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John the Baptist Site Found

August 18, 2004
Archeologists have discovered a cave in Israel with 28 stepsleading down to an underground pool of water where theythink John the Baptist baptized many of the disciples.Shimon Gibson says, "John the Baptist, who was just a figurefrom the Gospels, now... continued

How Voting Machines Can Fail

August 18, 2004
Sequoia Voting Systems say their touch-screen machinesprovide "nothing less than 100% accuracy." But when theydemonstrated their new paper-trail electronic votingmachines for the California state senate, they found themachines failed to record votes from testers usingSpanish-language ballots. These omissions wouldn?t have... continued

Why Gas Prices are at Record High

August 18, 2004
Oil is trading for between $47 and $44 a barrel, and someexperts think it will reach $50 in the near future. Thecauses are Iraq, Russia and hurricane Charley. An attack on an Iraqi oil well, and the fact that oil... continued

Sex Before Sports: Good or Bad?

August 17, 2004
Should Olympic, and other, athletes have sex before theircompetitions? Many coaches have banned it, saying it sapsathletes' energy, but not everyone agrees. Baseball managerCasey Stengel said, "Being with a woman all night never hurtno professional baseball player. It's staying up... continued

Ants!

August 17, 2004
A giant 62-mile-long colony of ants from Argentina hasinvaded Melbourne, Australia. In their native country, theyform smaller groups, but in Australia, they've merged intoone huge super colony, killing off native insects. Biologist Elissa Suhr says, "In Argentina, their nativehomeland, ant... continued

What’s in a Name?

August 17, 2004
Would changing your name change the way people think aboutyou? Linguist Amy Perfors put photos with fake names on a"Hot or Not" website and found that some names wereconsidered "hot"?while others definitely were not. In case you've ever thought changing... continued

Is Osama Dying?

August 16, 2004
Despite speculation that Osama bin-Laden may already bedead, recent tapes and videos have convinced intelligenceservices that he's still alive. Since we now know why he'shiding (in an inaccessible mountainous area on the border ofAfghanistan and Pakistan), why don't we just... continued

Crop Circle Warns of World’s End

August 16, 2004
A new U.K. crop circle near Silbury Hill, which appearedduring two nights in August, features symbols from theancient Mayan civilization that predicted the end of theworld in 2012. In bbcnews.com, Neil Leighton quotes crop circle researcherFrancine Blake as saying, "[In... continued

Alien DNA

August 16, 2004
According to Australian researcher Paul Davies, we won'tfind evidence of aliens by searching the skies?we'll find itin our own DNA. He says this coded message will only bediscovered once we have the technology to read andunderstand it. Davies thinks it's... continued

The Real Wonderland

August 16, 2004
In our newInsight,Richard Dolan writes: Unless you consciously look for suchnews, you would never know that UFOs continue to be seen bypeople every day, around the world. The difference betweenthe reality of the phenomena, and how it is ignored, remindsme... continued