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Scientists Have Created a Fluorescent Dog

September 14, 2011
We've heard of fluorescent chicken (an effect probably caused by bacteria), but glowing dogs? Would these be used for hunting at night? South Korean scientists have created a glowing dog using a cloning technique. Tegon, a genetically modified female beagle... continued

We’ve Discovered a New Ancestor

September 14, 2011
An analysis of 2 million-year-old bones that were found in South Africa in 2008 identifies the transitional figure that came before modern humans--the best candidate for the original ancestor of the human line. This is something archeologists have been researching... continued

FBI Agent Says He Was Gagged About 911

September 14, 2011
Former FBI agent Ali Soufan says he has not been allowed to tell the truth about 9/11. Soufan is a Lebanese man who came to the US as a teenager and is one of the few Arabic speakers in the... continued

Don’t Send Dollars to Somalia

September 13, 2011
In the US, kids are holding bake sales and setting up lemonade stands to try to raise money for the starving children of Somalia that they see on the TV news every night. But one of Africa's largest charities-- Medecins... continued

Planets Found That Could Contain Extraterrestrial Life

September 13, 2011
There may be alien life out there, after all: Using the Harps telescope in Chile, a European observatory has announced "major" alien planet findings: 50 previously unknown "exoplanets" that could harbor life. These new worlds include 16 "super-Earths." Astronomers have... continued

Do We Still Have a Chance?

September 13, 2011
When it comes to climate change, the answer is probably "no." Unknowncountry.com's Climate Watch warned that extreme summer ice melt this year will be accompanied by methane outgassing that will, in turn, send global temperatures much higher over the next... continued

How Beer Began

September 12, 2011
In the 15th century, when Europeans first began moving people and goods across the Atlantic, a microscopic stowaway somehow made its way to the caves and monasteries of Bavaria. The stowaway, a yeast that may have been transported from a... continued

Political Candidates Beware: It May be Dangerous to Tell a Joke

September 12, 2011
We advised you to vote for the depressed candidate or the laughing candidate, but on the campaign trail, humor may be in the eyes of the viewers. When presidential candidates poke fun at themselves or at opponents, viewers take away... continued

911 and the Pursuit of Happiness

September 12, 2011
"It was on this day ten years ago that Unknowncountry.com became a daily news site. We found ourselves publishing story after story on that day, about the horrifying events that were unfolding. Since then, we have not gone a single... continued

We Have a Future Filled With Drought

September 9, 2011
It's pretty clear by now that drought is in our future. The percent of land area experiencing exceptional drought reached record levels in August in three U.S. states--Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas--amid new concerns about how long the conditions may persist.... continued