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You Can Get SARS from Your Cat

October 31, 2003
House cats and ferrets can get the SARS virus and can probably pass it on to us. This makes sense given that the virus originated with civet cats in China, before it jumped to humans. Disease expert Robert Shope says,... continued

We Can Create It, But Can We Control It?

October 31, 2003
We've written that U.S. scientists are recreating the lethal Spanish Flu, that killed 20-40 million people in 1918. Now we've learned that scientists have also created an extremely deadly genetically-engineered form of mousepox, a relative of the smallpox virus. Although... continued

Mummy Secrets Revealed

October 31, 2003
Scientists never knew how the Egyptians mummified their dead so effectively, but now it's been discovered they used an extract of the cedar tree. Researcher Ulrich Weser says, "Modern science has finally found the secret of why some mummies can... continued

Polar Winds Speeding Up

October 30, 2003
The polar vortex above the North Pole is speeding up and scientists can't figure out why. "This is possibly...related to global climate change," says Arctic scientist James Morison. The increased wind velocity may help explain the extraordinarily warm weather in... continued

Whitley on Coast with Art Bell Saturday

October 30, 2003
This Saturday, November 1st, Whitley Strieber will be the guest of Art Bell on Coast to Coast AM, starting at 11 pm Pacific time. Listen to Whitley tell Art about why he has become convinced, for the first time, that... continued

New Prayer

October 30, 2003
Join us in our latest prayer as we think of those who have lost their homes in the California fires. We send out a prayer for rain and a prayer for strength. NOTE: This news story, previously published on our... continued

Sun Keeps on Storming

October 30, 2003
Auroras have been photographed as far south as Houston midway through one of the most unusual solar events ever recorded. The earth's magnetic field is at present extremely thin and pushed back far from the sunward side of the planet... continued

Can You be Scared to Death?

October 30, 2003
When we're frightened, the part of the nervous system is activated that makes our adrenaline surge. Our heart beats faster and our blood pressure rises in a "fight or flight" response that can only be released by screaming or running... continued

The Story That Won’t Go Away

October 30, 2003
Despite the Warren Commission's conclusion that only one gunman killed John F. Kennedy in 1963, recent research shows that two gunmen were almost certainly involved. And new information about who actually killed Kennedy?and why?has also been revealed. Before Kennedy was... continued

Jurassic Plant

October 29, 2003
The U.S. has an ancient tree called the Bristlecone Pine. Australians have the Wollemi Pine, a plant from the Jurassic age which was once thought to have been extinct for two million years. In 1994, it was found to have... continued