Since skyscrapers are a symbol of Western power for terrorists, we should figure out how to protect them from the fate of the World Trade Center. The lightweight construction that enabled the World Trade Center towers to rise so high proved fatal on September 11, when terrorist-controlled jets easily sliced through them, fatally severing their central cores of elevators, stairs and water lines to sprinklers.
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Russian scientists think a tough microbe that can withstand huge doses of radiation must have come from Mars, since it wouldn’t have had time to develop this ability here on Earth. On Mars, however, the bugs could have received the necessary dose in just a few hundred thousand years, because radiation levels there are much higher. The bugs would then have traveled to Earth on meteorites.
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It’s been reported in the mainstream media that Boeing is building a flying saucer, but the aircraft company hotly denies it. Reports say that Boeing’s work is based on antigravity research conducted by controversial Russian scientist Yevgeny Podkletnov, but Boeing spokesman David Phillips says there’s no company funding for such a project.
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Among the most surprising cures for migraine headaches are Botox and yogurt. At first, patients who had Botox injections for cosmetic reasons found they had fewer headaches. Two years ago, a study found that among 134 patients, Botox had a 92 percent success rate of decreasing migraines. A recent study suggests that the bacteria found in yogurt may help reduce migraines, based on the finding that some migraines may be linked to an infection and the bacteria in yogurt and other dairy products could fight it off.
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