moon, Titan, could signal an underground ocean of liquid water, a new study says. If so, it would be good news for the possibility of life beneath the surface of this bizarre world.
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Flirting With Invisibility
Increasingly, physicists are constructing materials that bend light the “wrong” way, an optical trick that could lead to sharper-than- ever lenses or maybe even make objects disappear.
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Can an Electric Hat Fight Tumors?
For years, electric fields were rumored to cause cancer. Now there's reason to believe they might fight it--and in some cases even destroy it.

New Green Pyre To Cool Planet While Burning The Dead Of India Alarmed by the fuel-intensive nature of the funeral rites of Hindus who practice open-air cremation using firewood, an environmental group in New Delhi is promoting a new, more eco-friendly pyre.
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India "Bigfoot" Sightings Prompt Official Probe Claims by terrified villagers that "bigfoot"-type hairy giants are roaming the jungles of India's remote northeast have prompted authorities to order an investigation.
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June 16

Laser Weapons Planned Amid North Korea Threat Japan aims to develop high-power laser weapons next year to strengthen its anti-missile defence system, in response to the growing military threat from North Korea.
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Neanderthals 'Were Ahead of Their Time'
Neanderthal man was not as slow-witted as he looked and was in reality as smart as we are, an archaeologist claims.
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Lascaux on the Nile
Palaeolithic rock art depicting animal illustrations similar to those found in the Lascaux caves in France have been discovered in Upper Egypt.
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Search for Alien Life to go Round-the-Clock The SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute plans to have 42 radio astronomy dishes up and running in northern California by the end of 2007, which will enable it to scan the heavens for alien radio waves on a continuous basis.
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Plants Recognize Their Siblings, Biologists Discover The next time you venture into your garden armed with plants, consider who you place next to whom. It turns out that the docile garden plant isn’t as passive as widely assumed, at least not with strangers.
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