2019-03-01
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Fake Food Can Make You Sick
August 20, 2002Quorn, a fake meat made from fungus, has now reached theU.S. and it's making people sick. The Center for Science inthe Public Interest has received reports from 33 people whosuffered vomiting and diarrhea after eating Quorn. A NorthCarolina man broke... continued
Saudis Censor Western Websites
August 20, 2002Over 2,000 U.S. websites are blocked by the SaudiGovernment, and not just pornography, either. Many of themare cultural information or woman's sites. "We foundblockage of quite a bit of content beyond political contentand pornography," says Ben Edelman of Harvard University."We... continued
New Airport Security: Mind Reading
August 20, 2002Besides x-ray machines, metal detectors and old-fashionedpat-downs, airport security will soon be able to read ourminds. NASA has told Northwest Airlines they're developingbrain-monitoring devices which can receive and analyzebrain-wave and heartbeat patterns, then feed that data intocomputerized programs "to detect... continued
Cat Litter Leads to Car Crashes
August 20, 2002If you're the one who empties the cat litter, you're morelikely to have a car crash. Scientists warn that the diseasetoxoplasmosis can increase your risk of an auto accidentbecause the cysts which form your the nerves and muscletissue could reduce... continued
UFOs Attack in India
August 19, 2002In the U.S., UFOs usually hover silently, then dart awayquickly, but in India, they emit red and blue lights thatburn people while they're sleeping outdoors at night. Atleast 7 people have died of unexplained injuries that havebeen attributed to UFOs... continued
Geeks Have Autistic Children
August 19, 2002There's a huge increase in autism cases in Europe and theU.S., especially in Silicon Valley, California, where asmany as one in 150 children have some form of the disorder.Now scientists say this may be due to the type of genesfound... continued
More Crop Circles–in Canada and China
August 19, 2002In Canada, a dairy farmer outside Montreal recentlydiscovered crop circles on his land. Marty Cullen, afarmhand employed by Jack Peddie, told Peddie he had seenlarge sections of a barley field crushed down in a circularpattern. Peddie discovered at least 12... continued
Now Appearing in Your Garden: Superweeds
August 19, 2002GM crops are designed to fight weeds because they areresistant to pesticides. This means farmers can spray theirentire fields and kill off the weeds without hurting theircrops. But this process is creating Superweeds, which havecross-bred with the pesticide-resistant GM crops... continued
A Scientist Talks About UFOs
August 17, 2002Bernard Haisch writes, "We scientists tend to think that weknow better than anyone else what is possible and what isimpossible, and that we of all people could surely not bekept in the dark for very long. Over the course of... continued
Asteroid Flyby Sunday
August 16, 2002Asteroid NY40, which was just discovered on July 14, will beflying near the Earth on Sunday, August 18 and will be closeenough to see through binoculars. Unlike NT7, which is nowdue to hit us on 2060, there's no chance that... continued