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A 19-Year-Old Looks at Life
December 17, 2002A 19-year-old girl who wishes to remain anonymous has constructed a picture essay?with captions?that says a lot about life in the United States. Don?t miss it! NOTE: This news story, previously published on our old site, will have any links... continued
Cannibals Still Around
December 17, 2002Cannibalism may seem like a thing of the past, but it's still going on. In Germany, an apparently respectable middle class software designer ate a microchip engineer. The police caught him after he tried to find a new victim on... continued
We’re Controlled While We Shop
December 17, 2002Since most of us are doing our Christmas shopping this week, we should know that stores are subtly influencing our purchases. In a store called Once Famous, researchers study customers from behind one-way mirrors?but they?re not looking for shoplifters. While... continued
Without the Moon, We’d be Dead as Dinos
December 17, 2002There are not nearly enough craters on Earth for the large number of asteroids that impact us every year. Over the past 250 million years, Earth should have been hit around 440 times by asteroids larger than a mile across.... continued
Welcome to the UFO Bar
December 17, 2002The patrons of Benson's Hide-A-Way near Kettle Moraine State Forest in Wisconsin aren?t afraid to talk about their UFO sightings, abductions or missing time experiences. Owner Bill Benson says, "The reason we started the UFO thing was people had this... continued
New ET Search
December 17, 2002Astronomers around the world have searched the skies for ET using data from radio telescopes, looking for signals from another civilization. Now Nobel laureate Charles Townes thinks we should return to the old-fashioned method of looking through telescopes because bright... continued
What Makes Music Unforgettable?
December 17, 2002What makes a song stick in your head, and why does a wrongly played note sound so awful? New research shows the brain has specific structures that are designed to perceive and remember musical patterns. This area of the brain... continued
More Storms Ahead
December 15, 2002The ice and snow storms that shut down parts of the U.S. may not be over yet?there may be more to come, due to an El Nino in the Pacific Ocean. "El Nino is one of the driving forces behind... continued
Smallpox Vaccine Can be Deadly
December 15, 2002Smallpox is the worst disease known to man?it killed half a billion people from 1880 to 1980, before it was finally eradicated in 1980. But the smallpox vaccine can be deadly too, and that's the problem we face today. Scientists... continued
Pigs Stalk the Countryside
December 15, 2002For years, residents in parts of England have cowered behind their doors at night, because Big Cats stalk the countryside. Now it's pigs in New Jersey. For weeks, residents there have seen a mysterious 600 pound pig walking the streets.... continued