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Life on Venus

September 11, 2003
With Mars closer to Earth than it has been since prehistoric times, scientists hope to learn if there is (or ever was) life on Mars. They once assumed that the hostile environment of Venus meant there was never life on... continued

Plants Have Long Distance Romance

September 10, 2003
Can two plants living 100 miles apart find romance? They can if they have a gardener who's handy with a turkey baster. A rare female cycad plant, which only produces seeds every few years, is currently ready for fertilization in... continued

How Did First Americans Get Here?

September 10, 2003
Archeologists have long insisted that people first came to the Americas by crossing the Bering land bridge from Siberia between 10,000 and 18,000 years ago. However, most indigenous people in both North and South America deny this. South Americans say... continued

Strange Lights Over Louisiana

September 10, 2003
Andrew West Griffin wrote in the June 5th edition of TheTownTalk.com about Louisiana crop circles. Now he says his hometown is being visited by UFOs. He writes: Controversy continues around the identity of strange lights appearing over areas in southwest... continued

Old Drugs? We End Up Drinking Them

September 10, 2003
What should we do with old prescription medicines? The pharmacy won't take them back, and most charities won't take them either. Most people flush them down the toilet, not realizing that they end up in the water we drink, so... continued

Searching at the Edge

September 8, 2003
Martin Rees, Britain's astronomer royal, says, "Our cosmic importance depends on whether we are alone or not. The main aim of science is to take steps toward answering the big questions." Now a Swedish university is funding a chair for... continued

You Make Yourself Sick

September 8, 2003
If you have a lot of negative thoughts, you'll get sick more often. Activity in the part of the brain called the right pre-frontal cortex is linked to negative emotions, while brain activity in the opposite direction?in the left pre-frontal... continued

Different Kind of Life on Mars?

September 8, 2003
The planet Mars may have had life forms vastly different from Earth's, that emerged from deep beneath the Martian surface billions of years ago, and are based on DNA, genes and proteins that are unlike anything found on Earth. NASA's... continued

Police Helicopter Tapes UFO

September 8, 2003
Amazing images of a UFO in Brighton in the U.K. were caught on video by a police helicopter that was followed by the UFO for about 10 miles. UFOs are being seen by witnesses all over England. In another part... continued

Blond Inuit in Canada

September 8, 2003
Scientists are studying the "Blond Eskimos" of Canada to find out if they're related to early Viking explorers. Viking settlements mysteriously disappeared from Canada by the fifteenth century?did they go home, die off, of integrate into the local population? "It's... continued