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Why it’s Fun to be Scared

October 31, 2008
Why do we like horror films, amusement park rides and?Halloween? Researchers have discovered that a look of horror makes a faster first impression on our brains than a smile. Our brains become aware of fearful faces more quickly than those... continued

Is Trick-or-Treat Candy Safe?

October 31, 2008
The milk that killed 4 children in China, and made 50,000 of them sick, was laced with an industrial chemical called melamine, which can cause kidney stones (which can be fatal in infants). Melamine has a high nitrogen content, which... continued

Is Your Computer Spying on You?

October 29, 2008
Computer criminals could soon be eavesdropping on what you type by analyzing the electromagnetic signals produced by every key press, as a technology that has been available to US intelligence agencies for twenty years finally makes its way into the... continued

Maybe We Can TURN OFF Autism

October 29, 2008
Our brains are constantly trying to stay in balance?between too much and too little nerve activity. When they become unbalanced, this leads to disorders like schizophrenia and autism. If we could just find that neuron "switch," maybe we could turn... continued

Volcanoes Bring Life AND Death

October 29, 2008
Volcanoes may have originally been the source of life on Earth. But today they cause death, and nearly 500 million people live close enough to the planet's 600 currently active volcanoes. We need to find a way to PREDICT when... continued

Can We Succeed at Contact?

October 28, 2008
In Whitley's new journal, he writes: "I have been thinking once again about the possibility of open contact. It almost happened, as I understand it, in late eighties and early nineties, but was stopped when armed NATO fighters rose over... continued

Central Texas UFOs Return

October 27, 2008
As Linda Howe has reported extensively on Dreamland, there have been hundreds UFO sightings in Central Texas this year. Now they're back! On Coast to Coast AM with Whitley Strieber on Friday night, listeners reported that there is another wave... continued

CIA KIlled JFK?

October 27, 2008
Hunt deathbed video - E. Howard Hunt's audio interview saying that the CIA was responsible for the JFK assassination was covered by the Associated Press, Rolling Stone and many others. In this video, released exclusively by PrisonPlanet.com, Hunt goes much... continued

Fox in the Hen House

October 27, 2008
Back in the saddle, doing live radio - In her latest diary, Anne Strieber writes: "We recently did a live Coast to Coast AM radio show again, after a hiatus of many years." Everything was pretty much the same, except... continued

Who is Joe Sixpack?

October 25, 2008
Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin recently claimed to represent ordinary people and used the phrase "Joe Sixpack." Here at unknowncountry.com, we KNOW who Joe Sixpack is! NOTE: This news story, previously published on our old site, will have any links... continued