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Poor Diet Breeds Dangerous Viruses

June 12, 2001
Poor nutrition can lead to mutations of the viruses that attack your body and can cause you to get more dangerous forms of the flu and even AIDS and Ebola, according to researchers. In tests, deficiencies of selenium allowed the... continued

Floods Sweep Southeast, Hit Houston Hard

June 11, 2001
Thousands of people were forced from their homes or stranded on flooded freeways as rains from Tropical Storm Allison swept Houston. As of Monday, June 11, fifteen people had been found dead and more than 20,000 rendered homeless in the... continued

Brave Reporter Takes UFOs Seriously

June 11, 2001
Most major U.S. newspapers, like The New York Times and The Washington Post, duck and run when it comes to UFOs, or use ridicule as a shield against having to deal with the subject. There are a few brave reporters... continued

New Anne’s Diary: Crossing the Border

June 10, 2001
We recently came back from a trip to a magical city, San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. It?s a beautiful place, with steep, cobble stoned streets, ancient churches and outdoor markets. Every morning we would walk into town, peering into... continued

Unexpected Eruption of Sunspots

June 10, 2001
Sunspots are unexpectedly erupting all across the face of the sun today as the current solar max continues beyond the point where it was expected to subside. The predicted sunspot count for the height of the max was 150, but... continued

More Ancient Sunken Cities Found

June 9, 2001
The treasures of the ancient sunken city of Herakleion off the coast of Egypt have been revealed to the public for the first time. Herakleion was Egypt?s main port in the time of the pharaohs, but until its rediscovery last... continued

Vast Invisible Damage from Northwest Quake

June 9, 2001
The Northwest has discovered damage from an earthquake that happened over 3 months ago, on February 28?as well as one that occurred 12,000 years ago. The recent 6.8 magnitude quake in Washington state was strong enough to crack the Capitol... continued

Glaciers Shrinking Faster than Expected

June 9, 2001
A new satellite survey of over 2,000 glaciers shows that most of them are now shrinking. Scientists are concerned about melting glaciers as far apart as Mount Kilimanjaro, the Himalayas and Glacier National Park in Montana. New photographs taken by... continued

Brain Tumor Risk 3 Times Greater with Cellphone Use

June 9, 2001
Analog cellphone users are more than 3 times more likely to develop a potentially deadly form of brain tumor, according to Swedish scientists. The study of more than 1,600 brain tumor patients, ages 20 to 80, was conducted by Swedish... continued

White House Study Says Global Warming is Real

June 7, 2001
In a study commissioned by the White House, the National Academy of Sciences has concluded that global warming ?is real and particularly strong within the past 20 years? and said a leading cause is emissions of carbon dioxide from burning... continued