Museum of UnNatural Mystery - Science Over the Edge, Etc.

Ask the Curator: Silencing the Bang

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:03:06 GMT

How does a gun silencer stop the loud sound of a gunpowder explosion?

The Mystery of Quantum Physics (Part 1)

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:02:07 GMT

The mystery at the heart of quantum physics strikes directly at our perception of whether the universe and everything in it, including ourselves, is real.

Science Over the Edge: February 2010

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:59 GMT

In this issue:

-Statistics Help Find Fraudulent Art
-Alligators' Lung Works Like Birds
-Pyramids Not Built by Slaves
-Chinese Dino Venomous
-So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
-ISS Moves into the 21st Century
-See an Asteroid
and more...

Ask the Curator: Stars or Galaxies?

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:30:39 GMT

When I look up at the night sky, how many of those stars are really stars and how many are galaxies?

A Close Encounter with Ball Lightning

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:29:15 GMT

I write a lot about people who have encounters with anomalous things, but rarely do I just stumble across someone in my everyday life that tells me they encountered a rare electrical phenomenon called ball lightning.

Science Over the Edge January 2010

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:27:51 GMT

In this issue:

-Is New Exo-planet a Waterworld?
-Revolutionary Paper Battery May Have Many Applications
-More of the Dino Warm/Cold Blooded Debate
-Recently Found Fragments Open Questions about Shroud of Turin
-HARPS Finds 32 Planets
-Cloud-like UFO?
-Quadrantid Meteor Shower
and more...

Ask the Curator: It's the Hair, Not the Humidity

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:45:31 GMT

I have a thermometer hanging on the wall that also has a humidity gauge. The humidity gauge is just a round strip of metal. How can a strip of metal tell how much humidity is in the air?

Christmas Electric: A History of Holiday Lights

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:44:08 GMT

Today one can hardly find a street in North America during the month of December where the majority of houses are not lit up with a dazzling display of hundreds or even thousands tiny electric lights. Where did these traditions come from and when did Christmas become electric?

Science Over the Edge - December 2009

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:42:54 GMT

In this issue:

-Crack Will Become New Sea
-Researchers find Supersize "Cosmic Web"
-Crash Shows That Water is On Moon
-Brothers Claim to Have Found Mysterious Missing Army
-Super Volcano Eruption Destroyed Forests 3,000 Miles Away
-Intra-Mercurial Planet
-Snails: Better than Beef
-Blue Moon
and more

Ask the Curator: Moon's Strange Orbit

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:51:36 GMT

What does the moon's unusual orbit tell us about Earth's past?

2012: The End of the World?

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:45:01 GMT

Books, internet sites and now even a major motion picture suggest that bad things are going to happen on December 21, 2012. Is any of this craziness based on scientific fact?

Science Over the Edge - November 2009

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:44:01 GMT

In this issue:

-Group Tries to Debunk Shroud of Turin
-New 4.4 Million-Year-Old Human Remains Found
-Researchers Find Dinosaur Stampede
-Ida Not Our Relative
-New Leonardo Work Found
-Earhart Died on Nikumaroro
and more...

Ask the Curator: How Old is the Earth?

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:53:14 GMT

Is there any way to resolve the Biblical Story with Science?

The Science of Ghosts

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:49:21 GMT

They are called phantasms, specters or spirits. Most people just call them ghosts and are either fascinated by them, or are terrified of them, or sometimes both.

Science Over the Edge - September 2009

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:48:21 GMT

In this issue:

-Massive Wall Discovered in Jerusalem
-Rat as Big as Cat
-Super Subs will Open Ocean Floor to Amateur Explorers
-Rat Eating Plant Found
-Tiny T-Rex. Startles Scientists
-Teenagers Kill Alien-like Animal
and more...

Ask the Curator: Vital Vitamins

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:06:07 GMT

What is a "vitamin", and how can sunlight make vitamin D?

Notes From the Curator's Office: An Art Project for a Favorite Novel

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:04:18 GMT

A do-it-yourself way to commemorate your favorite book or movie and add a conversation piece to your home.

Science Over the Edge for September 2009

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:02:35 GMT

In this issue:

-Space Elevator Getting Closer?
-Cave System Found Under Egyptian Pyramids
-Egyptian Tombs Could be Gone in 150 Years
-Giant Pandas in Trouble
-Pterosaurs Unlike Anything Else
-Book Review - Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe is Just Right for Life
-Florida Muck Monster
and more...

Ask the Curator: Glowing Arthropods

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:00:09 GMT

Why do scorpions fluoresce under a UV light?

The Hunt for the Killer Shark - Part 2

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:58:26 GMT

In twelve days in the summer of 1916 shark attacks along the New Jersey shore had left four dead and one maimed with the rogue shark still on the loose.

