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Blame It On Your Addictions

February 19, 2004
Taking a coffee break makes it harder for office workers to do their jobs?but only if they're men. Having trouble quitting cigarettes? It may be because you were "born to smoke." But not to worry: you can now "throw a... continued

Can Science Detect Evil in the Brain?

February 19, 2004
A new technique called "brain fingerprinting," which is much more accurate than a polygraph test, is an important new tool for catching criminals. However, in one of its first tests, it's being used to overturn a murder conviction. The method,... continued

Scientists Say Bush Government Lied

February 19, 2004
A report by 60 top scientists, including 20 Nobel Prize winners, says the Bush government distorts scientific facts "to prevent the appearance of advice that might run counter to the administration's political agenda." Dr. Kurt Gottfried says, "We are not?taking... continued

Science Investigates at the Edge

February 18, 2004
Is a acupuncture just a placebo? Scientists think it may convince people that it's making them better?so it does. They can't figure out how else it could work. In the recent movie "21 Grams," a narrator says that people who... continued

Muslims Vote Republican Despite Bush Wars

February 18, 2004
In these months before the Presidential election, when would-be Democratic candidates are campaigning furiously, it's interesting to note that few of them seem to be appealing to the U.S. Muslim vote. This is because, despite Republican-led invasions of Iraq and... continued

Search for Crypto Creatures Still Going On

February 18, 2004
Researcher Charles Goldman is an expert on "Tessie," the deep sea creature that reportedly lives in Lake Tahoe. He's now working with Robert Rains, who used sonar in the 1970s to take strobed light photographs of "Nessie," that show a... continued

A Day at the Playground?with Aliens

February 18, 2004
As part of our new Communion Letters series, "Dell" says: "I wrote down my experiences in the first place at the request of a film producer friend who wanted a script for a sci-fi film or TV series. I said,... continued

Man Who Slaughtered Mad Cow on Dreamland Special

February 14, 2004
Both on the Dreamland program and as a special interview available in the last slot on Unknowncountry.com's Windows Media Player (reached by clicking "Listen Now" on the right side of our masthead), Whitley interviews Dave Louthan, the man who actually... continued

Spontaneous Italian Fires Supernatural?

February 13, 2004
Fires have been breaking out spontaneously on the island of Sicily recently, and in 1990, the same thing happened near Venice. Twenty years ago, similar fires in Italy were blamed on the supernatural powers of a woman who was put... continued

Gay Animals are Common

February 13, 2004
If homosexuality is an unnatural choice, how come so many animals are gay? Gay advocates say if homosexual behavior occurs in animals, it must be natural, and therefore gays should have the same civil rights as heterosexuals. Animal researcher Frans... continued