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Go Treasure Hunting With Your GPS

June 14, 2002
What can you do with a Global Positioning Satellite receiver (GPS) other than use it to help you find your way when you?re driving a rental car in an unfamiliar city? Now people who love treasure hunts have found a... continued

New Ways to Look for Nessie

June 14, 2002
Researchers who are looking for evidence of Scotland?s Loch Ness monster tried a new tool?Queen Elizabeth?s Golden Jubilee baton, which contains a device that can detect a pulse rate. They lowered it into the loch during its five-day tour round... continued

Do Palestinians Want Peace?

June 14, 2002
In her new Diary, Anne Strieber writes, ?When we look at the actions of both the Israelis and the Palestinians over the past few years, we see that bad things have been done by both sides. However, the Israelis are... continued

Making a Dirty Bomb Can Kill You

June 14, 2002
It turns out that the manufacturer of a dirty bomb will probably be killed long before he gets a chance to detonate it. This means that a dirty bomb may be more of a threat than a reality. Getting the... continued

Defense Against Another Type of Terrorist

June 13, 2002
The U.S. federal government is gathering the world's top scientists together in September for a strategy conference to plan defenses against an attack that could wipe out an American city or disrupt the whole country's infrastructure?and it has nothing to... continued

Phoenix Needs to Cool Off Fast

June 13, 2002
Phoenix is a successful, growing city but it?s getting far too hot. Residents experience temperatures like 100 degrees F at 10:30 a.m. and they?re looking for a way to cool off. Phoenix wasn?t always this hot. In 1949, the average... continued

Search for Lost Dirty Bomb Material

June 13, 2002
The United Nations is searching the former Soviet Republic of Georgia for radioactive equipment they know was abandoned there after the break-up of the Soviet Union. This material could be sold on the Russian black market to terrorists and used... continued

Dirty Bomber Doubts

June 13, 2002
In our June 11 news story ?FBI Prevented Dirty Bombing of D.C.,? we said, ?This FBI announcement comes just in time to save their reputation, after weeks of revelations that the FBI ignored the many warnings they received about September... continued

4 New Ray Lynch CDs

June 13, 2002
One of the most frequent questions we?re asked is, ?What?s that wonderful Dreamland theme song and where can I get it?? It?s ?The O of Pleasure? by Ray Lynch, and it?s available in ?The Best of Ray Lynch? CD, on... continued

New Cellphones: Thin, Wind-Up, Used as Bugs

June 12, 2002
Your next cellphone may not look anything like the one you have now?no matter which phone service you use. A new cellphone will be available soon that?s as thin as a piece of paper?so thin, you can keep it in... continued