NASA Searches for Secret Crash Debris

February 7, 2003
Searchers are looking in a town in east Texas for a top-secret object from the space shuttle Columbia. Hundreds of National Guardsmen, federal agents, state troopers, and volunteers have invaded the tiny Texas town of Bronson, searching for the mystery... continued

Teleportation Works?But Not for Us

February 7, 2003
Scientists long scoffed at Star Trek style teleportation, but now they've changed their tune. While they don't think they'll be able to instantly move people from place to place, Swiss scientist Nicolas Gisin has been able to make small amounts... continued

To Live a Long Life, Keep Shaving

February 6, 2003
To find your approximate date of death, measure your telomeres. These are the pieces of DNA that protect the ends of our chromosomes and control how fast our cells age, and scientists think shortened telomeres cause early death. Some cloned... continued

More Cocaine, Less Fun

February 6, 2003
William Burroughs, perhaps the world's most famous drug addict, once confided to Whitley Strieber that an addict is always chasing the thrill he got from his first hit. The more they take a drug, the less pleasure they get, which... continued

Ice Blocks Still Falling From the Sky

February 6, 2003
For the third time in a year, a mysterious chunk of yellow ice has landed in the yard of a house in Davenport, Iowa. Ernest McDonald says that more than one person has blamed this on "pee bombs" that fall... continued

Anne’s Diary: The Dreary Spread of Sameness

February 6, 2003
Anne writes, "While Clear Channel never told us what to say on Dreamland, they definitely do promote their doctrines and beliefs over the airwaves, which is probably why they didn't try to keep us on after Art Bell retired, despite... continued

NASA: Probably not the Insulation

February 6, 2003
NASA now thinks that something other than insulation from the booster hitting the left wing of the space shuttle Columbia during liftoff caused the shuttle to disintegrate on re-entry. A photograph taken by an amateur astronomer in San Francisco showing... continued

The Books You’ve Waited For are Back

February 6, 2003
We've had such interesting guests on Dreamland lately that you've bought up our entire stock of their books and we've had to reorder. Now we have plenty of Voyages of the Pyramid Builders and The Field and Hitler's Flying Saucers... continued

Joe College is Being Watched

February 5, 2003
College is supposed to be a place where you can try out radical new ideas and enjoy free speech, but that's gotten dangerous now that campus police departments are helping federal agents track down terrorists. Many of the 911 terrorists... continued

New 911 Planned

February 5, 2003
According to U.S. intelligence, al-Qaeda is planning a new attack as big as September 11, although it may have been disrupted by arrests of terrorists during the past few months."The attack will be large-scale," one official says. The major attack... continued