2019-03-01
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Power Lines Put Children At Risk
December 20, 2001Prolonged exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) from electricity power lines doubles the risk of childhood leukemia, according to a 3-year study carried out by six senior epidemiologists from major institutions around the world, who are part of the International Commission... continued
FBI Wants Worm Information
December 20, 2001The FBI is trying to get access to a massive database that contains the private communications and passwords of the victims of the Badtrans Internet worm. Badtrans spreads through security flaws in Microsoft mail software and transmits everything the victim... continued
Smog Causes Birth Defects
December 20, 2001Scientists have long known about the correlation between air quality and infant illness. Now a UCLA study shows that the harmful effects of air pollution can extend even into the womb. More than a dozen studies in the United States,... continued
Anthrax May Have Been Spread By Wind
December 19, 2001The two ?mystery? cases of anthrax that killed an elderly woman in Connecticut and another woman in the Bronx, may have been caused by spores blown on the wind from the Trenton, New Jersey postal center where anthrax-laced letters were... continued
I.D. Cards for Everyone–Worldwide
December 19, 2001Every person in the world would be fingerprinted and registered under a universal identification plan to fight illegal immigration and identify the movements of potential terrorists that was outlined at a United Nations meeting. The plan was suggested by Pascal... continued
Who Profited From 911 Financial Windfall?
December 19, 2001German computer experts are trying to find the truth behind an unexplained surge in financial transactions made just before two hijacked planes crashed into New York?s World Trade Center on September 11. And they?re finding the evidence inside the ruins... continued
Al-Qaeda Computer Hackers
December 19, 2001Mohammad Afroze Abdul Razzak, age 25, is a captured member of the al-Qaeda terrorist network who says that terrorists infiltrated Microsoft and sabotaged their Windows XP operating system. Razzak was arrested by police in Bombay, India on October 2nd. He... continued
Vikings Still Live in England
December 18, 2001Blood tests taken over the past year show that part of northwest England is still a Viking stronghold, just as it was 1,200 years ago. Geneticists have discovered clear evidence of Norwegian genetic influences in the area. The study also... continued
Methane May Be Major Cause of Climate Change
December 18, 2001NASA scientists have discovered that a huge release of methane from gas that had been frozen beneath the ocean floor heated the Earth by up to 13 degrees Fahrenheit 55 million years ago. They used a computer simulation to better... continued
We Need a Good Asteroid Detector
December 18, 2001The odds are good that eventually our planet will be hit by an asteroid or a comet, as it has many times before. Engineers and scientists here at NASA?s Langley Research Center are trying to spot these hazards before they... continued