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In her new diary, Anne Strieber writes: “Whitley has written about how he feels about his new novel The Grays. People Magazine calls it ‘a great read.’ It is based not only on Whitley’s own experiences, but also on the experiences of so many other witnesses whose stories we have heard over the years. But for me it’s more than any of those things: it’s the love story of Whitley and me.”

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The recent thwarted terrorist threat to airlines in London has made us all even more nervous about taking flight. What are scientists doing do help keep dangerous chemicals off planes? And what will we do if terrorists begin to target non-humans?

While it might be very difficult to detect benign chemicals that could make an explosive when mixed together, it is not nearly as difficult to detect traces of potentially dangerous chemicals on the FINGERS of people who recently have been in contact with them, so scientists want to develop an airport sensor that could detect such traces on the fingers of airline passengers.
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Why do some people seem so calm, even though they may really be frightened, while others fidget constantly, whether they are nervous or not? Some brains may be wired to encourage fidgeting and other restless behaviors, and fidgeting isn’t all bad?it uses up calories and helps control your weight.
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Indonesia is currently the country that is the most affected by bird flu. So far, there is no concrete evidence that the virus is passing from person to person, but poultry infected with the disease have been found in almost every one of the country?s provinces and the 44 human deaths from the disease are spread evenly across the country. Has it arrived in the US? Two wild swans found in Michigan are reported to have it, but scientists don’t think it’s the dangerous Asian strain that has killed almost 140 people around the world, so far.
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