Now Prairie Dogs Found to Have Complex Language

December 10, 2004
There are parrots with large and complex vocabularies, apesthat can sign, and a pod of dolphins that recently saved agroup of human swimmers from a shark attack. Now, it seems that prairie dogs don't just yap a fewsignals, they have... continued

Bird Flu Frightens Officials

December 9, 2004
Bird flu persists in Asia, and that worries health officialsworldwide. The H5N1 virus is so lethal that it is believedthat it could kill fifty million people if it mutates andbecomes transmissible from human to human. In 1997, virologists did not... continued

Human-Animal Chimeras a Reality

December 9, 2004
Mice are being grown with human brain cells in their brains.Pigs are being raised that have human blood. Sheep withhuman hearts and livers have been created in a Nevadalaboratory. These creatures are called chimeras,human-animal hybrids. In Europe, China and Japan,... continued

The Cat Came Back–Wa-a-ay Back!

December 9, 2004
Kuzya was taken to Yakutsk. Didn't care for it--too noisy,too dusty, to unlike his beloved village home of Olenyok. SoKuzya took off, much to the distress of the Efremovs, whohad come to love their little friend of two years. Despite... continued

Anniversary of Early UFO Sighting

December 8, 2004
The first UFO sighting recorded in the English-speakingworld took place on this day in the town of Fleet in Dorset,England, in 1733. James Cracker of Fleet saw a silvery diskfly overhead during daylight hours. He described his sighting this way,... continued

High UFO Strangeness in Australia, Canada

December 7, 2004
A UFO hovers over populated areas for hours, strange boomsand rumblings are heard, an amateur astronomer captures abizarre image of an object seemingly plunging into a bay. Three ball shaped spheres flashing blue, red and whiteappeared over Darwin last Saturday... continued

New Anne’s Diary: the Love that Led Me Home

December 6, 2004
Anne Strieber offers her first diary entry since hercerebral accident, and it is a powerful and totallyunexpected tale of a journey into the afterlife. Anne hasgone on a true shaman's journey, with no guarantee of returnand every chance that she... continued

Bizarre Weather Slams Japan Yet Again

December 6, 2004
Seventeen typhoons in one season followed by earthquakeafter earthquake has caused frightened Japanese to drive upthe price of gold because they are buying it against hardtimes ahead. Now more extreme weather has struck the island nation,bringing gale force winds and... continued

BBC Drama Says Yellowstone Could Kill a Billion

December 5, 2004
A new BBC drama claims that the Yellowstone supervolcano isunstable and could explode, and if it does, subsequentdisruptions of the earth?s climate will lead to the deathsof a billion human beings. Although the film is not adocumentary, its producers claim... continued

Is an Economic Catastrophe on the Way?

December 5, 2004
First, a prominent economist predicts an economiccatastrophe. Then, an OPEC announcement states that the oilconsortium anticipates a massive decline in oil consumptionin the second quarter of this year. Morgan Stanley?s chief economist, Stephen Roach, is a wellknown economic pessimist, but... continued