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Was Lethal Gas the Mummy’s Curse?

April 11, 2001
It sounds like a scene from ?Raiders of the Lost Ark,? but it?s true: some of Egypt?s ancient monuments contain high levels of the lethal gas radon. Radon is produced by the decay of uranium, which is contained in the... continued

New Planets Found–One in ‘Life Zone.’

April 11, 2001
An international team of astronomers has announced the discovery of 11 distant planets, bringing the number of known planets outside our solar system to 63. One of the planets is in an Earth-like orbit around a sun-like star. It is... continued

Scientists Go for the Ghosts

April 11, 2001
The most comprehensive scientific investigation into the existence of ghosts ever attempted is taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland. Over the next two weeks, 10 researchers, aided by more than 200 members of the public, will try to record the presence... continued

Popular Magazine Says UFOs are Real

April 10, 2001
For the first time, a large-circulation general interest magazine in the U.S. has unequivocally stated that UFOs are real. The May, 2001 issue of ?Popular Mechanics? contains the provocative lead story ?When UFOs Land,? which talks about the investigations by... continued

Another X-Class Solar Flare Blacks Out Radio

April 10, 2001
A powerful X-class solar flare erupte at 1:25 AM EDT Tuesday, causing radio blackouts across the eastern hemisphere of earth and triggering a minor radiation storm. The flare hurled a coronal mass ejection directly toward earth. This CME joins another,... continued

Why We Spied on China

April 10, 2001
U.S. intelligence officials say that the U.S. surveillance aircraft that collided with a Chinese jet on April 1st was gathering electronic evidence about an underground nuclear test that China is preparing to conduct. The test preparations were spotted by a... continued

Head Transplant Works–Sort of…

April 9, 2001
A controversial operation to transplant the entire head of a monkey onto a different body has been a partial success, as the monkey lived for some time after the operation. The scientist who performed the operation, Professor Robert White of... continued

Radioactive Tumbleweeds Light Way at Hanford

April 9, 2001
The Hanford nuclear reservation, in the windswept desert of south-central Washington State, is being menaced by radioactive tumbleweeds. Russian thistle has tap roots that reach down as far as 20 feet into the ground. Every winter, the roots decay and... continued

Evidence that Foot-and-Mouth Release was Deliberate

April 9, 2001
There is evidence that the recent English Foot-and-mouth outbreak could have been started deliberately by someone who stole a test tube of the virus from a laboratory. A vial of the virus was stolen from a secret government lab at... continued

Undersea Volcano Erupting off Oregon Coast

April 9, 2001
A volcano has been erupting on the ocean floor 130 miles off the southern Oregon coast since Tuesday, April 3, but scientists say it does not pose a threat to ships or coastal communities. The eruption has generated more than... continued