While Congress was debating whether or not to drill for oil in the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge, NASA scientists have discovered that the Earth?s crust contains enough hydrogen to end the world?s energy problems.

Professor Friedemann Freund, of the Ames Research Center in California, says the hydrogen is produced when water molecules break down inside molten rock. His team has evidence that there may be over 85 gallons of hydrogen trapped in each cubic foot of some rocks. The daily energy needs of England could be supplied by the hydrogen trapped in just a cubic mile of rock. However, extracting the hydrogen would be extremely difficult.
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Lucy Pringle reports that the first English cropcircle has been discovered in a field of oil seed rape. It?s 60 feet in diameter and resembles the first circle that appeared during the 2001 season.

Note the two round objects at the top of the circle. Do these represent asteroids? UFOs? New planets that are yet to be discovered? We’ll have to wait and see.

To see a photo of the cropcircle,click here.

To see Lucy Pringle?s cropcircle calendars and beautiful new cropcircle postcard sets, and to read about Linda Howe’s incredible adventures in the cropcircle fields of England in “Mysterious Lights and Cropcircles”,click here.

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The new 55-cent stamp, introduced by the Post Office in February 2001, displays an eagle which looks uncomfortably like the Nazi eagle. According to Al Martin of Almartinraw.comthis design will also be used for the triangular arm badges and hats given to participants in the new Neighborhood Watch program, which will concentrate on identifying “suspicious” characters or even people you know well you are suddenly acting “out of character.” A commercial with Ed McMahon, the new Department of Justice spokesman, suggests that you cooperate with the Neighborhood Watch Association. You will be told how to spot “suspicious” characters or even people you know well, who are suddenly acting “out of character.”
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Nearly half the population of Singapore suffers from insomnia. A survey released by the European pharmaceutical company Sanofil-Synthelabo shows that among 430 Singaporeans polled, 46 percent were categorized as suffering from insomnia.

Only 27 percent of them were aware of their condition and a high level of the respondents were unclear about the symptoms of the disorder. Forty-nine percent thought insomnia only meant the inability to sleep.

But according to the drug company, it also means the inability to fall asleep within 30 minutes of lying in bed, difficulty in going back to sleep again after being woken up, sleeping less than six hours a night and a general dissatisfaction with the quality of sleep.
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