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FBI Can Read What You Type

November 26, 2001
The FBI is developing software capable of inserting a virus onto a computer and obtaining encryption keys. Using this software, known as ?Magic Lantern,? agents can read data that has been scrambled, a tactic that is employed by criminals to... continued

Don?t Exercise?Just Think

November 23, 2001
Researchers say that if you just imagine yourself exercising, you can increase the strength of even your large muscles. This discovery could help patients who are too weak to exercise to recuperate from a stroke or other injury. It could... continued

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