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Seattle Fireball, Quake, Power Outage

March 13, 2005
Unknowcountry's Seattle correspondent reports that afireball moved slowly over the city at 7:47 PM on March 12. According to the US Geologic Survey, the area hadexperienced an earthquake rated at 3.3 on the Richter scalenine minutes earlier at 7:38. At... continued

It’s Earthquake Week on Dreamland

March 11, 2005
It's earthquake week on Dreamland. We lead off with a reportfrom Linda Howe about the earthquake swarm that took placeoff the coast of Oregon last week. Does it mean a majorquake is on the way that could strike the Pacific... continued

Burglar Snacks

March 11, 2005
How to catch that burglar who made off with your stereo? Thepolice have a new way to do it?they've found that burglarsoften can't resist raiding the refrigerator and theysometimes leave saliva behind on crumbs and partially eatenfood containing DNA that... continued

Tiny Ancestors

March 10, 2005
Some of our ancestors, who lived in Indonesia as recently as18,000 years ago, had tiny brains that were only about athird the size of modern human brains, yet they were capableof advanced thinking equal to our own. Scientists arecalling them... continued

Is a Supervolcano on the Way?

March 10, 2005
There are enough supervolcanoes on Earth to wipe out much ofthe planet and they may "wake up" much sooner than wethought. Supervolcanoes explode with a force that isthousands of times that of a normal volcanic eruption.Earthquake experts once thought it... continued

Anne’s Diary: Healing

March 10, 2005
In her latest diary, Anne Strieber writes about what it'slike to come back from death and how it feels to heal. Shealso has an interesting revelation about her recent neardeath experience with her cat. To read her new diaryentry, click... continued

Scientist Wins Top Religion Prize

March 9, 2005
U.S. scientist Charles Townes, who in 1964 won the NobelPrize for physics, has won another award, which will pay himover $150,000 for his efforts to advance spiritualknowledge. How can one man win two such different prizes?He's discovered what we've been... continued

Got Milk? Maybe You Don’t Need It

March 9, 2005
We've all seen billboards with movie stars wearing milkmustaches, bearing the slogan "Got Milk?" The absorption ofcalcium requires the activity of specialized cells calledosteoblasts, which move calcium into your bones, andosteoclasts. If too much calcium gets into your bones, heosteoclasts... continued

186 MPH Cyclone Aims at Australia

March 8, 2005
Cyclone Ingrid, with winds measured at 186miles per hour on Monday, is heading toward Australia. Thisis themost powerful storm to hit the Queensland areasince 1918, and among the most powerful cyclones on record.It is poised to strike northern Queensland, and... continued

AOL Users Getting ‘Banned’ Notices from Message Board

March 8, 2005
Some AOL users are getting notices that they have been'banned' from our message board. We do not yet know why theyare getting this message, because we have not banned any AOLusers. If this has happened to you, keep reading to... continued