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Jill McGivering writes in bbcnews.com that sick people in Thailand are trying a unique cure. One patient says, “I started drinking my own urine after hearing from a monk that if you have any kind of disease, urine drinking will help.”

Her doctor, Dr. Banchob, recommends that patients collect their own urine in the morning and start drinking small amounts, until they’re drinking a glassful a day. He says, “In the ancient times or early days in the rural areas, I think Thai people practiced this.”
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An abcnews.com exclusive reports that many archeologists work in the midst of wars and sometimes they have even started wars.
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Gina Treadgold writes for abcnews.com that planting a flag on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission was a top secret project in 1969. NASA engineer Tom Moser says, “?It had to be done quietly, because putting a U.S. flag on the moon was politically sensitive.” Historian Anne Platoff says the UN had passed a treaty stating “outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies is not subject to national appropriation.” But the main problem was getting the flag to fly.
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Attacks on humans by gulls and buzzards are increasing, meaning some birds may be learning to fear us less. Other birds are adapting to our presence by changing their songs, so they can be heard above the traffic noise.

Simon de Bruxelles writes in the Times of London that buzzards have been divebombing walkers and even attacking people in their cars. Experts say they’re protecting nests in nearby trees.

Former Royal Air Force Captain Richard Bridges, 69, had to be taken to the hospital after suffering wounds in the head. He’s been attacked twice, and was chased off by a flock of five birds a third time.
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