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Scientific Testing of Crop Circles

August 7, 2002
Read the latest Insight piece by Andy Thomas, ofswirlednews.com. He tells how the new BLT website will giveclear, scientific answers to questions about crop circles.To read thearticle,clickhere. NOTE: This news story, previously published on our old site, will have any... continued

Plane Travel Makes You Sick

August 6, 2002
You may be sick of the long lines and detailed inspectionsat airports these days, but you can get really sick when youfinally get on the plane. A study by scientists in theUnited States finds that one in five passengers becomes... continued

Ancient Egyptian Brew

August 6, 2002
Kirin, a Japanese beer maker, has found a 4,400-year-oldrecipe in Egyptian hieroglyphics and made authentic ancientEgyptian beer from it called Old Kingdom Beer. It's darkbrown with no foam and has an alcohol content of 10%, whichis about double that of... continued

The Kitchen Bomber

August 6, 2002
Italy has its own version of terrorist attacks: theCuccina (kitchen) bomber, who puts his bombs in food. His latestattack was discovered when a jar of Nutella (a chocolate nutspread popular in Europe) exploded in a kitchen in Venice. When Pamela... continued

Baby Clones are Coming

August 6, 2002
A U.S. couple hopes to become parents of the world's firstcloned human. They plan to fly to a secret destination to bepart of a cloning experiment. The couple, a high schoolteacher and sales representative, say they've turned tocloning in desperation,... continued

Pesticides Kill People Instead of Bugs

August 5, 2002
Farmers are losing the war against agricultural pests asinsects become immune to chemical sprays. Professor IanCrute of Rothamsted Research in the U.K. says, "Just ashuman health is under threat from antibiotic resistance, socrop health is under threat from insecticide resistance.... continued

Dog Talk

August 5, 2002
When your dog barks, he may be trying to tell you something.Scientists now think that dogs use different barks tocommunicate different ideas and can even count. (Theycertainly know the word "walk" when they hear it). Researchers at the University of... continued

We’re Heating Up Fast

August 5, 2002
The first six months of the year have been thesecond-warmest ever and average global temperatures in 2002could be the highest ever recorded, according to weatherexperts in the U.K. It's heated up so much that the weatheris even causing train derailments.... continued

Men Killed by Deer Disease

August 5, 2002
Medical experts are investigating the deaths of threehunters from brain-destroying illnesses, in order todetermine whether chronic wasting disease has crossed fromanimals into humans in the U.S., just as Mad Cow disease didin Europe. The men were friends who ate elk... continued

How to Tell a Fake Crop Circle

August 2, 2002
How can you tell a fake crop circle from a real one? Withthe movie "Signs" coming out in August, we can expect to seemore faked circles than ever before. Lucy Pringle, who hasbeen researching crop circles for many years, will... continued