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A rare Spix’s macaw has been returned to its home country of Brazil, in an attempt to revive the nearly-extinct species. Although the breed is protected by international treaties, it was probably smuggled into the U.S. from Brazil 25 years ago. There are only about a dozen inbred birds left in Brazil, so the newcomer can inject some genetic diversity into the remaining population, and perhaps prevent the species from becoming extinct.
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Heavy metals from industrial pollution and sewage sludge may poison the food we eat. Scientists used to think that living organisms, such as snails and worms, could only ingest heavy metals and other pollutants in the soil if they were dissolved in water, but now they know this isn’t true, meaning they could affect us too. Much of the heavy metal pollution on the West Coast comes from mercury emissions from coal burning in China that end up in rainfall over California.
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On November 4, 2002, President George W. Bush attended a Republican campaign rally at Northwest Regional Airport in Arkansas. Charles Huffer reports, “I had a chance to shake his hand. I reminded him that over two years ago he had promised me that he would finally tell us the truth about UFOs, if elected. I then asked President Bush if he intended to keep that UFO campaign promise. He looked me in the eyes and answered: ‘Yes.’ I forgot to ask when!”

Bush made his original promise to Huffer on July 28, 2000 in Springdale, Arkansas. The UFO promise was taped by ABC News and broadcast on Nightline that night, on CNN the next morning. A short interview with Huffer appeared on the front page of the Washington Post the next morning.
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The Raelian UFO Religion has claimed that a member of the sect has given birth to the first cloned human child. The baby, a little girl, was born on December 27. She is the first of five the Raelians claim to be cloning.

Brigitte Boisselier, president of the cloning organization Clonaid and member of the sect, announced that the baby was born by Caeserian section and that the birth went well.
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