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Can You Get Bird Flu from Eating Turkey?
February 6, 2007Two years ago, the dreaded bird flu arrived in the UK along with a parrot imported from South America. Now bird flu has been found there on a turkey farm. Almost 160,000 birds on a single farm will be killed,... continued
Can We TURN OFF Mad Cow?
February 6, 2007A new treatment may be able to REVERSE Mad Cow Disease in humans. It works in mice. Blocking the production of certain proteins in the brains of diseased mice completely reverses the memory loss caused by Mad Cow. Will it... continued
Who Built Stonehenge?
February 5, 2007We've posted many news stories over the years about trying to discover the identity of the builders of Stonehenge. Now archeologists have found a entire workers' village of about 25 houses buried about 2 miles away from the prehistoric observatory.... continued
Only Ten Years Left
February 5, 2007The February 2nd report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says that human activities, in the form of greenhouse gas emissions, are the cause of global warming. Some scientists think we only have a decade left to try... continued
Sneaky Snakes
February 5, 2007We're afraid of poisonous snakes, but most snakes have no venom and therefore are not dangerous. What can a non-poisonous snake do to ward off predators? One type of snake has developed its own version of the "poison ring" that... continued
Meet William Henry TONIGHT!
February 2, 2007On February 8, William Henry will be in Santa Monica, California, and on February 10 he will be in Laguna Hills, California, giving talks on Starwalkers and the Dimension of the Blessed. From April 20-22, he will be leading a... continued
Global Warming Methane Catastrophe Likely
February 2, 2007Recently, New York City was disturbed and mystified by the strong odor of hydrogen sulfide. No serious effort was made to identify its source and the media dropped the story in a day. We identified the smell as possibly coming... continued
Not Everyone Gets Supersized on Fast Food Diet
February 2, 2007The January 27 issue of New Scientist reports on a study by Swedish researcher Fredrik Nystrom, in which he had 18 volunteers eat the same type of fast food diet that Matthew Spurlock ate for his film "Supersize Me." Unlike... continued
Huge Catastrophe in Florida as UN Warns: Worse to Come
February 2, 2007At least fourteen people were killed in Florida last nightas powerful storms swept across the center of the stateafter midnight. Officials provided as much as fifteenminutes of warning, but many of the affected areas arerural, and residents could not hear... continued
The Secret Behind Groundhog Day
February 2, 2007UPDATE - February 2nd is Groundhog Day, when Punxsutawney Phil either emerges from his hole for good (meaning spring is on the way) or comes out, sees his shadow, then runs back inside (meaning winter isn't yet over). UPDATE: Phil... continued