Jennifer Viegas writes in Discovery News that if our flowers and vegetables are surrounded by weeds, they’re less likely to be attacked by insects. By adding and removing weeds from around test plants, horticulturists Stan Finch and Rosemary Collier found that insects would investigate the weeds, find them unsuitable and often fly away, leaving the valuable plants alone.
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A triangular UFO that leaves a shining trail behind it has been seen in the Worcestershire area of the U.K., and crop circles?which are appearing all over the world?have now turned up in the wheat fields of Italy.
There’s been a mini UFO flap in Worcestershire. Three triangular UFOs were seen on the same night, and one of them was described as having six lights on each side. It disappeared in the usual way: “The light suddenly shot off silently?,” says Michael Soper, spokesman for Contact International.
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Gro Harlem Brundtland, head of the World Health Organization, says, “We have seen SARS stopped dead in its tracks,” and says China holds the key to whether it stays that way.
WHO’s David Heymann says, “China certainly is the key to this outbreak in many respects, particularly because China has been able to contain this outbreak.” China initially denied an epidemic was going on, and Brundtland praised them for their “change in opinion about what was necessary.” Dr. Paul Gully, director general of Canada’s health department, says that even though Canada acted quickly, Toronto couldn’t prevent a second group of SARS cases. He says, “It’s really apparent that the ember can continue to smolder and the disease recur.”
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Mr. Man (who stands for all of us), the creation of artist Steve Whitehouse, sure does get in a lot of trouble. Follow all of his adventures!
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