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Future of Flooding

October 19, 2007
Climate change may carry a higher risk of flooding than was previously thought. According to BBC News, "Efforts to calculate flooding risk from climate change do not take into account the effect carbon dioxide (CO2) has on vegetation. Higher atmospheric... continued

Superbugs Worse than AIDS?

October 19, 2007
UPDATE: High School inspections - Recent headlines on mainstream media have announced that there are antibiotic-resistant superbugs out there that are worse than AIDS. Is this true--and if so, how can we protect ourselves against them? Researchers at the CDC... continued

Global Warming: City Birds Versus Country Birds

October 18, 2007
Scientists have discovered that city birds are smarter than country birds. Global warming may already be driving some species into extinction. BUT some birds are a lot SMARTER than others, and THEY may survive. And new discoveries indicate that birds... continued

What Makes Some People Lefties?

October 18, 2007
Scientists are fascinated by left-handedness. They know that being a lefty is genetic, so there?s no use trying to change. Scientists have discovered a gene which seems to make it more likely that you'll among the 11% of people who... continued

Alzheimer’s Reversed!

October 17, 2007
We recently reported that the childhood condition of autism may be able to be reversed. Now Alzheimer's, a devastating brain disease that strikes at the end of life, may be able to be reversed as well. Researcher have found that... continued

Insect Spies

October 16, 2007
From time to time, on unknowncountry.com, we talk about bugs--both the real kind and the computer kind. We also refer to bacteria as a "bug," and now it's been discovered that 8-million year old bacteria that was removed from the... continued

Why Jupiter Doesn’t Help

October 16, 2007
When astronomers used to search for solar systems with planets that might harbor life, they looked for a large planet in the outer orbit, like Jupiter, because they thought these planets absorbed the blows from incoming space rocks that could... continued

Deflecting the Asteroid Threat

October 15, 2007
The asteroid threat continues, and scientists continue to work frantically to figure out how to deflect dangerous asteroids that may be heading our way, before they impact the earth?or infect us with dangerous alien bacteria. In New Scientist magazine, David... continued

Templars Exonerated

October 15, 2007
On Dreamland, we have presented many great shows about the mysterious Knights Templar, who were murdered 700 years ago by the Catholic Church. (Subscribers can still listen to this show). The Vatican has now officially admitted that this was done... continued

Signed Copies of 2012

October 13, 2007
MORE UPDATES! - Even If you missed seeing Whitley on his tour, you can STILL get a signed copy of his new book 2012 The War for Souls, which will be filmed for Warner Brothers by the producers who made... continued