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Grave of Stonehenge Builder Found
May 21, 2002A 4,000-year-old grave found near Stonehenge is one of the richest early Bronze Age sites ever discovered in Europe. "It's a fantastically important discovery both for the number of artifacts found in that grave and the range of artifacts. It's... continued
Earth Warming Faster Than Expected
May 21, 2002Planet earth is warming up faster than previously expected, according to Geoff Jenkins, head of the Hadley Center for Climate Prediction and Research. Dying forests, expanding deserts and rising sea levels will wreak havoc on human and animal lives sooner... continued
Anthrax Scientists Taking Polygraph Tests
May 21, 2002Pierre Thomas writes for abcnews.com that starting in June, the government will begin a wide-ranging program of polygraph testing to determine if one of its own employees is responsible for last year's anthrax attacks. 200 current and former employees at... continued
Cat Talk, Sniffer Bees & Glowing Fish
May 20, 2002Cats, which have lived alongside people for thousands of years, have adapted their "meows" to better communicate with humans, according to Nicholas Nicastro and Michael Owren of Cornell University's Psychology of Voice and Sound Laboratory. "Cats are obviously very dependent... continued
Smoking Kills Brain Cells
May 20, 2002Nicotine can kill brain cells and stop new ones forming in the hippocampus, a brain region involved in memory, says Pier Piazza of France's National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in Bordeaux. The finding might explain the cognitive... continued
Vatican: Keep Sex Abuse Secret
May 20, 2002Roman Catholic bishops should avoid telling congregations that their parish priests sexually abused children if the bishops believe the priests won?t do it again, according to Vatican official Gianfranco Ghirlanda. He says church leaders have no legal or moral responsibilities... continued
Threat of New Attack Bigger Than 911
May 20, 2002U.S. intelligence agencies say, "There has been an increased level of [al Qaeda] chatter and activity," meaning another terrorist attack could be in the works. A government official says the volume of communications among suspected al Qaeda operatives "has definitely... continued
New Whitley?s Journal Entry
May 18, 2002Whitley writes, ?After all these years, I have had another series of close encounters. I still don't know what actually happens during these experiences, and I probably would not have reported these, except that one of them involves a warning... continued
Killer Heat in India
May 17, 2002More than 622 people have died in a heat wave in southern India during the past week.Temperatures soared to 120 degrees F near the Bay of Bengal. It has been an abnormally hot May in southern India, with dry winds... continued
Missionaries Responsible for Bush Meat
May 17, 2002Chris Opondo, an African anthropologist, and Dr. Ann Stroud, a systems agronomist, both of the African Highlands Initiative (AHI), say Christian missionaries are responsible for the growing consumption of bush meat. They say the churches' efforts to change traditional African... continued