News Briefs 11-09-2012

Are we safer?

• One day soon, humanity will achieve the most amazing feat of all time, and you won't even notice.
• While we dream of giant starships, in reality space transports are getting smaller every year.
• Why doesn't everyone on Earth know who Nikola Tesla is?
• Did shamans really drink reindeer urine to get high?
• Visualising the possibility of alien life in the Milky Way galaxy.
• Is it possible to build a stratosphere scraper? Probably not the best day to be pondering that question...
• Could having our electronic gadgets switched on really bring down a plane?
• Apocalypse watch: the Yangtze River turns to blood.
• Strange hum in Seattle could be fish calling their mates (seriously).
• English UFO mystery solved.
• New movie revives 1970s poltergeist case.
• The entity.
• Geometric illusions in astronauts.
• If alcohol were discovered today, would it be legal?
• Visit the Nazca Lines, before the pigs destroy them.
• Searching for a sunken palace.
• Image of the day: huge solar filament erupts into space.

Quote of the Day:

For me and my family personally, September 11 was a reminder that life is fleeting, impermanent, and uncertain… We must make use of every moment and nurture it with affection, tenderness, beauty, creativity, and laughter.

Deepak Chopra