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Why Back Pain is Hard to Beat

December 6, 2001
Many of our website readers and Dreamland listeners also listen to Art Bell on Coast to Coast AM and they?re been worried about the recent bout of back pain that kept him off the air for so long. A new... continued

You Can Only Find Them Here

December 6, 2001
If you click on the ?store? tab at the top of our home page, you?ll find wonderful Christmas gifts that are for sale exclusively on unknowncountry.com?you won?t find them anywhere else. One example is our Cellguard phone protector?two tiny pieces... continued

Original Nessie Film Found

December 5, 2001
The first film of Scotland?s Loch Ness Monster was shown 65 years ago. Since then, the short newsreel clip of the 30 foot long creature has been missing. Now the footage has been found and will be screened again. Janet... continued

Pesticide Tests Approved for Humans

December 5, 2001
Three years ago, in response to mounting criticism from environmentalists and physicians, the Clinton administration stopped using information from industry studies conducted on humans to determine the amount of pesticides that could be applied to fruits, vegetables and other crops.... continued

Noisy Meteors

December 5, 2001
We reported that several people were hit by falling meteors during the recent leonids shower on November 18. Now we?ve learned that some skywatchers not only saw the leonids, they heard them too. ?I am sure I could hear several... continued

Iraq Threatens Israel

December 5, 2001
Laurie Mylroie, who is an internationally known expert on Iraq, reports that for the first time, Saddam Hussein has specifically threatened to retaliate against Israel for any U.S. campaign against their regime. A senior Iraqi diplomat says Saddam has an... continued

Little Mad Cow Risk for U.S.

December 4, 2001
There is little risk of mad cow disease turning up in American cattle despite the spread of the illness in Europe and Japan, according to a Harvard University study. Harvard researchers briefed Congress about the chance of mad cow disease,... continued

Access to Vitamins is Safe?For Now

December 4, 2001
The drug industry?s efforts to restrict customer access to nutritional supplements and other natural health therapies have been thwarted by a huge consumer letter writing campaign. Pharmaceutical industry executives and politicians representing more than 50 countries met in Berlin as... continued

Prehistoric Pompeii Discovered

December 4, 2001
A prehistoric village has been unearthed in Italy, more than 3,500 years after it was buried by Mount Vesuvius, the same way the Roman city of Pompeii was destroyed centuries later. Experts call the find at Nola, near Naples, ?sensational?... continued

We Predicted IT

December 4, 2001
Inventor Dean Kamen has finally unveiled ?It? (aka ?Ginger?). It?s a one-person, battery-powered scooter that resembles a lawn mower that?s easy to ride and hard to fall off.It?s officially called the Segway Human Transporter and has gyroscopes to keep it... continued