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Hole in Silbury Hill Under Repair

August 20, 2001
Engineers are completing repairs to a hole that appeared 2 years ago on the top of Silbury Hill in the midst of crop circle country, and hope to unlock some of its mysteries. English Heritage, which oversees the site, says... continued

Unusual Solar Storm

August 19, 2001
Earth was struck by an unexpected proton storm from the sun on Thursday, August 16. The proton count around our planet rose to 1000 times normal. Scientists were taken by surprise, both by the storm itself and by the speed... continued

Terrors of the Deep

August 17, 2001
Hundreds of sharks were recently sighted off central Florida's west coast,prompting officials to warn swimmers and scientists to wonder what luredthem there. Bull sharks, hammerheads and nurse sharks were among those spotted in theshallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico,... continued

Ancient Prophets High On Gas

August 17, 2001
The ancient prophecies made at Delphi may have been inspired by natural gas,according to U.S. geologists. Geological surveysof the site of the Greek Temple of Apollo, where Greeks and Romans tooktheir prophesies from a mysterious female prophet, reveal that the... continued

Constipation May Lead to Parkinsons

August 17, 2001
It has been discovered that men who suffer from constipation are more likelyto get diagnosed with the progressive brain disease Parkinson's. Scientistsdon't know why this is the case, although some have suggested that thedisease may have some effect on the... continued

Crop Circle Masterpiece Awes Observers

August 17, 2001
What may be the most magnificent crop circle ever formed was discovered in the English county of Wiltshire on August 13. The formation is nine hundred feet across and consists of a flawlessly rendered Julia set of masterful design. Crop... continued

Tracking Triangle-Shaped UFOs

August 17, 2001
For the last several years, the National Institute for Discovery Science(NIDS) in Las Vegas has been collecting historical and eyewitness accountsof sightings of triangular UFOs. "Calls regarding low-flying triangularobjects have been coming in pretty steady for the last 18 months,"... continued

Population Bomb May Not Explode

August 17, 2001
The foreboding threat of world disaster from explosive population growthcould turn out to be overly alarmist, according the authors of a newdemographic study. Their forecast shows there's a high chance that the world's population will stop growing before the end... continued

Changes in the Basic Laws of Nature

August 16, 2001
The basic laws of nature may be changing as the universe ages, according toan international group of astrophysicists from United States, Australia andBritain. This could change our fundamental assumptions about the way theuniverse works. Using the world's largest telescope, the... continued

New DNA Found in GM Food

August 16, 2001
An unidentified fragment of DNA has been detected by Belgian scientists inMonsanto's Roundup Ready soya. Greenpeace is asking scientists worldwide tohelp identify it andis urging the government in the U.K. to suspend sales of the soya until itcan be identified.... continued