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Spontaneous Human Combustion
October 13, 2004Spontaneous Human Combustion is thought to occur when aperson is found burned to death, but nothing much aroundthem has caught on fire. Often only the bed or chair theywere on shows signs of being burned, while the rest of thearea... continued
Climate Swings in the Past
October 13, 2004Tree rings and ice cores may not accurately reveal howwidely the climate changed in the past, according toscientists who have studied weather data from the last 1,000years. This is important to know as scientists try to figureout if current bizarre... continued
A Cannibal’s Defense
October 12, 2004A museum curator has discovered that Alfred Packer, who wasconvicted of murder because he ate his five companions whenthey were lost in a Colorado winter 130 years ago, mayactually have been innocent. Robert Weller writes that David Bailey, who works... continued
Fish Turning Up in Strange Places
October 12, 2004Due to global warming and the pole shift now in progress,birds and insects have been turning up in places wherethey've never been seen before. Now this is happening withmarine life as well. In British Columbia, fisherman Gudy Gudmundseth caught thefirst... continued
Coming Closer to Sudden Climate Change
October 12, 2004Levels of carbon dioxide accumulating in the atmosphere aresharply increasing, which means that climate change mayoccur sooner than expected. Michael McCarthy writes in the Independent that the suddenjump in CO2 can't be explained by a sudden increase ingreenhouse gases from... continued
Meeting an Orb on the Road
October 12, 2004Scottwrites, in one of our newCommunionLetters: I would like to share an experience my mother andI had with what I would classify as an Orb. NOTE: This news story, previously published on our old site, will have any links removed. continued
Yes, Fat IS in Your Genes
October 11, 2004German scientists have found that mutations in the MC4R genehave a "major" impact on people's body mass index. Peoplewho have the mutations are much heavier than those who donot. The researchers examined the body weights and DNA of 181relatives of... continued
Stink Flower Blooms Again
October 11, 2004This time Australia is the lucky locale. Hundreds of peopleare lining up in Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens to get aglimpse of the rarely-blooming Titan Arum, also known as the"corpse flower," which has the world's largest and worstsmelling blooms. The smell... continued
African Wars Really Over Climate Change
October 11, 2004Environmentalists predict that global warming, which canlead to droughts and encroaching deserts, will lead to warsin the future. This is already happening in Africa. Ed Stoddard writes that many African conflicts there can betraced back to increasingly parched and degraded... continued
Anne’s Diary: Idealism or Ideology?
October 8, 2004In her new diary,Anne Strieber writes: "We expect all politicians and leadersto have ideals and surprisingly, despite the various dirtytricks some of them gotten up to, most of them do. I defineideals as moral goals?to get better education for kids,... continued