More Signs of Global Warming

March 10, 2006
In this week's Unknowncountry.com newsletter, Whitley Strieber warns that extremely violent and unusual weather was on the way over the next few months. Within hours, a ferocious storm dumped hailstones the size of baseballs on Oklahoma. CNN reports that storms... continued

A Traveler at the Edge of Death

March 10, 2006
This letter is one of many that appear inthe CommunionLetters. It illustrates the profound connection betweendeath and the close encounter experience that is discussedin Anne's Diary. I was born in Texas in 1945. I've had OBEs since I was asmall... continued

It Could Happen Again

March 9, 2006
Pompeii was the Roman resort town that was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, which happened so suddenly that people were frozen in their tracks, turned into statues of ash. Now a previously unknown Pompeii-type site has been... continued

Anne’s Diary: Seize the Day

March 9, 2006
In her new diary, Anne writes: "Glennys MacKay, an incredible medium from Australia, contacted us suddenly by email a few weeks ago, saying she had been 'called' to come to the United States." What follows is an incredible adventure. If... continued

More Sunspots to Come

March 8, 2006
A stunning new scientific report predicts that the next sunspot cycle will be massively more powerful than the one just past, which was among the most powerful on record. This is going to cause intense climate disruptions on earth, including... continued

Antarctica Melt Will Lead to Sea Level Rise

March 7, 2006
Just a few years ago, it was theorized that Antarcticcontinental ice might begin to melt significantly by the endof this century. It has just been discovered that massive,unexpected melt is taking place right now. Satellitemeasurements show that the Antarctic is... continued

Why Monsters are Rare

March 6, 2006
We recently put up a series of stories on the science behind the remake of the film King Kong. It turns out that there is a limit to how large?and thus how dangerous?mammals can become. Seth Shostak writes in space.com... continued

Will You Die in a Car Crash?

March 3, 2006
Whether or not you will die in a car crash may depend on whether or not you are too fat or too thin?but only if you're a man. Researchers have found that being obese increases male drivers' risk of dying... continued

Water Wars

March 2, 2006
In the future we may fight a war in space over who controls the moon and access to its valuable Helium 3 fuel, but here on Earth we will probably be fighting over who owns not oil, but water. Global... continued

How to be Happy

February 28, 2006
Robin Lloyd writes in LiveScience that scientists can tell us how to lead a happy life, but most people don't pay attention and insist on being miserable instead. Polls do show that Americans are no happier today than they were... continued