Billion dollar New Mexico “Ghost Town” to be Built

A “scientific ghost town“, equipped to research everything from traffic patterns to renewable energy, is to be built in the desert near Hobbs, N.M.

Pegasus Global Holdings, the firm behind the planned installation, says it will also be used to develop “homeland security” testing areas and to text next-gen cellular networks.

How Big would a Sphere of All Earth’s Water Be?

Imagine the Earth in your mind’s eye. Now round up all the water on the planet into a sphere (we’re talking oceans, icecaps, atmosphere, everything — even the water bound up in you and me). How big do you think that sphere would be compared to the Earth?

5 Mind-Bending Facts About Dreams

When your head hits the pillow, for many it’s lights out for the conscious part of you. But the cells firing in your brain are very much awake, sparking enough energy to produce the sometimes vivid and sometimes downright haunted dreams that take place during the rapid-eye-movement stage of your sleep.