FILL ‘ER UP . . . . WITH MUSHROOMS?

A famous Montana State University professor has recently made another amazing discovery. Gary Strobel is famous for discovering a fungus in 1993 that contained the anticancer drug taxol. That is major, but his most recent discovery promises to be even bigger. He’s found a mushroom in a South American rain forest that produces . . . diesel. That’s right, diesel, as in ‘put it in your car and drive off.’ MORE>>

Most of us experience ‘gut feelings’ we can’t explain, such as instantly loving – or hating – a new property when we’re househunting or the snap judgements we make on meeting new people. Now researchers in England say these feelings – or intuitions – are real and we should take our hunches seriously. .MORE>>

Although we didn’t notice, a new record was set on 14 September this year. At that time, the ice cap at the North Pole was the second smallest it has been since satellites began to measure it in 1979 and it had the smallest volume ever recorded.MORE>>