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Y2K Bug Bites–A Year Late
January 3, 2001On New Year?s Eve, Norway?s new high speed express trains suddenly quit running. The computers on the trains did not recognize the date, despite being reprogrammed late last year in anticipation of the "Millennium Bug." "We didn?t think of trying... continued
Popo May Contain Huge Lava Mass
January 3, 2001Popocatepetl rumbled for 4 minutes on Saturday, then spewed ash on nearby communities. Residents had all returned home after being evacuated on December 18, when showers of red-hot rock began shooting out of the volcano. This was its biggest eruption... continued
Spectacular Meteor Shower On the Way
January 2, 2001An unusually high number of shooting stars, as many as 100 per hour, will be seen in the U.S., Mexico and western Canada on January 3, as the Quadrantids pass over those areas. You can see them starting at 4... continued
2000 Record Year for Natural Disasters
January 2, 2001Munich Re, the world?s largest insurance company, said that the world experienced a record number of natural disasters in 2000, although the number of deaths was lower because fewer populated areas were affected. 10,000 people died as a result of... continued
Auld Lang Syne–What Does It Mean?
December 30, 2000We've heard it all of our lives, and tomorrow night we'll sing it again. But what is that 'auld lang syne?' anyway? Does the phrase chosen by Robert Burns for his great poem, derived from an ancient song of Scotland,... continued
Hidden Y2K Problems May Still Be With Us
December 29, 2000Last year at this time, we were all waiting nervously to see if Y2K computer problems were going to cause our bank balances to disappear, our computers to self-destruct, and air planes to fall from the sky. We were afraid... continued
Hangover Cures from the Land of Science
December 29, 2000Just in time for New Year?s Eve, the London Science Museum has a new exhibit on hangover cures. It turns out that the headache and flu-like feelings are caused by dehydration, despite the fact that you?ve been drinking all night,... continued
New Camarillo UFO Witness
December 28, 2000Another Dreamland listener in Santa Barbara has seen the Camarillo UFO that Dr. Roger Leir reported about on the program December 17. This is the UFO that has been seen in the same area of California in late November or... continued
Strange Sky Show Mystifies Australia
December 27, 2000Now it's the Aussies. On October 13, 2000, a bizarre display of upper atmosphere pyrotechnics mystified the midwestern U.S. On Tuesday, December 26, a similar event took place over Queensland in Australia. As in the U.S., police were swamped with... continued
Why Rudolph’s Nose is Radioactive
December 27, 2000BBC News - Since the explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Russia 15 years ago, nearby Norway has been monitoring its plants, animals and people for radiation on a regular basis. One animal species still... continued