Word Oddities Jeff Miller's nice collection of word oddities and trivia. Bitter truth about artificial sweeteners Mark Gold's frightening eye-opener about aspartame sugar substitutes - the stuff in most diet foods and drinks. Fun with exploding grapes Patrick R. Michaud demonstrates how using only cheap, readily-available equipment, you can create a spectacular lightshow in the comfort of your very own kitchen, providing hours of fun and excitement for your family, friends, and pets!

Wager $1000 on fifteen worsening global trends Stanford scientists Paul R. Ehrlich and Stephen H. Schneider assert that 15 current trends (ranging from rising global temperature to the growing gap between rich and poor) will get worse over a ten year stretch into the future. I, Rearrangement Servant (Internet Anagram Server) Anu Garg's wonderful anagram generator. NASA JFK Space Center: Shuttle, Weather and Payload Online Status Reports Up to the minute news about the space shuttle!