Coke Selling Tap Water in U.K.

March 9, 2004
If you buy Coca-Cola's Dasani brand bottled water in London, you're drinking water from the city's public supply?the same water you can get out of a faucet for free. Trevor Datson writes that this is true of many other bottled... continued

More Bigfoot Fakery?

March 9, 2004
First there was the Ray Wallace hoax, where Wallace left information, to be released after his death, that he faked a set of famous Bigfoot prints. Now Bob Heironimus says he played the role of Bigfoot in the notorious film... continued

Bedside Visitors

March 9, 2004
As part of our new Communion Letters series, Amy writes: One time I woke up in the middle of the night (it was dark?no night lights) and I saw the outline of an insect-like creature with a large head and... continued

Homeland Security Says: Coal is Back

March 9, 2004
Factories and power plants have started using coal again, despite the fact that it can emit particles that contribute to lung and heart diseases and also emits greenhouse gases. One reason is the upcoming oil shortage, but another is homeland... continued

Osama Will Blow Himself Up if Captured

March 9, 2004
There are covert reports coming from intelligence agencies that the U.S. either knows where Osama bin-Laden is hiding or has already captured him. A new report says he's surrounded by bodyguards who have been ordered to kill him before he's... continued

World Relies on Amateur Asteroid Chasers

March 9, 2004
Amateur astronomers can receive awards of $3,000 for discovering and tracking asteroids that may impact the Earth, according to new legislation approved by the House of Representatives. While this is great, with our recent near-misses, it would be more reassuring... continued

ET Signal & UFO photo

March 8, 2004
A radio telescope used by SETI has detected a signal that may have come from extraterrestrial life. To learn the details, click here. And an amazing new UFO photo has been taken in St. Louis. NOTE: This news story, previously... continued

Hybrid Mosquitoes Spreading West Nile

March 8, 2004
The U.S. is experiencing more serious, widespread cases of West Nile than Europe because of the hybrid mosquitoes here. Genetic analysis shows that the mosquitoes carrying West Nile in the U.S. have the combined DNA of two different types of... continued

A Virus That Prevents AIDS

March 8, 2004
It's been discovered that HIV patients who become infected with another, mysterious virus, are less likely to develop AIDS. The mystery virus is known only as GB virus C, and men whose blood shows they are infected with it are... continued

NASA Warns of Coming Climate Change

March 8, 2004
The idea that global warming could send North America and Western Europe into an ice age within a few decades can no longer be called a conspiracy theory by skeptics, now that NASA is taking it seriously. According to the... continued