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October 26, 2004
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Strong Tides Can Trigger Earthquakes

October 26, 2004
Researchers at the University of California at Los Angelesand the National Research Institute for Earth Science andDisaster Prevention in Japan have confirmed a link betweenstrong tides and earthquakes. Using satellite imagery andhistorical earthquake records, the researchers found thatlarge earthquakes along... continued

Brain Cells Fly Plane

October 26, 2004
Mission 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

Strong Rumors of Iran War

October 25, 2004
Persistent 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, 2004
Osama 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, 2004
BBC - 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, 2004
NYT - 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, 2004
Dione, 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, 2004
Bruce 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, 2004
2004 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