2019-03-01
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Water on Other Planets May Mean ETs
October 14, 2002Signs of water have been found in the atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars, which may mean our galaxy is teeming with life. Astronomers looked for water near 17 stars, all of which are thought to have planetary systems orbiting... continued
Will We Ever Learn About Cuban Underwater City?
October 14, 2002One reason we're not getting more information about what looks like a Cuban underwater city is that for Paul Weinzweig and his wife Paulina Zelitsky of Advanced Digital Communications (ADC), exploring it is only a sideline?the company has been hired... continued
Land Changes Worse Than Greenhouse Gases
October 14, 2002The way humans alter the Earth's surface may be a major cause of climate change. NASA scientists say the way land is used is probably just as important as greenhouse gas emissions, and changes in the surface of the land... continued
UFO Images from Malaysia
October 14, 2002Images of a UFO were captured by a surveillance camera mounted on top of the Kota Kinabalu International Airport terminal in Mayaysia last week. The craft has been described as looking like a "flying coffin." The security officers monitoring the... continued
Just Ignore It
October 11, 2002Israeli researchers think that ignoring trauma may be healthier than pouring out your heart to a psychiatrist (and they have a lot of stress over there, so they should know). "The findings of this study suggest that a repressive coping... continued
Snakes Can Kill You in Surprising Ways
October 11, 2002A pet snake may have caused the death of a woman who died after receiving a tainted blood transfusion. Salmonella bacteria from the snake may have contaminated the blood given by the blood donor. Another woman became ill following a... continued
Mosquitoes Carry Malaria, as Well as West Nile
October 11, 2002Malaria-carrying mosquitoes have been found in Maryland, near the area where two teenagers became ill with the disease this past summer. "Having two cases of domestically transmitted malaria, and finding two pools of positive mosquitoes, hasn't happened for decades in... continued
U.S. May Fight Iraq With Bioweapons
October 11, 2002As our military is getting ready to face an assault by chemical and biological weapons from Iraq, newly declassified Pentagon reports reveal that the United States secretly tested similar chemical and biological weapons on American soil during the 1960s. The... continued
Miracle Medicines From the Rainforest
October 10, 2002People who scoff at ecologists as "tree huggers" don't realize that most of our modern live-saving medicines come from indigenous people living in the rainforests of the world?which are rapidly being destroyed. Scientists in Venezuela have started a major project... continued
Secret Sounds
October 10, 2002There are sound waves so low in frequency that we humans can't hear them, but they may be the secret behind both animal communication and haunted houses. Human ears detect sounds in the frequency range of 20 to 20,000 Hertz... continued