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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

Is Contact Under Way in India?

November 3, 2004
Persistent stories out of India indicate that somethingextraordinary is happening there involving UFOs. An Indianengineer working on antigravity propulsion has describedstudying advanced technology in "package" form--technologiesready made to be analyzed and duplicated. But where are theyfrom? Since October 10, everyone... continued

Explorers discover Sumatran Yeti

November 3, 2004
Explorers returning to a remote village near the Bukkantingiregion of Sumatra have found additional evidence pointing tothe existence of a type of ape that is claimed to walkupright like a human. Villagers reportedly saw an animalknown as the ?orang pendek?... continued

New Bird Flu Danger: Healthy Ducks

November 3, 2004
Bird Flu is an extremely dangerous disease in human beings,with a 70% death rate. The entire world health community hasbeen watching for two years to see if the disease shouldmutate and become transmissible between people. Now theWorld Health Organization reports... continued

9/11 Victims Petition NY Attorney General for Criminal Investigation

November 2, 2004
On Thursday October 28, 2004, an assembly including thefamilies of 9/11 victims, survivors, and advocates delivereda complaint to the office of New York Attorney General EliotSpitzer asking for a complete criminal investigation of the9/11 terrorist attack. Dissatisfied with both the... continued

Cancer study proves cell phone risk

November 2, 2004
The first study ever to prove that using a cell phoneincreases the risk of cancer has concluded in Sweden. Thestudy is considered relatively small, though it is thelargest of its kind ever to prove the connection betweencell phones and cancer.... continued

Quadriplegic man sends email with his mind

November 2, 2004
A 24 year old quadriplegic man plays computer games andchecks his email just by thinking about it thanks to a smallsensor surgically implanted into the man?s motor cortex.The tiny chip monitors signals sent from up to 100 neuronsat a time.... continued

MRI proves differences between Republican and Democrat brain

November 1, 2004
Two scientists at UCLA are using brain scans to determinehow the minds of Republicans differ from those of Democrats. Last month, Dr. Joshua Freedman and Dr. Marco Iocaboni usedfunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to monitorbrain activity of 10 Democrats and... continued

Violent Weather & Earthquakes Rock Asia

November 1, 2004
Asia is having some of its most violent weather everrecorded, and the latest typhoon to strike Japan hasgenerated the highest waves ever recorded in that country,and killed eighty people. The rash of earthquakes that hasaccompanied the typhoons are believed to... continued