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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

U.S. Plans to Attack Iraq

December 3, 2001
George Bush has ordered a plan to destroy the government of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, according to the Sunday Observer newspaper in the U.K. The Pentagon plans air attacks on Iraqi installations as well as attacks by Iraqi opposition forces... continued

Garlic Cure for Common Cold

December 3, 2001
It?s been discovered that people who take a garlic supplement each day catch fewer colds. The common cold is the most common disease of humans and adults catch between two and four colds a year. Infants and young children get... continued

Source of Connecticut Anthrax Found

December 3, 2001
Trace amounts of anthrax have been found at a postal facility that sorts mail for Oxford, Connecticut, where 94-year Ottilie Lundgren mysteriously died of the disease last month. The source of her exposure baffled officials, who were investigating how she... continued

Is Your Computer Sick?

December 3, 2001
Nasty new viruses that use devious tricks to infect computers will become even more common in the future. The anti-virus software company Sophos says that the Nimda worm was the most widespread virus this year, even though it first appeared... continued

Possible Bioweapons in Afghanistan

November 30, 2001
An epidemic is sweeping along the borders of Pakistan and Iran, among Afghan refugees, and officials fear that it may be caused by former Soviet biological weapons. In Quetta, Pakistan, at least 75 people have been diagnosed with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic... continued

Copycat Anthrax Terrorists?

November 30, 2001
The New York Times reports that Federal health officials confirmed the presence of anthrax in a letter sent to a pediatrician in Chile from Florida. But it was not the strain that killed five Americans. U.S. disease control officials say... continued

GM Corn DNA May Be Contaminating Wild Crops

November 30, 2001
The journal ?Nature? reports that DNA from genetically modified corn has been found in wild corn growing on remote mountains in Mexico, indicating that GM crops are threatening the diversity of native plants. The wild corn was growing around 62... continued

World Food Shortage From Overfishing

November 30, 2001
The world?s stock of fish may be much lower than we thought, because of unreliable figures released by China about the number of fish being caught. Local Chinese officials, who wanted to impress their bosses, inflated the size of catches... continued

Great Gift Suggestions from Unknowncountry.com

November 30, 2001
Consider doing your Christmas shopping at unknowncountry.com this year. If you click on the ?store? tab at the top of the page, you?ll find wonderful items you won?t see in stores, like our crop circle calendar and Cellguard phone protector.... continued