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Skywatchers Hit by Leonids

November 23, 2001
Laura Yuran and her 11-year-old son Jonathon were gazing at the Leonid meteor shower early last Sunday morning when they were almost hit by chunks of the space rocks. They were watching the meteor shower outside their Indiana home at... continued

How to Avoid a Dangerous Turkey

November 22, 2001
Cooks need to be aware that about 13 percent of raw U.S. turkeys carry salmonella, a bacteria that can produce severe flu-like symptoms if the bird is not thoroughly cooked or if raw turkey is allowed to contaminate kitchen surfaces.... continued

Careful What You Eat & Breathe

November 22, 2001
Traces of the airplane engine degreaser TCE, that has contaminated the groundwater around a Utah air base since 1987, have been found in fruit grown nearby. TCE causes cancer in laboratory rats, but has not been linked to cancer in... continued

Startling New Leir Implant Removal

November 22, 2001
Dr. Roger Leir has managed the removal of another unknown object from a close encounter witness, the tenth such surgery he has performed or observed. Dr. Leir, the author of ?Casebook: Alien Implants,? is the only physician actively involved in... continued

Taliban Nuclear Plans Turn Out to be Joke…We Hope

November 22, 2001
Documents found on the floor of a Taliban recruitment center in Kabul that describe how to build a thermonuclear device may not be what they seem. At least some of them come from a document called ?Weekend Scientist: Let?s Make... continued

Bioterrorism Textbook For Sale

November 22, 2001
It?s been alleged that terrorists and criminals can easily purchase weapons at gun shows, but at the ?Crossroads of the West? gun show in Salt Lake City, Utah, Timothy W. Tobiason was selling printed and CD copies of his book,... continued

Mystery Anthrax Deaths Could Yield Major Clues

November 21, 2001
U.S. health officials say that Ottilie Lundgren, a 94-year-old woman from Connecticut, has died of inhalation anthrax, the deadliest form of the disease. No one can figure out how she contracted the disease, since she lived by herself in a... continued

Plague Rats Are Back

November 21, 2001
Scientists in Germany say the black rat is back, in higher numbers than ever before.They say Rattus rattus is now widespread even in areas where it was thought to be extinct. The black rat, also known as the ship?s rat,... continued

Taliban Told Not to Surrender in Dream

November 21, 2001
The Taliban have abandoned plans to surrender their spiritual heartland in Kandahar because of a prophetic dream Mullah Mohammed Omar had, according to his brother. The southern city of Kandahar was where the Taliban first emerged, and Kandahar is where... continued

Bad Flu Season Ahead

November 21, 2001
The flu bug let us off easy last winter, but experts predict that this coming flu season will be a different story. ?We usually do not have mild years back to back,? says Dr. Kristin Nichol, an influenza researcher at... continued