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Crop Circle Debunking Discussed on Jan. 26 Dreamland

January 25, 2002
On the January 26 Dreamland show, Andy Thomas, Swirled News webmaster, and Gary Val Tenuta talk about the latest media debunking of crop circles. On the website Swirled News, Carol Pedersen describes how a National Geographic television special shown in... continued

Music Changes the Brain

January 25, 2002
In Lee Dye?s column on abcnews.com, he tells about how Christo Pantev, a neuroscientist at Toronto?s Baycrest Center for Geriatric Care, noticed the vitality of the elderly patients who played a musical instrument. ?I saw much more activity in these... continued

Great UFO Film for Kids

January 25, 2002
Here is a great animation for kids, giving information about SETI, the recent Stephen Greer UFO hearings, Bluebook and more To see the film,click here. NOTE: This news story, previously published on our old site, will have any links removed. continued

Antarctic: Cooling or Warming?

January 25, 2002
An unexpectedly rapid warming of lakes on a desolate Antarctic island is evidence of global warming, according to a 20-year study by British and Canadian scientists. They say that dramatic changes have taken place in Signy Island?s lakes caused by... continued

Asteroid Wargames

January 24, 2002
If an asteroid impacted the Earth, the devastation would be so great that statistically, you are more likely to die from a space rock impact than in a plane crash. When asteroid 2001 YB5 flew past the Earth on January... continued

Malaria–Is the U.S. Next?

January 24, 2002
With global warming, large parts of southern England and Wales are at risk from malaria. Scientist say the disease is most likely to arrive in river areas and low-lying wetlands. Humans become infected when bitten by a mosquito that is... continued

Is the Ark in Ethiopia?

January 24, 2002
Like the vast majority of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, nearly everyone in the town of Axum in Ethiopia believes the lost biblical Ark of the Covenant is hidden away in a stone chapel on the grounds of their largest church, where... continued

Supernova Ended Life on Earth

January 24, 2002
An exploding star may have destroyed part of Earth?s protective ozone layer two million years ago, killing off some forms of ancient marine life. Narciso Benitez, of Johns Hopkins University, says the ?missing smoking gun? of a mass extinction that... continued

Powered by Mud

January 23, 2002
Derek Lovley and Daniel Bond, of the University of Massachusetts, have made a battery from microbe-rich sediment from the ocean floor, producing a new environmentally friendly and potentially inexhaustible source of power?mud. Enough ?mud power? was obtained in the experiment... continued

Athletes Becoming Nonhuman

January 23, 2002
When thinking about the upcoming Oympics, it?s worth noting that athletes are using drugs and medical techniques in order to beat former world records to the extent that some of them are becoming almost nonhuman. Scientists are starting to think... continued