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Leading Brazil UFO Investigator Claims Contact to be Soon

November 17, 2006
A prominent UFO investigator is claiming that open contact willsoon take place between humans and extraterrestrials. Suchclaims have been made regularly since the 1950s, but neverwith any actual results, and never before by an investigatorwith a reputation for accurate research.... continued

Valuable Fossil Found Under Ping Pong Table

November 16, 2006
Three years ago, a college student in Arizona found a rare fossil because he happened to look down while walking on the sidewalk. Now, at another university?this time in Canada?a new faculty member found a cache of valuable fossils?stuffed under... continued

The Trouble With Religion

November 16, 2006
Billy Graham, the minister who evangelized George W. Bush, was not a supporter of Martin Luther King. Now that the voters have struck a strong note against religious fundamentalism in government, this is something worth thinking about. Using previously unpublished... continued

Global Warming Caused by Flat Screen TVs?

November 16, 2006
This is the season of giving, and a lot of people are going to ask for a new television for Christmas. But flat screen TVs could pump hundreds of thousands of tons of extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, contributing... continued

Politics: Some People Were BORN for It!

November 15, 2006
We've learned that we can't always count on politicians to do the right thing. The recent election shake-up makes us ask the question: "What makes a person go into the rough-and-tumble world of politics, anyway?" The answer could be: DNA.... continued

Global Warming Stranding Canadian Tribes

November 15, 2006
Some of the Indian tribes in Canada's far north are becoming isolated from each other?and from the rest of the world?due to ice melting caused by global warming, which is cutting off their traditional winter routes. They are having trouble... continued

A Single Gene Protects, but Two Genes Can Kill

November 15, 2006
A medical breakthrough of the past few years is the discovery that having only one gene for a deadly disease can protect a person from other illnesses, which is why these diseases, like cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia, persist... continued

Elevator in Space

November 14, 2006
We've talked about space elevators, or cable cars, in the past. But they may only be able to be used by robots, because of the radiation surrounding the earth. Kelly Young writes in New Scientist that space elevators could be... continued

An Unfortunate Allergy

November 14, 2006
Not all women realize that semen is an antidepressant. But some women have the misfortune to be allergic to their partner's sperm?which can certainly cause problems. But don't despair?more frequent sex can be the cure! Women who have vaginal itching,... continued

A Christmas Diary

November 14, 2006
In her latest diary, Anne Strieber writes: "Christmas is coming, a time when we begin to think about the presents we'd like to get and the ones we plan to give. Giving, if it is done in the right way,... continued