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An End to PC Privacy
April 10, 2005Think you're anonymous when you fire off a nasty letter onthe internet or peruse that forbidden porn site? A computerresearcher has found a way to track exactly what anycomputer is doing on the internet?so you could be beingwatched. Anonymous Internet... continued
What Early Man Ate
April 10, 2005Newswise - While theories about what our human ancestors ate abound,and are touted in modern low carb diet books, which promotethe idea that ancient man ate meat and not carbohydrates,until now there have been few methods for proving any ofthese... continued
Unusual Light Appears Over Vatican
April 9, 2005The light pictured here appeared over St. Peter's Basilica. Itwas 6:03 a.m. Italian time on the morning of April 8, 2005,6 hours before Pope John Paul II's funeral. AnUnknowncountry.com reader writes, "I watched this as ithappened live on TV. It... continued
Marburg Virus Spreads to Europe
April 9, 2005The Marburg virus outbreak in Angola has spread to theDemocratic Republic of the Congo and to Italy, where ninecases have been reported. Marburg has a short chain ofcontagion, and is not considered as dangerous as Ebola. Atpresent, it is believed... continued
Ghost Detector on Sale Soon
April 8, 2005The Japanese company SolidAlliance has developed a ghostdetector called the GhostRader that plugs into yourcomputer. It beeps and flashes red lights in response tounusual magnetic waves. Ghost hunters often come acrossunusual cold areas in haunted houses, and the GhostRaderalso detects... continued
Whatever Happened to the Segway Revolution?
April 8, 2005Weren't we supposed to stop walking and driving and startusing Segways instead? Despite all the hype about this newinvention, it remains just a toy?and an expensive one, atthat. They've been purchased by a few post offices and bysome businesses with... continued
Europe Vitamin Ban Declared Illegal
April 7, 2005The proposed European Union ban on as many as 5,000 widelyused vitamin products has been declared illegal in theEuropean Court of Justice. The court's main legal adviserhas declared the ban "invalid." According to an advocate-general at the European Court ofJustice,... continued
Letter from Rome
April 7, 2005Unknowncountry.com has received the following letter from areader who is presently in Rome for the funeral of Pope JohnPaul II: I am writing you from Rometoday. It is the most blessed human experience I have everknown. I work in Milan... continued
MRSA Infection Now a Serious Problem
April 7, 2005The New England Journal of Medicine reports today that MRSA,Methecillin-resistant staph aureus, is now a serious problemin the general population, and recommends that all staphinfections be tested to determine if they are MRSA. MRSA is a severe form of staph... continued
This Week on Dreamland: Is Alzheimer’s Connected to Mad Cow Disease?
April 7, 2005This week,ColmKelleher tells the terrifying truth aboutMad CowDisease in the US and explains why he thinks it may beresponsible for the epidemic of Alzheimer's that iscurrently devastating so many seniors in this country.Autopsies of Alzheimer's patients show that they had... continued