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Vatican Astronomy

May 21, 2004
People are often surprised to find out that the Vatican owns an observatory in Tucson, Arizona. They originally had a telescope in Rome, but the growing population made the sky too bright for astronomical observations. Jesuit astronomer Guy Consolmagno says,... continued

Violent Images Make Kids Less Aggressive

May 20, 2004
The unexpected results of a new study reveal that showing children graphic images of violence makes them less?not more?aggressive. Alison McCook writes, "After seeing pictures of people treated for gunshot wounds, including a man whose stomach was ripped apart by... continued

“Dreams”?or Reality?

May 20, 2004
In our latest new Communion Letter, a reader writes, "My name is Nick and I live in western Montana. There have been quite a few strange things that have happened to me in my lifetime, although I'm only 19 years... continued

UFOs Seen in the South

May 20, 2004
Scott Corrales reports that witnesses in Havana, Cuba saw a UFO. In North Carolina, a couple saw one three days in a row, before they finally contacted the police. The Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde reports that a UFO was seen... continued

Thank China for Spam

May 20, 2004
We get many low cost imports from China, and one of these is computer spam. When internet researchers tracked spam messages, they found that 71% of them come from China. Gideon Mantel, who tracks e-mail traffic, says most of those... continued

Seeing Ley Lines

May 19, 2004
Ley Lines are magnetic lines that criss-cross the Earth. Early humans may have been able to detect them, since many prehistoric monuments, such as Stonehenge, are built along them. Migratory birds may be able to see them and use them... continued

Brain Scan May Exonerate Killer

May 19, 2004
The sentence of death row inmate Jimmy Ray Slaughter is being appealed, based on a new type of lie detector: the brain fingerprint. Graham Inglis explains the process in Phenomena magazine. If you're shown an image that you haven't seen... continued

Secrets of a Pyramid

May 19, 2004
Archeologists have found a new way to locate hidden rooms inside ancient pyramids. In Teotihuacan, Mexico, they've built a particle detector inside a pyramid to detect muons, which are tiny particles that are created when cosmic rays hit the Earth's... continued

Secret of the Blue Rose

May 18, 2004
Roses come in a wide variety of colors, but that's not enough for some folks?they're determined to create a blue rose. There are plenty of blue flowers in the world, but no one has yet been able to persuade a... continued

Sign Language Leads to Deafness

May 18, 2004
Sign language may be the cause of the rising rate of inherited deafness, which has doubled over the past 200 years. The introduction of sign language in the early 1800s allowed deaf people to communicate with other deaf people, leading... continued