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India Deluge Kills Hundreds

July 29, 2005
The downpour that struck Bombay (Mumbai) on Tuesday has leftat least 500 people dead and possibly many more. Parts ofthe state of Maharashtra received 37 inches of rain over avery short time, and Bombay received 26 inches. It was arecord... continued

Secret UFO Files Declassified in Australia

July 28, 2005
Thirty years worth of secret UFO files are about to be released in Australia (we wish they would do that here in the US). The Northern Territory government has declassified documents about UFO activity in Darwin. One of these documents... continued

Realistic Android has Arrived

July 28, 2005
Japanese scientists have developed an incredibly real-looking female robot, made of soft silicone "skin" instead of hard plastic. It can blink and move its hands like a human, and even seems to breathe. Is this Blade Runner come to life,... continued

Mad Cow Strikes Again

July 28, 2005
There is a new case of Mad Cow Disease in the US, but we're told it does not threaten our food supply, because the affected cow died on the farm where it was raised and its meat never entered the... continued

Scandalous Archeology

July 27, 2005
Unlike the recent footprints discovered in Mexico, a skull fragment discovered in a peat bog in Germany that was said to be 36,000 years old?the "missing link" between Neanderthals and modern man?has been found to be a fraud. This isn't... continued

Ancient Footprints Reveal Early Explorers

July 27, 2005
Human footprints that are 40,000 years old have been discovered beside an ancient lake in Mexico. This means that human beings were in the Americas 30,000 years earlier than archeologists once thought. Robert Adler writes in the July 9-15 issue... continued

Pregnant & Moving Madonnas

July 27, 2005
In fourteenth century Florence, Piero della Francesca created what has become a famous portrait of a pregnant Madonna. Italian architect Renzo Manetti says this painting reveals secrets of the Knights Templar, who were active in Florence during that period. According... continued

Face Blindness

July 26, 2005
You have trouble remembering names (hint: say the name out loud as part of the greeting to the new person you're meeting). The humorist Dave Barry suggests that everyone should be required to wear nametags at all times. But there... continued

Are Identical Twins REALLY Identical?

July 26, 2005
Years ago, it wasn't considered "PC" for identical twins to be too much alike, despite the fact that they are biologically identical, so sociologists stressed the differences between identical twins who were raised apart. Then later studies showed that identical... continued

To Avoid Bird Droppings Don’t Buy a White Car

July 26, 2005
The next time a big white truck or SUV cuts off your Mini, you can exult in this discovery: a new study shows that birds prefer to drop their poop on white cars, because they associate that color with predators.... continued