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You Hate Spam, So Why Are You Sending It?
March 12, 2004If you're like the rest of us, you hate spam, but if you're not careful, you're probably sending a lot of it to your friends. At least one third of all spam is being sent from home computers without their... continued
Witnesses & Abductees Come Forward
March 12, 2004Stephen Foster writes in the Rochdale (U.K.) Observer about a group of children who saw a UFO. They say it hovered slowly at rooftop level for several minutes, then suddenly shot away. They've made drawings of what they saw, and... continued
How to Tell a Cell Phone Lie
March 11, 2004Ever want to pretend you're stuck in traffic as an excuse for breaking a date? Now there's software for your cell phone that can generate a fake background noise, so when you call to cancel, you'll be believed. Will Knight... continued
African Wars Caused by Weather
March 11, 2004In the February 1994 edition of the Atlantic Monthly, researcher Robert Kaplan wrote an article called "The Coming Anarchy," stating that, "For a while the media will continue to ascribe riots and other violent upheavals...mainly to ethnic and religious conflict.... continued
USDA: No Mad Cow Testing Allowed
March 11, 2004Scott Kilman reports in the Wall Street Journal that the USDA will not allow individual meat packers to test their own meat, because it may imply that the beef missed during random testing by the U.S. government is not safe.... continued
World Relies on Amateur Asteroid Chasers
March 9, 2004Amateur 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
Homeland Security Says: Coal is Back
March 9, 2004Factories 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
GM Pharm Crops Infiltrating our Food
March 9, 2004U.S. scientists say there could be a "serious risk to human health," after they've discovered that major food crops are being widely contaminated by DNA from GM crops that are engineered to produce chemicals and drugs. Microbiologist Margaret Mellon, of... continued
Coke Selling Tap Water in U.K.
March 9, 2004If 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
Osama Will Blow Himself Up if Captured
March 9, 2004There 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