2019-03-01
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We’re Heating Up Fast
August 5, 2002The 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, 2002Medical 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, 2002How 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
August Terrorism?
August 2, 2002The London-based Ash Sharq al-Awsat newspaper has reportedthat al-Qaeda will carry out a series of terrorist actionsin August and Osama bin-Laden will appear on video shortlyafterwards. Al-Qaeda sources told the paper that "Sheikh bin Laden isalive and will appear in... continued
The Evil Gene
August 2, 2002Scientists have found a gene variation that can cause adultsto become aggressive, antisocial adults when they wereabused as children. This is the first link betweenantisocial behavior and a specific gene. It helps explain why, although almost all adult criminalshave been... continued
Media Lies
August 2, 2002Now that "Signs" is in movie theaters across the country,U.S. newspapers are finally paying attention to the subjectof crop circles, after ignoring them for years. Somejournalists are writing surprisingly open-mindedarticles?including our own hometown paper, the San AntonioExpress-News. Other papers are... continued
Live the Wine Lifestyle
August 2, 2002Lately, researchers have been telling us that red wineprotects us from heart disease. Now they think it may not bethe wine that does it, but the lifestyle that goes alongwith it. A new study of more than 4,400 U.S. men... continued
Why Ice Ages Happen
August 1, 2002Ice ages may occur when our Solar System passes through thespiral arms of the Milky Way during our orbit around thecenter of the galaxy. Dr. Nir Shaviv of the University ofToronto has found evidence linking changes in the cosmicrays reaching... continued
Scientist Investigates Stigmata
August 1, 2002Mario Martinez, of Vanderbilt University, is investigatingthe causes of stigmata, the mysterious wounds resemblingthose Jesus received when crucified that sometimes appear onpeople's bodies. Usually it turns out to be self-mutilation, he says, but inrare cases, true stigmata occur. ''I wouldn't... continued
Stay Home This Summer
August 1, 2002It's getting downright dangerous to venture outside. Ticksare abundant and mosquito-borne West Nile virus is sweepingthe U.S. Two infected dead crows were even found on theWhite House lawn. West Nile virus first turned up in New York, but it's nowmoving... continued