2019-03-01
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Lost Inca City Found?Untouched by Conquerors
March 20, 2002Peruvian and British explorers have discovered a lost Inca city on a peak in the Andes that was used by the Incas as a place of resistance against Spanish conquerors in the 16th century. The site, about 25 miles from... continued
Dead Zone Discovered in Ocean
March 20, 2002Cathy Zollo writes in the Naples (FL) Daily News that commercial fishermen along the Southwest Florida coast are reporting a massive dead zone that contains no marine life in an area of the Gulf of Mexico that has traditionally been... continued
Religious Police Let Saudi Girls Burn
March 19, 2002Saudi Arabia's religious police stopped 15 schoolgirls from leaving a blazing building because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress, according to Saudi newspapers. The Saudi media has accused the kingdom?s powerful ?mutaween? police of hindering attempts to save the... continued
Drought Emergency Throughout U.S.
March 19, 2002States from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific are experiencing severe drought conditions. This nationwide drought is more serious than the usual dry spell. The entire state of Wyoming has been declared a drought disaster area, and large areas of... continued
Huge Piece of Antarctica Floats Away
March 19, 2002A piece of the Antarctic ice shelf the size of Delaware has shattered and separated from the continent in the largest such event in 30 years. The Larsen B shelf on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula has fragmented... continued
CIA May Be Behind Anthrax Terrorism
March 19, 2002On the English T.V. show Newsnight, reporter Susan Watts and Milton Leitenberg, of the Center for International & Security Studies at the University of Maryland, interviewed Dr. Barbara Rosenberg, of the Federation of American Scientists. Rosenberg recently publicly stated that... continued
Is Monsanto Evil?
March 19, 2002Read the new Insight piece, ?Monsanto?Is It the Most Evil Company on Earth?? and decide for yourself. To read the article,click here. To learn more about the dangers of genetically-modified foods, read ?Genetically Engineered Food: A Self-Defense Guide for Consumers?... continued
Asteroid Nearly Hit Us?And Nobody Noticed
March 18, 2002One of the largest asteroids known to have made a close approach to Earth flew past about 300,000 miles away on March 8, but nobody noticed it until four days later. When the object, which has been named 2002 EM7,... continued
Only a Few Left
March 18, 2002We have only a few left of the following items in the ?sale? section of our store. We thought you?d want to know, so you can snap one up before they?re out of stock. Most of these fascinating items can... continued
Take Your Next Vacation in Space
March 18, 2002The Suborbital Corporation, a Russian space company, has developed a reusable ship for space tourists who can pay $100,000 to spend three minutes in zero gravity on a suborbital flight. This may seem like a lot, but it?s much less... continued