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Eureka!

May 23, 2004
There?s a certain type of sudden realization that cartoonists often portray with a light bulb going on over the head?the "Eureka!" experience. What?s going on inside our brains when this happens? Mark Jung-Beeman says this happens "when you need to... continued

UFO Wave Continues

May 21, 2004
Tommy Woodard took a digital photo in Provo, Utah that appears to be a UFO hovering over some trees. He was taking photos in Provo Canyon on Tuesday while scouting for a possible film location. He didn't notice anything unusual... continued

Space Poop

May 21, 2004
A vital but unasked question is: what happens to human waste in space? Right now, astronauts bring it back home with them, but on longer space voyages, other solutions will be needed. This will become more important in the future,... continued

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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