White Parents Have Black Twins

July 10, 2002
It had to happen: white parents who underwent in-vitrofertilization have given birth to black twins. The whitemother, who lives in the U.K., wants to keep the babies, buta black couple claims they belong to them. IVF involves mixing of the... continued

Sex May Be Bad for You

July 10, 2002
Scientists have discovered that sex may be bad for yourhealth. When researchers studied why some insects have ashorter life span than others, they discovered their earlydemise is caused by hormones associated with sex. Dr. Jens Rolff and Dr. Michael Siva-Jothy... continued

Hindu Temple Heals Mental Illness

July 10, 2002
A six-week stay at a Hindu temple in India has produced thesame healing in patients with severe psychiatric disordersas a month-long course of standard drugs. A team led byRamanathan Raguram of the National Institute of MentalHealth and Neurosciences in Bangalore... continued

Saudis Funding Palestinian Terrorists

July 10, 2002
Documents captured during the Israeli military offensive inApril give evidence for Saudi financing of Palestinianmilitants. The documents give details about the flow offunds from Saudi government institutions to Hamas and theIslamic Jihad, two groups that recruit suicide bombers. According to... continued

Earth Cries Uncle!

July 9, 2002
Human beings are demanding more of the Earth than it cancope with, according to new research?and we?ve had 50% moreimpact on it in just the last 40 years. One of theresearchers, Mathis Wackernagel of Oakland, California,claims that by 1961, we... continued

Searching for Ghosts in San Francisco

July 9, 2002
There?s real ghost detecting going on in San Francisco, butLoyd Auerbach doesn?t want to bust them, he just wants toget proof that they exist. The Presidio, a former military post which is now part ofthe Golden Gate National Recreation Area,... continued

Radioactive Berries

July 9, 2002
English researcher John Urquhart says that deaths anddeformities caused by fallout from the 1986 Chernobyldisaster, the world worst nuclear accident, may extendbeyond the Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. The radioactivecloud it sent over Europe could have increased infant deathsand birth defects... continued

Does Prayer Work?

July 9, 2002
A recent study by Professor Leonard Leibovici, of the RabinMedical Center in Israel, provides evidence that prayer canheal. The objective of the study was, according to Leibovici, ?Todetermine whether remote, retroactive intercessory prayer,said for a group of patients with a... continued

Beer May Prevent Heart Attacks

July 8, 2002
All those guys with huge beer bellies who are downing bottleafter bottle of brew only seem unhealthy?they?re actuallyprotecting themselves against heart attacks. Doctors think that folic acid, which is found in beer, helpsprevent heart disease. At the Institute of Food... continued

Quarks Cause Earthquakes

July 8, 2002
Geologists at Southern Methodist University say they havefound evidence of Strange Quark Nuggets (SQNs), which arevery tiny superdense balls of matter that were formed duringthe Big Bang and still exist in the universe. The proof thatSQNs exist is two earthquakes... continued