Science Over the Edge for August 2009

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:56:43 GMT

In this issue:

-Cats Developed Special Purr to get Human Attention
-Scientists Hunt Giant Worm
-Long Nailed Dinosaur
-Hubble Back in Service for a Day
-Purple Blobs
-The Perseid Meteor Shower
-Blue in M&Ms Could Save Spine
and more...

Ask the Curator: Air On the Moon

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:16:32 GMT

Is it possible to channel a pipe from Earth to Moon and pump in some of earth's atmosphere so as to support free life?

Rogue Shark! The Jersey Shore Attacks of 1916

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:14:33 GMT

Four are dead and a fifth maimed in the America's worst shark attack incident in the history of the nation.

Science Over the Edge

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:12:25 GMT

In this issue:

-Sharks Operate Like Serial Killers
-Find Makes Dino-Bird Connection More Likely
-Topless Mona Lisa-like Painting Exposed
-Warp Drive Might Create a Black Hole
-New Flying Car to be on Market
and more...

Ask the Curator: Using Magnets for Traveling Through Space

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:29:29 GMT

I'm wondering if it's possible to use the principles of magnetism for travel. For example, could a ship with a highly focused electromagnet aim and pull itself to a planet's magnetic field, or to the heavy metal core of an asteroid? Could this same idea be used to create a flying car, by pushing or pulling off more than one point at the same time?

Relaunch: Science Today: Breaking News

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:26:18 GMT

Our page of breaking science news stories gets an update with more news categories and articles!

Science Over the Edge - June 2009

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:23:21 GMT

In this issue:

-Komodo Dragon: Venom or Toxic Bacteria?
-Cat-sized Primate Significant Fossil
-Island "Hobbits" New Species
-Meteorite Hit Created Dangerous Gas
-DNA Could Tell if Lincoln was Already Dying
-E.T. Search Going for a Decade
and more...

Ask the Curator: Geostationary Satellites

Sat, 02 May 2009 00:40:33 GMT

Is it true that for a satellite to hold the same position over the earth it can only be over the equator?

Project Blue Book: The U.S. Air Force Verses the Flying Saucers

Sat, 02 May 2009 00:38:42 GMT

After investigating over 12,600 incidents the military's 22 year-long effort to crack the mystery of UFOs ended with anger, suspicion and claims of a cover up.

The UnMuseum Press release: "Cardboard Submarine"

Sat, 02 May 2009 00:37:06 GMT

A new book from the author of the "The Martain Who Looked Like a Dog Series."

When Mike, Melissa and Hector ordered a submarine from an ad on the back for a comic book, they got less, and more than the expected. Robots, flying saucers, space aliens, sunken treasure and pirate looters were in the package too!

Paperback $5.49. Ages 8 - 13. Available from the UnMuseum Press or Amazon.com

Science Over the Edge - May 2009

Sat, 02 May 2009 00:32:20 GMT

In this issue:

- Drying Salt Lakes May have Caused Extinction
- "Drowned" Spiders Comes Back to Life
- Researchers Search for Cleopatra and Antony Tombs
- Long-necked Stegosaur Found
- Knights Templars Guarded Shroud
- Astronaut Believes in UFO
and more...

The UnMuseum Press new release: "Zebop Finds a Friend"

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:12:44 GMT

From the Martian Who Looked Like A Dog Series
From the author of the "Bunny Stories."

Zebop, the last Martian, finds living on Mars very lonely. So he takes this saucer and flies to the planet Earth. There he disguies himself as a dog. Zebop comes to live with Jeffrey and together with their friends, Brenda and Rex, they have many adventures. Zebop has much to learn about the ways of planet Earth!

Book#1 "Zebop Finds A Friend" - Zebop travels 36 million miles to Earth, but will anybody want to be a friend to a fuzzy alien?

Fiction Ages 6 - 8

The Museum of UnNatrual Mystery annnouces it Publishing Division

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:08:21 GMT

Ask the Curator: The Death of Bruce Lee

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:35:08 GMT

Was Bruce Lee Assassinated? The story behind his mysterious death.

New at the Museum: Curator's Notes: Magic & Teaching

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:32:22 GMT

Magic & Teaching- Can a book about the history of magic tell us something about education?

Science Over the Edge - April 2009

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:29:57 GMT

In this issue:

-NASA Telescope Looks for ET's Home
-Dinosaurs on the Way Back to Life
-Oldest Evidence of Upright Walking
-Dead Sea Scroll Authors - The Essenes - Did Not Exist
-Smallest North American Dino Found
-British Release "Dog Walker" UFO Report
-Death of Dr. J. Allen Hynek

News Feed Added

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:02:32 GMT

The Museum of UnNatural Mystery announces the addition of an RSS feed to publish changes to the site and make its popular Science Over the Edge feature more widely available.