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During the week of May 29, the British Royal Navy may have come close to firing on UFOs that were flying over the UK.

This was leaked to the press by an “ex-military source.” In the Register, Lewis Page quotes this source as saying, “The guns on the ships are powered by radar, but military radar and civilian radar work on different frequencies, so that is probably why the airport said it had not picked anything up.” The HMS Daring warship is equipped with radar-activated Phalanx guns, which are capable of firing more than 3,000 rounds a minute.
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We recently wrote a story about how the recent crash of an Air France jetliner looked suspiciously like it was shot down by a missile. This is the Critical Mass scenario, in Whitley Strieber’s new novel, which postulates that terrorist organizations could hold countries “hostage” by hiding bombs in their major cities (and in this case, proving this was real by blowing up a jet). France has been very controversial in the Muslim world in recent years, by banning headscarves in public schools, denouncing forced marriages, etc., so it would be a likely target for the imposition of sharia law.
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Why do so many people live in the suburbs? With gas prices set to rise again and the problems that automobiles cause with greenhouse gas emissions, city planners would like to lure more folks back to the cities, so they could set up transportation options like light rail.

Are people drawn to the concept of perfectly matching houses throughout a neighborhood, the “little boxes” as the famous song goes, or is it the slightly sterile lack of urban energy often associated, fairly or not, with life in the suburbs? More likely it’s a desire for living space that feels shiny, new and most of all, roomy, that one is increasingly hard-pressed to find downtown.
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Women do, anyway – Women: Why does talking with a girlfriend make us feel so good? If we don’t get enough “girl talk,” feel deprived. A new study has identified a likely reason: feeling emotionally close to a friend increases levels of the hormone progesterone, which reduces anxiety and stress.

Researcher Stephanie Brown says, “This study establishes progesterone as a likely part of the (chemical) basis of social bonding in humans.” Progesterone is a sex hormone that fluctuates with the menstrual cycle, and it’s also present in low levels in post-menopausal women and in men. Higher levels of progesterone increase the desire to bond with others, and may even give us a greater willingness to help other people, even at our own expense.
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