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War May Make Terrorism Worse

September 20, 2002
An invasion of Iraq may make terrorism worse, because we would not be able to take over control of the country immediately. In the meantime, terrorists inside Iraq would have a chance to move or sell their weapons and locate... continued

What’s Needed for The Wave

September 19, 2002
Now that football season is here and we're also looking forward to the World Series, scientists from the University of Budapest decided to figure out how many people are needed to produce The Wave?that undulating up-and-down motion that moves across... continued

How to Tell if Someone’s Lying

September 19, 2002
People are bad at spotting liars because they look for the wrong signals. "People are really dreadful at detecting when someone is lying," says Richard Wiseman, of the University of Hertfordshire in the U.K. "They think that liars avoid eye... continued

Earth Had Rings Like Saturn

September 19, 2002
The Earth may once have been surrounded by rings, like Saturn, which would have cast a shadow on parts of the planet all day long. The rings could have been formed after a glancing blow from an asteroid, when a... continued

Iraq Can Afford to Fight

September 19, 2002
Despite Saddam Hussein's offer to let UN inspectors back into Iraq, the U.S. may not back down, so we may go to war with Iraq anyway. Saddam can afford to fight back: he gets his hands on as much as... continued

Amazing New Journal from Whitley

September 19, 2002
In his latest Journal, Whitley Strieber writes about his own personal experience fighting off psychic attacks, with the help of Australian author Robert Bruce. He speculates about cattle?and perhaps human?mutilations, here and abroad, and addresses the question of the man... continued

Pepsi Beats Coke into Space

September 18, 2002
Pepsi-Cola is planning a contest with the winner getting a free ride aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. The deal will cost them $35 million, including a payment to the Russians of $15 million. The rest of the money will go... continued

Will Russians Reveal Data on UFOs?

September 18, 2002
The following story is the latest in a continuing series of "Pravda" stories about UFOs: The collapse of the Chernobyl nuclear plant on April 26, 1986 sent dangerous levels of radiation into Eastern Europe. But it could have been worse:... continued

Unbearable Mother-in-Law Scientific Fact

September 18, 2002
Tough, aggravating women are more likely to give birth to boys, a researcher has found. This type of woman has higher testosterone levels and is likely to produce more boys?and thus become a mother-in-law. Also, historical data shows that babies... continued

Asteroid Coming, But No Money to Deflect

September 18, 2002
Despite the fact that asteroid NT7 is scheduled to wipe out much of humanity and send us back to the Dark Ages when it hits us on February 1st, 2060, there is almost no money available for research on how... continued