Are Criminals Born, Not Made?

May 25, 2011
The latest neuroscience research is shows evidence that the brains of certain kinds of criminals are different from those of the rest of us. This raises the main moral question of our future: If we discover someone with a "criminal... continued

What are They (Still) Hiding?

May 25, 2011
Scotland Yard is fighting the release of 123-year-old secret files which experts believe could finally provide the identity of Jack the Ripper. These four thick notebooks, containing 36,000 entries compiled by Special Branch officers over 100 years ago, have been... continued

You Can Catch Fat from Other People

May 24, 2011
It's hard to take it off but even harder to KEEP it off--and one reason may be that fat is contagious. No, not like a cold or the flu--but being around fat people can make YOU fat too (maybe you... continued

Are There More Terrible Tornadoes to Come?

May 24, 2011
Whitley Strieber has been warning about climate change since the publication of Superstorm in 1999. On Unknowncountry, we have been warning of a very dangerous tornado season this year, and 2011 has turned out to be the deadliest year for tornadoes... continued

Bizarre Electrical Events in Texas Mirror Those in Italy Seven Years Ago

May 24, 2011
It happened seven years ago in Italy, and now it happened in Texas in May: An unusual electrical storm took place in Fort Worth on May 9, during which transformers exploded all over the city, but, as can be seen... continued

How to be Invisible

May 23, 2011
The brave soldiers who went in to take out Osama bin-Laden must have wished they could be invisible. Scientists are determined to figure out how to do this. If we succeed, it would certainly be an effective tool to use... continued

It’s a Dangerous Time to be an Astronaut

May 23, 2011
As if astronauts planning trips to the moon and Mars didn't have enough to worry about, they now have something else: heart attacks. Exposure to cosmic radiation outside the Earth's magnetic field could be detrimental to their arteries (NOTE: Subscribers... continued

What is the Mystery of Morgellons?

May 20, 2011
The skin condition that came to be called Morgellons was first noticed about 10 years ago. It consists of strange fibers poking out of the skin. At first it was dismissed as a form of psychological hysteria, but now it's... continued

Bad News in the North!

May 20, 2011
As if the recent resurgence of bed bugs wasn't bad enough, Canadian researchers have found some of the little blood-sucking critters carrying a potentially deadly superbug, and a recent survey has found that Chicago is the fifth-most bed-bug-infested city in... continued

Facebook is Using YOU to Fight its Battles

May 20, 2011
We've all learned that there are spies on Facebook, but despite this, the company has recently admitted that it secretly hired Burson-Marsteller, a PR firm whose clients include Microsoft, to generate stories critical of the privacy mistakes being made by... continued