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Brain Cells Fly Plane
October 26, 2004Mission accomplished: a collection of rat brain cells hasflown a virtual F-22 fighter jet from a Petri dish. Approximately 25,000 interconnected rat neurons were culledfrom the motor cortex of mature rat embryos and ?seeded? ina Petri dish. The neurons soon... continued
Earth Twists Space-Time
October 26, 2004An experiment with implications almost beyond imaginationhas confirmed that earth's rotation actually twists thefabric of space and time. An international group of scientists assembled by NASA hasconfirmed that Einstein was correct in his theory thatplanetary rotation would do this. Scientists... continued
UFO Hovers Over Calif. Fault
October 26, 2004UFOs are sometimes identified as "Earthquake Lights," but arecurring, long-duration and high altitide over the SantaCruz Mountains in California does not seem to fit that category. The object was well above the horizon, and earthquake lightstypically manifest close to the... continued
Strong Rumors of Iran War
October 25, 2004Persistent rumors in the international community suggestthat Israel, possibly with the help of the US, is about toattack and destroy the part of Iran's nuclear infrastructurethat is capable of producing nuclear weapons. Officially, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom has been tellingconcerned... continued
Bin Laden Found
October 25, 2004Osama bin Laden has been located, but is in an area ofPakistan that the government cannot reach because the entirepopulation is hostile to the central authority. John Lehman,a member of the 911 Commission said in a speech yesterdaythat bin Laden... continued
Threatened Alaskan Village Forecasts Future of Global Warming
October 25, 2004BBC - Located at the edge of the arctic circle, the small Alaskanvillage of Shishmaref is being literally swallowed by thesea as annually rising waters encroach upon it. AtShishmaref the tide moves an average of 10 feet (3m) closereach year,... continued
Abductee Betty Hill, 85, Dies
October 23, 2004NYT - Betty Hill, whose well-known claim of alien abductionperhaps marked the beginning of popular culture's awarenessof the phenomena, died of lung cancer at her home inPortsmouth, N.H. at age 85. Betty and Barney Hill experienced what they believed was... continued
Saturn Moon Makes a UFO
October 22, 2004Dione, one of the moons of Saturn, made a convincing appearance of a UFO last week. As Cassini took an image ofSaturn, the moon's motion created the illusion that it was agigantic cylinder. Dione is Dione, but there are an... continued
Security Expert Criticizes Bush Passport Plan
October 22, 2004Bruce Schneier, internationally renowned cryptologist andsecurity expert, and author of AppliedCryptography, has criticized a Bush Administration planto embed special computer chips in all future passports. Amove, Schneier says, that could compromise the privacy andsecurity of American's traveling abroad, or worse,... continued
Japan’s Deadliest Typhoon in a Decade
October 21, 20042004 has been one of the most active typhoon seasons inhistory, and now Japan, which has been struck time and againthroughout the season, has been hit by its worst typhoon ina decade. According to a Japanese Meteorological Agency official,Typhoon Tokage... continued