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Pierre Thomas writes in abcnews.com that U.S. intelligence has launched a secret search for a Boeing 727 passenger jet that mysteriously disappeared in Africa three weeks ago.”When an aircraft of this size has been missing for so long it does raise some questions as to where it is and what it’s being used for,” says Chris Yates, editor of Jane’s Civil Aviation Security. “It’s extraordinarily troubling that you can literally disappear off the face of the Earth once you are airborne and fly across a continent like Africa.” The Boeing 727 is hard to miss: it’s 153 feet long and weighs 191,000 pounds.
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Wired.com presents another wonderful animation: “The Race” by Eric Black. This time, the competition between the rabbit and the turtle gets rudely interrupted. To watch a futuristic twist on the old fable,click here. To take a quick trip through the 20th century with Xeth Feinberg’s “Bulbo”,click here.

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If you’re frustrated because you can’t seem to stay away for certain foods, it may make you feel better to know that, according to Dr. Neal Barnard, “Certain foods?chocolates, cheeses, sugars, starches and meats?are capable of stimulating the same part of the brain that responds to alcohol, tobacco, even heroin. They unleash a chemical called dopamine, the brain’s feel-good chemical, and that’s why those foods are addictive.”
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A UFO fell to earth in Saudi Arabia last week, that witnesses described as saucer-shaped and radiating light. When it fell, it sent shock waves through the area and frightened nearby cattle. People ran away from it and watched from a distance. The Saudi military says it could be a spy plane.

Abdul Rahman Al-Osaimi, governor of Arraith, who went to the area where the object fell, says, “The object is not big, but it scares people.” Local resident Salman Al-Raithy says he saw the object flying at a low altitude before it fell to the ground.
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