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Fruit Stickers: Look for the 8

November 12, 2003
You've noticed that tiny stickers that now appear on almost all fruit, and probably been annoyed that you have to peel each one off. These contain bar codes for the check-out clerk, but they also contain a secret the store... continued

Science Studies the Soul

November 12, 2003
Neurophysiologist Dick Burgess is trying to find scientific proof for consciousness and the soul. Some of his evidence comes from the story of Uttara Haddur, a Hindu woman who suddenly began speaking an ancient form of Bengali in 1974, without... continued

Weather This Winter: A Wild Ride

November 12, 2003
This winter's weather will feature dramatic shifts between hot and cold from month to month, and even week to week, due to the absence of either an El Nino or La Nina in the Pacific Ocean. El Nino is an... continued

Will the Draft Come Back?

November 11, 2003
Despite denials from the White House, talk has started up in some government circles about reinstating the draft, in order to have enough manpower to rebuild the governments of Afghanistan and Iraq. The long tours of duty the current soldiers... continued

The Winner

November 11, 2003
Supposedly, this is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest. For a good time at the expense (as usual!) of the poor, beleaguered lawyers among us, keep reading. A lawyer purchased... continued

What I Learned Out of Body

November 11, 2003
As part of our new Communion Letters series, "Kurt" writes: "I have personally experienced my spirit leaving my body and being united with the 'ultimate supreme spirit' (God?). In 1956, when I was fifteen years old, I had pneumonia and... continued

Female Circumcision Not Part of Islam

November 11, 2003
The war against Islamic fundamentalists means that we in the West need to accept the moderate version of Islam?since the religion itself is here to stay. Prince Sultan of Saudi Arabia has said, "As we believe in Moses and Jesus,... continued

How Global Warming Will Change California

November 11, 2003
We need to face the fact that the climate is changing throughout the world, and the sooner we plan for it, the better we?ll be able to deal with it. Nature, in the form of pollution, wildfires and floods, is... continued

Correction

November 10, 2003
An article appeared on this website concerning Japanese UFOs. Its purpose was to draw attention to a story in Metropolis Magazine by Matt Wilce, but Mr. Wilce felt that the article drew from his work in an inappropriate manner. In... continued

Evidence Past Climate Change Happened in Hours

November 9, 2003
Discovery of a 5,200 year old soft-bodied plant frozen in glacial ice in Peru reveals evidence of a massive and long-lasting climate change that happened amazingly quickly. In order for the plant to have been quick-frozen rather than killed by... continued