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El Ninos More Frequent, Bringing Extreme Weather

January 30, 2001
An ancient coral reef in Papua New Guinea reveals that El Ninos and La Ninas, the pulses of warm and cold water in thePacific that cause extreme weather patterns such as droughts, floods and storms, have never been stronger than... continued

Mad Cow Disease May Be Caused By Insecticide

January 30, 2001
An insecticide that has long been applied to the spines of cattle in the U.K. in order to ward off flies could be thecause of Mad Cow Disease. Cambridge University researcher David R. Brown has shown that the organophosphates in... continued

More Earthquakes – Are They Connected?

January 30, 2001
A modern earthquake rocked southwestern Greece last week, but there were no reports of damage or injuries. The 4.1magnitude quake occurred under the ocean, west of Athens. A 4.2 magnitude quake hit Iran last week as well. No reports of... continued

Germans Raid Zoos For Food

January 30, 2001
As the Mad Cow Disease panic hits Germany and suspected meat is being recalled, butcher shops are empty and restaurants are no longer serving steaks. During the first BSE scare in November, shoppers switched to game, but they are now... continued

Modern Knight Templar Dead In Israel

January 29, 2001
A Scottish tourist who died mysteriously in Israel may have been a member of the secret organization known as theKnights Templar. Israeli journalist Barry Chamish says that he has evidence that the heart was removed after his death,as part of... continued

Will Mad Cow Disease Come to the US?

January 29, 2001
Europe is in a panic over Mad Cow Disease, to the point that long-time meat eaters have become vegetarians and zookeepers in Germany are surreptitiously slaughtering zoo animals for food. In humans the mad cow prion produces Kreutzfield-Jacob Syndrome. It's... continued

100,000 Thought Dead In India Quake

January 29, 2001
After an aerial reconnaissance of the area devastated by last week's earthquake, Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes says that one hundred thousand people may be dead and two hundred thousand or more injured. In scenes reminiscent of the aftermath of... continued

UFO Shuts Down Russian Airport

January 27, 2001
An airport in Siberia was shut down for 1 ? hours Friday when a UFO was detected above its runway. The crew of a cargo plane spotted the luminous object hovering over the runway and refused to take off. The... continued

Return of a Vanished Disease

January 26, 2001
We are told not to over-use antibiotics, especially for minor problems like a sore throat, or else our bodies will become resistant to them. But this new medical policy may have caused the return of a potentially fatal disease that... continued

New Way To Eliminate Tornadoes

January 26, 2001
We've seen movies about "storm chasers," who chase tornadoes in battered pick-ups, risking their lives in order to learn more about these destructive whirlwinds. We don't expect the problem to be solved by a scientist brainstorming from his home in... continued