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Killer Stalks Brazilian Zoo

March 3, 2004
59 animals have been killed in the Sao Paulo Zoo since last month, including an elephant, dromedaries, monkeys and porcupines. Tests show the animals were killed with a rat poison that is banned in Brazil. For Reuters, Paula Lace quotes... continued

Mad Cow Man Tells More

March 2, 2004
Dave Louthan, the man who slaughtered the cow in Washington State that started the Mad Cow madness, has a chilling update for us. NOTE: This news story, previously published on our old site, will have any links removed. continued

Celebrity Worship?Good or Bad?

March 2, 2004
We're all star-struck around Academy Awards time, but according to one interpretation of a recent psychological study, young people who worship celebrities may have psychological problems, and be lonely, insecure or lacking in social skills. Another interpretation says celebrity worship... continued

It’s Not Easy Being Green

March 2, 2004
Patrick Moore help found Greenpeace in 1971, but today he's pushing GM foods and nuclear power plants. And the Sierra Club is being taken over by anti-immigration activists. What's going on here? Drake Bennett writes in wired.com that despite campaigning... continued

NASA Says Mars Could Have Supported Life

March 2, 2004
NASA's press conference at 2 pm EST today announcedthat liquid water had existed for an "appreciable time" on Mars, and that the planetary environment had once been capable of supporting life. So far, NASA has not found any fossils, but... continued

Green Bears in Singapore

March 1, 2004
Visitors to the Singapore zoo have noticed that the polar bears there have turned green. At first it was suspected that someone had sneaked into the compound and spray pained them. But then it was discovered that algae is growing... continued

Air Force Pilot Sees UFOs

March 1, 2004
As part of our series of new Communion Letters, we present the experiences of Bill, an Air Force pilot who had a UFO experience. If anyone should be able to tell the difference between a secret military craft and a... continued

Have We Got Bin-Laden?

March 1, 2004
We recently reported that according to the (U.K.) Sunday Express, Osama bin-Laden?s hiding place, in the mountains bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, is being monitored by U.S. satellites. Now Yossi Melman writes in the Haaretz Daily that Iran's official IRNA news... continued

OK to Test Pesticides on People

February 27, 2004
The government wants to allow chemical companies to test pesticides on people. However, the Natural Resources Defense Council calls this an "appalling suggestion." Maggie Fox writes in Reuters that for the last 6 years, the EPA has allowed no human... continued

Pentagon Report: Tempest in a Teacup?

February 27, 2004
The authors of the secret Pentagon global warming report now say they were only reporting a "worst case" scenario. Futurologist Peter Schwartz says that "unlikely though such events are, such studies are valuable?as valuable as if, say, someone in the... continued