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Bird Flu: What Happened Last Time
February 8, 2004A new form of bird flu, different from the Asian strain, has turned up in the U.S. As scientists worry that bird flu in Asia may have mutated and become contagious, they are looking at what happened in the past.... continued
Fat is All in the Mind
February 8, 2004New research shows that our brains help make us fat, because they think of our obese bodies as normal, so they don't stop craving food. And there?s a country in the world where fat is considered beautiful, and women go... continued
Climate Change May Make Us Tiny
February 8, 2004We know that during major climate change events,warming ocean waters cause cracks in the ocean floor to open up and release large quantities of methane gas into the air. Methane is an extremely powerful greenhouse gas, which results in even... continued
Exploding Cell Phones
February 6, 2004Cell phones are now thought to be safe, although earlier models were implicated in cases of brain cancer. But new cell phone dangers have turned up. Some cell phone batteries have exploded while the phones were in use. And in... continued
Terrorists Targeting Texas Coast
February 6, 2004We recently reported a possible terrorist incident in Texas where security guard Robbie House was shot by a Middle Eastern gunman who escaped, after the guard caught him taking photos of a huge ammonia storage tank. Now the FBI says... continued
Neanderthals Couldn’t Take the Cold?Can We?
February 6, 2004The Neanderthals suddenly disappeared 30,000 years ago because they didn't have enough primitive technology to survive the ice age, while our ancestors had barely enough to make it through. There's another ice age on the way?will we make it this... continued
Sex at the Superbowl
February 6, 2004In her new diary, Anne Strieber writes: As I contemplate the newest media scandal of the bared breast at the Superbowl halftime show, I find myself with conflicting emotions. I did notice that a lot of the choreography was of... continued
Unseasonable Cold Kills Monarchs in Mexico
February 5, 2004Unusually cold winters aren't just happening in Europe and in the northeast U.S. Two inches of snow fell in the Zacatecas state of Mexico, where snow is almost never seen at all. This is part of a cold spell in... continued
Another Energy Invasion?This Time it’s the Moon
February 5, 2004Both the U.S. and China have announced plans to go to the Moon, probably to get hold of the valuable helium-3 there, which would solve the world's energy problems. While there haven't been any official announcements about it, the Bush... continued
Jellyfish-Like UFOs
February 5, 2004In England, a man saw two jellyfish-like UFOs flying over his home, and a photographer caught similar objects on videotape in another part of the U.K. on the same night. This type of object has been reported in the past... continued