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Did El Dorado Exist?

February 27, 2002
El Dorado, the legendary city of gold, did exist and was even evangelized by Jesuit missionaries, according to Mario Polia, an archeologist at Lima University in Peru. The mythical city was called Paititi by the Incas and El Dorado by... continued

Take An Air Taxi

February 27, 2002
A French company will build 40,000 taxis that run on nothing but air for use in Mexico City, the most polluted city on Earth. Guy Negre, a former designer of engines for Formula 1 cars and lightweight aircraft, has been... continued

Vampires Are Real

February 26, 2002
Whitley Strieber published his novel "The Last Vampire" last year and has just completed the sequel, "Lilith's Dream," which will be published in October. Despite all this vampire writing, we never thought that vampires might be real, but recent news... continued

Controlling Light and Energy

February 26, 2002
A team of scientists at the Rowland Institute in Massachusetts, led by Prof Lene Hau, have succeeded in making a pulse of laser light slow down to a complete halt. Then, after about a thousandth of a second, they made... continued

Food?More Dangerous Than Ever

February 26, 2002
Dangerous bacteria are becoming a bigger problem than ever as new germs arrive in imported products and microbes already here evolve into new forms. In a report for the Institute of Food Technologists, scientists report that the increasing use of... continued

A Voice in Your Head

February 26, 2002
While people who claim to have come face to face Visitors from other worlds differ in the details of their encounters, there?s one thing they all have in common: they all say the Visitors spoke to them with a voice... continued

Card Trick Solution

February 25, 2002
Here?s the solution: A DIFFERENT set of cards comes up on the screen each time. That?s why the card you choose is always missing, no matter which one it is. They are ALL different. To play the game again,click here.... continued

Another Mystery Cat Seen in Scotland

February 25, 2002
Scottish businessman Steven Clark had heard the legends of the giant mystery cats, but he never believed in them until he saw the green eyes of the Beast of Bennachie, peering through the undergrowth at him. As it glided away... continued

Mars Life is Possible

February 25, 2002
Scientists have found a place on Earth that they believe is the same as conditions on Mars and on Jupiter?s moon Europa. Since the site is teeming with a large number of microbes, they believe that Mars and Europa could... continued

A Hotter Future for Us?While Europe Freezes

February 25, 2002
In a report released February 6, NOAA scientists report the ocean circulation system has been slowing down since the mid-1970?s, causing an increase in ocean surface temperatures along the Equator in the Pacific Ocean and a decrease of carbon dioxide... continued