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Bizarre Radar Effect Over Washington

November 7, 2004
It was very windy in the Baltimore-Washington area onNovember 5. But wind does not account for the bizarre radareffect that appeared on weather radars over the area thatevening. A radar expert consulted by Unknowncountry.com said thatthere could be two main... continued

God Particle…or God Himself?

November 7, 2004
The legendary particle that physicists thought explained the basic question of why matter has mass, often called the ?God particle,? probably does not exist, and now a few scientistsare beginning to consider the idea that what might be thereis not... continued

Movie Fakery in High Gear

November 7, 2004
In the film "Simone," Al Pacino created a computer-generated actress he passed off as real. Now this is no longer fiction: for his two sequels to "The Matrix," director JoelSilver mixes real actors in the same scenes with computer-generated images... continued

Anne Strieber’s Recovery Status

November 7, 2004
Anne is not as alert as she has been, but her doctors arehoping that, once her fever has broken, she will become morealert. She has had a temperature of between 99 and 102 forfifteen days, and this, plus the difficulty... continued

Sun Continues Active After Solar Max

November 7, 2004
A large and moderately complex sunspot group, NOAA Region696, wasresponsible for a series of eruptions on the surface of theSun knownas solar flares, including a significant eruption on 7November 2004 at9:06 a.m. MST. A radiation storm, currently at the moderate(S2)level,... continued

Apollo 15 Image Mystery

November 5, 2004
Apollo 15, was the first of three advanced lunar missions.It was launched on July 26, 1971 and carried astronautsAlfred Worden, James Irwin and David Scott. It was also thefirst mission to include the Lunar Roving Vehicle, andinvolved exploration of a... continued

New Warning About Invisible Comets

November 5, 2004
Scientists now warn that with even the most sophisticatedastronomical scanning technology, dangerous meteorites arebeing missed and could possibly hit the earth with no warning. Professor Wickramasinghe of the Cardiff University?s centerfor Astrobiology claims that we can no longer assume that... continued

Anne Strieber Recovery Update

November 5, 2004
Anne Strieber continues to recover, but is still battlingpneumonia. The disease is not believed to belife-threatening, but she is improving only slowly. She is out of neurological danger and now able to sleepwithout being tested for neurological signs every hour,... continued

First Human Face Transplant

November 4, 2004
On October 15, physicians at the Cleveland Clinic receivedreview board approval to begin screening patients for thefirst ever human face transplant. In the first few procedures, they only plan to use facialskin and the connective tissue underneath. Patients wouldretain their... continued

New Mad Cow Cases in New York?

November 4, 2004
State officials are currently investigating an unusualcluster of possible Mad Cow cases in upstate New York. Currently five separate cases of the fatal Creutzfeldt JakobDisease have been diagnosed in Ulster County and surroundingareas alone, a surprising number given that the... continued